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Meshaal Hearts Obama

11:06 AM, Mar 23, 2009 • By RACHEL ABRAMS
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Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal yesterday expressed satisfaction with what he called President Obama's "new lexicon." "The challenge for everyone," he told the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, "is that (Obama's new language) is a prelude to a sincere change (of direction) in US and European foreign policy." As Meshaal sees it, it's "only a matter of time" before U.S. officials are dealing directly with the terrorist organization he runs from his hiding-place in Damascus. And why not? If we can talk to the mullahs in Iran, surely we can talk to their "Palestinian" puppets. Even if their lexicons still contain the words "Death to America."

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