This makes me want to puke!!!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,351313,00.html
Reports: Carter Hugs, Kisses Hamas Official in West Bank Meeting
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Jimmy Carter reportedly hugged — and kissed — a Hamas leader Tuesday in the West Bank on a Mideast visit that will culminate in a meeting with the terror group’s exiled leader in Syria later this week.
Carter’s embrace of Nasser Shaer, a senior Hamas politician, at a closed-door reception organized by Carter’s office was reported by several news outlets Tuesday. Carter has been widely criticized over the trip by both U.S. and Israeli officials, who have listed Hamas as a terror organization.
Carter also laid a wreath at the grave of Yasser Arafat, whom he praised as a man who fought for “just causes” in the world. The Bush administration and many Israelis blame Arafat for the breakdown of peace talks seven years ago and the violence that followed.
“He gave me a hug. We hugged each other, and it was a warm reception,” Shaer told The Associated Press. “Carter asked what he can do to achieve peace between the Palestinians and Israel ... and I told him the possibility for peace is high.”
“Carter has weight and respect, and I hope he’ll have a role and effect on the Palestinian problem,” Shaer said, according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,351326,00.html
Plane Crashes in Populated Neighborhood in Congo, Dozens Killed
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
KINSHASA, Congo — A Congolese jetliner carrying around 85 people failed to take off Tuesday from an airport in this eastern town, crashing at high speed into a busy market neighborhood at the end of the runway, officials said.
Casualty figures varied widely. An airline official said 60 people had survived, but local officials said dozens of bodies were pulled from the wreckage, though it was unclear if they had been passengers or not.
Employees at the aid agency World Vision, which has an office less than half a mile from the crash site, said the plane “failed to leave the ground,” plowing instead “through wooden houses and shops in the highly populated Birere market.”
The plane appeared to have been “totally flattened” by the impact, said Rachel Wolff, a U.S.-based spokeswoman for the international aid organization who has been in contact with her colleagues in Congo.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,351326,00.html
Plane Crashes in Populated Neighborhood in Congo, Dozens Killed
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
KINSHASA, Congo — A Congolese jetliner carrying around 85 people failed to take off Tuesday from an airport in this eastern town, crashing at high speed into a busy market neighborhood at the end of the runway, officials said.
Casualty figures varied widely. An airline official said 60 people had survived, but local officials said dozens of bodies were pulled from the wreckage, though it was unclear if they had been passengers or not.
Employees at the aid agency World Vision, which has an office less than half a mile from the crash site, said the plane “failed to leave the ground,” plowing instead “through wooden houses and shops in the highly populated Birere market.”
The plane appeared to have been “totally flattened” by the impact, said Rachel Wolff, a U.S.-based spokeswoman for the international aid organization who has been in contact with her colleagues in Congo.
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