Inside Story: The Backfired Plan~Overthrowing Hamas (Al-Jazeera) 2008 03 05 SoS avi

Inside Story: The Backfired Plan~Overthrowing Hamas (Al-Jazeera) 2008 03 05 SoS avi.

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24 min

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104 mgs

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The magazine Vanity Fair reported that the US signed

off to over throw the government of Hamas [AFP]

It has emerged that the Bush administration caught off-guard by the rise of Hamas, embarked on a secret plan to overthrow its democratically-elected government.

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The magazine Vanity Fair reports in its April edition that President Bush and Condoleeza Rice, the US secretary of state, signed off on a plan for Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, to quash the Hamas authorities.

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The plan involved Washington's allies in the region channeling arms and cash to Fatah fighters, who would rise up against Hamas.

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But the plan backfired spectacularly, with Hamas apparently anticipating the move and taking over in Gaza.

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How and why did Washington fail in its aims? What were its true motives, and where will its policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict head now?

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Sami Zeidan of Inside Story investigates.

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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/710828DF-A081-4CA4-8752-E3A1AE667CBE.htm

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