Wednesday November 12, 1008

I've Been Thinking:
The Arabic daily out of London, Al Hayat, quotes a Hamas leader saying that they have had talks with Obama's people before and even after the election.

Ahmed Yousef is a very close political adviser to the elected leader of Hamas in Gaza, Ismail Haniyah.
Yousef said that the Obama campaign asked Hamas to keep the meeting quiet so as not to aid McCain in the election.
Now that the election is over, Hamas is going public.

In early May Robert Malley, one of Obama's best foreign policy people, was let go from the campaign. Malley was removed from the team for having met with Hamas and Syrian diplomats. At the time I said that as soon as the election was over, if Obama emerged the winner, Malley would be asked to rejoin the team.

Khaled Maashal, the head of the Hamas Politburo whose office is in Damascus, was interviewed on SKY TV. Maashal called on Barack Obama to live up to his agreements and sit down with parties that have been previously shunned by US administrations.

Troubling? Yes.
Shocking? Not really.

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