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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

History of Hamas. Interesting reading, with some explanation of why they are popular with the Palestinian people- and no, it's not the rocket attacks:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/...es/1654510.stm

GenuineRisk,
That was a very good read.
I've been wondering why those that support "democracy" in the Middle East are having such a meltdown over Hamas. Seems to me that Condi should have opened a dialogue with them quite a while ago.


And Pgardn,
You might find this article to be of interest. Note the administrations the US supports. The "charade" of US policy is easily seen.
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/16/1928/