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Hamas confident it can form government, control security
2006-02-08
Hamas leaders expressed confidence Tuesday they will be able to form a Palestinian government and expected to control several security agencies once it heads a new administration. Kicking off an international tour in Cairo, Hamas' top political leader, Khaled Meshaal, and other officials from the movement met with the head of the Arab League and a top aide of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in talks on a formula for drawing up a government after Hamas' landslide victory in Parliament elections last month. "I am convinced that thanks to our meetings in Arab and Muslim countries ... we will be able to reach a common vision allowing us to preserve Palestinian rights whilst demonstrating realism," Meshaal told reporters after talks with League chief Amr Moussa.

Egyptian officials have said they will urge Hamas to moderate its anti-Israeli stances in an attempt to prevent a collapse of the peace process with Israel. But Meshaal told reporters that Egypt had "put no conditions on Hamas" in their talks with Mubarak aide Osama al-Baz Tuesday and Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman the night before. "It is wrong for one party or another to impose conditions on the Palestinian people or to demand concessions from one side only," Baz told reporters.
Posted by:Fred

#4  why not? "Mayor Nagan" runs New Orleans from his refuge in Houston.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2006-02-08 13:49  

#3  Question: Can ol' Khaled run the place from exile in Syria?
Posted by: mojo   2006-02-08 12:43  

#2  give them one year. One
Posted by: bk   2006-02-08 12:02  

#1  Hamas confident it can form government, control security -- So DID Hitler
Posted by: Captain America   2006-02-08 11:36  

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