Thursday, July 16, 2009

Is Obama holding secret talks with Hamas?


Ex-U.S. Diplomat Talks with Hamas; Washington Says Nothing's Changed
-Howard Schneider & Glenn Kessler

Hamas officials Bassem Naim and Mahmoud al-Zahar met in Switzerland in June with Thomas R. Pickering [pictured], a former undersecretary of state and U.S. ambassador to the UN.

However, U.S. officials said Pickering had not been asked to approach Hamas and had no official standing.
(Washington Post)
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