Bush Provoked Civil War in Palestine

Bush Provoked Civil War in Palestine

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After failing to anticipate Hamas’s victory over Fatah in the 2006 Palestinian election, the White House cooked up yet another scandalously covert and self-defeating Middle East debacle: part Iran-contra, part Bay of Pigs. With confidential documents, corroborated by outraged former and current U.S. officials, David Rose reveals how President Bush, Condoleezza Rice, and Deputy National-Security Adviser Elliott Abrams backed an armed force under Fatah strongman Muhammad Dahlan, touching off a bloody civil war in Gaza and leaving Hamas stronger than ever.

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This doesn't come as a surprise at all. Palestine remains divided, but to what end?

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Originally posted by Smokersroom
Palestine remains divided, but to what end?

Silly question. So that it's easier for the Israelis to rule over them, of course. What other reason do you divide a populace for?

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I'm 100% certain you are correct - its just a mess over there.

How does the MSM get away with ignoring this?

Originally posted by Smokersroom

How does the MSM get away with ignoring this?

How you ask ?
With the US President's blessing of course.

Originally posted by Smokersroom

Bush Provoked Civil War in Palestine

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After failing to anticipate Hamas’s victory over Fatah in the 2006 Palestinian election...

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This is what bothers me most about the whole enchilada...for all the rhetoric about countries hating the States 'because of our freedoms', here you have an election that was widely trumpeted as a middle eastern sucess story...until the wrong guys won!

Whether or not you like Hamas, they and only they, are the legitamate ruling party of Palestine...at least until the next elections...and maybe beyond.

But after the first unsuccessful experiment with handing out democratic rights in such a willy-nilly fashion, I doubt a free election will come any time soon.

Bush plot to oust Hamas exposed

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US President George W. Bush is said to have embarked on a secret project for the armed overthrow of the Hamas government in Gaza.

Bush and the Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, signed off on a plan for the Chief of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas, to remove the Hamas authorities in Gaza, Vanity Fair magazine said based on confidential documents.

The report confirms allegations by Hamas and other Palestinians that the US has been providing Fatah fighters with weapons and money to topple the Hamas government.

The magazine uncovers three different confidential memos that describe the covert plan. One, prepared by US Consul-General in al-Quds Jake Walles, states how the Bush Administration intended for him to tell Abbas in Ramallah in 2006 to dissolve the Hamas government if it would not recognize the Zionist regime.

"We believe that the time has come for you to move quickly and decisively," the text reads. "If Hamas does not agree within the prescribed time, you should make clear your intention to declare a state of emergency and form an emergency government explicitly committed to that platform. If you act along these lines, we will support you both materially and politically... We will be there to support you."

The second memo, drawn up by the State Department, asserts that means had to be found to produce an "endgame" by the end of 2007 for Abbas to remove Hamas from power by collapsing the government, and that he must be given the means to strengthen his forces.

The report also said that the third memo set out a plan by which Abbas would fire his own Fatah-Hamas "unity" government and rely on a security deal between Dahlan and Dayton to strengthen Fatah's forces.

Lieutenant General Keith Dayton was the US security coordinator for Palestinians, who reached a secret agreement with Muhammad Dahlan, the former Fatah security commander in the Gaza Strip to strengthen Fatah forces.

HRF/BGH

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Bush plot to oust Hamas exposed

George's grandfather funded hitler and Israel was born soon there after.

What a bad family.

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