PA denies asking Israel for weapons

Last night, there were stories in both the JPost and HaAretz indicating that Israel was supplying weapons to Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen's security guards to protect him. Apparently, the story endangered Abu Mazen even futher, because today the story has been denied:"There wasn't a single grain of truth in the Israeli reports," Abbas spokesman Nabil Abu-Rudeineh said....The amount of weapons to be