Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Saudi intel, Abbas predicted Hamas win; CIA wrong again
You know the funniest part of this article? The idea that "US support" would sway Palestinian voters. Are these guys for real??? Are they THAT clueless about how much some parts of the world truly hate them?
I'm a bit fearful, to be honest, of a leadership that is so deluded, it feels that it can actually sway Islamic nations to vote for unpopular, corrupt leaders just because they have the "approved by the USA" stamp.
The whole world isn't as weak-willed as Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's government. The US would have had an easier time if the elections had been held in the Philippines... OR if they had hired a Philippine election official to oversee the elections. Then Mahmoud Abbas would have won by over 1 million votes.
Guaranteed.
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Saudi intel, Abbas predicted Hamas win; CIA wrong again
Issue Date: February 6-12, 2006, Posted On: 2/6/2006
The U.S. intelligence community has been shaken in its failure to predict Hamas's victory in Palestinian legislative elections.
The intelligence failure came despite a Saudi assessment relayed to the United States that Hamas would win the elections. Officials said the CIA was influenced by an Israeli assessment that predicted a victory by the ruling Fatah movement led by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.
"There are a lot of questions going to be asked when the dust settles," an official said. "The biggest question is: do we really know what's going on out there?"
Officials said the U.S. intelligence community detected the rise in Hamas support in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. But they said the State Department, particularly outgoing security coordinator Gen. William Ward, assured the president that U.S. support for Mr. Abbas would help swing the election to Fatah.
taken from Insightmag.com
for full article, click: http://www.insightmag.com/Media/MediaManager/hamas.htm
I'm a bit fearful, to be honest, of a leadership that is so deluded, it feels that it can actually sway Islamic nations to vote for unpopular, corrupt leaders just because they have the "approved by the USA" stamp.
The whole world isn't as weak-willed as Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's government. The US would have had an easier time if the elections had been held in the Philippines... OR if they had hired a Philippine election official to oversee the elections. Then Mahmoud Abbas would have won by over 1 million votes.
Guaranteed.
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Saudi intel, Abbas predicted Hamas win; CIA wrong again
Issue Date: February 6-12, 2006, Posted On: 2/6/2006
The U.S. intelligence community has been shaken in its failure to predict Hamas's victory in Palestinian legislative elections.
The intelligence failure came despite a Saudi assessment relayed to the United States that Hamas would win the elections. Officials said the CIA was influenced by an Israeli assessment that predicted a victory by the ruling Fatah movement led by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.
"There are a lot of questions going to be asked when the dust settles," an official said. "The biggest question is: do we really know what's going on out there?"
Officials said the U.S. intelligence community detected the rise in Hamas support in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. But they said the State Department, particularly outgoing security coordinator Gen. William Ward, assured the president that U.S. support for Mr. Abbas would help swing the election to Fatah.
taken from Insightmag.com
for full article, click: http://www.insightmag.com/Media/MediaManager/hamas.htm
