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To: strategofr
No not quite. The Debka story made a big point that Hamas would be able to campaign. That is/was a blatant lie!

Debka: Washington’s intercession enables the terrorist Hamas group to fly its green flags and hold rallies on Temple Mount with its standard calls for jihad against Israel, as well as piling its voter slips at Israeli government post offices as an option for the Palestinian voter. By this device, the backhanded recognition of a Palestinian terrorist organization sworn to destroy the Jewish state has been thrust down the interim government’s throat.

The Truth: "Extremist organizations working against peace will not be permitted to campaign. Fatah will be allowed to campaign, but not Hamas."

109 posted on 01/10/2006 2:27:45 PM PST by AmericaUnited
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To: AmericaUnited

"No not quite. The Debka story made a big point that Hamas would be able to campaign. That is/was a blatant lie!"

Not necessarily a lie. I see what you mean: the stories are different. But the Debka story had more accuracy than inaccuracy. And it may be that the original US formulation included a right for Hamas to campaign---something the Israelis were able to modify through negotiation.

Either you lack an understanding of how breaking news stories can have inaccuracies or change (and thus you display a curious mix of intelligence and stupidity) or you are being deliberately provacative.


119 posted on 01/10/2006 7:06:15 PM PST by strategofr (Taliban had such quick success because of US State Dept support, Dangerous Diplomacy, Mowbray, p. 63)
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