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2009-02-22 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

U.S. Officials Outraged at U.N. Over Hamas Letter to Obama

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Posted by Deacon Blues 2009-02-22 10:15|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 It will be revealed and published in the WSJ next week. I am absolutely certain of it! This is the age of Obatransparency correct?

Posted by Besoeker 2009-02-22 12:32|| 2009-02-22 12:32|| Front Page Top

#2 The incident also has raised security concerns over how much Hamas knew about Kerry's travel plans.

Hamas is already embroiled in one Red on Red action, no need to increase the game with another player. Come on, even Hamas knows not to off a bag man or his agents.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-02-22 12:43|| 2009-02-22 12:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Kerry told FOX News that he never read the letter because it was sandwich among other promotional papers the U.N. gave him. A State Department official confirmed to FOX News that it was from Hamas and is now under review.

Care to go 'on the box' on that one Senator?
Bullshit flag down hard.

Pssssst, I know ~~pouch dog~~ diplomatic courier is not in your job description Senator Kerry, but Jerry our regular Diplomatic Courier Service guy is sick with the flu. Would you mind just this once, taking a pelican case full of very hush-hush UN & Hamass stuff over to the Embassy please? By the way.... no peeking ;)

Posted by Besoeker 2009-02-22 13:12|| 2009-02-22 13:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Doesn't U.S. officials = Obama administration?

Aren't Kerry and O on the same side?

Didn't U.S. officials give PA/Hamas "unity government" their blessing?

This is just stupid stuff.

Posted by DoDo 2009-02-22 16:56|| 2009-02-22 16:56|| Front Page Top

#5 The official source who spoke to FOX News argued that if the U.N. had a letter from Hamas, it should have given U.S. officials a heads-up before the news was leaked to media organizations.

There lies the source of the outrage. Not that there was a letter. Not that the UNRWA played post-office. Not that Senator Kerry was the ferry.

The outrage was it making the news, courtesy of the UN.

Posted by Pappy 2009-02-22 17:39|| 2009-02-22 17:39|| Front Page Top

#6 I must surely be missing something. If my memory serves me correctly 'Hamas' is an group of militants (not a country) widely recognized as a murdering terror organization hell bent on the destruction of the State of Israel. Why is Senator Kerry anyone else couriering traffic from a terrorist organization operating within the soverign state of Israel?

Posted by Besoeker 2009-02-22 18:01|| 2009-02-22 18:01|| Front Page Top

#7 "Why is Senator Kerry anyone else couriering traffic from a terrorist organization operating within the soverign state of Israel?"

Because they approve of what's HamAss is doing, B?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-02-22 18:11|| 2009-02-22 18:11|| Front Page Top

#8 what's = what

Wratts.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-02-22 18:13|| 2009-02-22 18:13|| Front Page Top

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