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Hamas denies giving Kerry a letter to Obama |
2009-02-21 |
Hamas denied on Friday having passed on to visiting United States Senator John Kerry a letter for President Barack Obama, whose nation considers the Islamist group to be a terror organization. "Hamas denies having given a letter to John Kerry," spokesman Fawzi Barhum told AFP in the Gaza Strip. "Well, in that case we'll throw it away." "However, we are willing to forge ties with anyone who is ready to back the rights of the Palestinian people," Barhum added. "So don't throw it away. Whoever wrote it. Whatever it says." A United Nations spokesman earlier said that Kerry was given a letter for Obama believed to be from Hamas during a visit by the senator to the Hamas-ruled and war-ravaged Gaza Strip on Thursday, as part of a regional tour. "A letter addressed to Obama was left at the gate of our offices in Gaza; it is believed to be from Hamas," said Christopher Gunness of UNRWA, the agency for Palestinian refugees. "But since it wasn't from them, we're chucking it." |
Posted by:Fred |
#4 I'm guessing it was a photo copy of the campaign donations, and a smiley face. |
Posted by: Muggsy Glink 2009-02-21 12:01 |
#3 LOL, Sea! |
Posted by: Deacon Blues 2009-02-21 09:55 |
#2 How can you tell if Hamas is telling the truth? They pass the waterboard finals? |
Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-02-21 08:59 |
#1 It was just a menu from the falafel shop on the corner. The kids come 'round and stick 'em under the windshield wiper every couple of days... |
Posted by: Seafarious 2009-02-21 00:27 |