{"id":1646,"date":"2006-10-16T10:46:02","date_gmt":"2006-10-16T14:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/wordpress\/?p=1646"},"modified":"2008-07-15T10:25:58","modified_gmt":"2008-07-15T15:25:58","slug":"according-to-a-mad-democracy-abortionist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=1646","title":{"rendered":"According to a Mad Democracy Abortionist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David Frum, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesmithfamilyfoundation.org\/pastevents.cfm\">whilst speaking on this panel<\/a>, claimed that people in the Middle East who hate America are under the mistaken impression that the United States meddles in the affairs of their countries.<\/p>\n<p>He assured <a href=\"http:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/hacohen\/?articleid=9862\">these folks in particular<\/a> that America &#8220;is not mad&#8221; at them.   <\/p>\n<p><strong>Palestinians apprehensive about CIA money<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>From Khalid Amayreh in the West Bank<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/umkahlil.blogspot.com\/2006\/10\/palestinians-apprehensive-about-cia.html\">14 October 2006<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Palestinian nationalist and Islamic leaders have strongly denounced efforts by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and affiliated foreign aide bodies to recruit Palestinian journalists, politicians and certain political groups to work against the Islamic group Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Western news agencies on Friday reported that the US was quietly starting a campaign projected to cost up to $42 million to bolster Hamas&#8217;s political opponents ahead of possible early elections.<\/p>\n<p>The plan includes funding the Fatah group, providing training as well as offering &#8220;strategic advice&#8221; to politicians and some liberal secular parties opposed to Hamas.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>America courts &#8216;thug&#8217; to stand up to Hamas<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Harry De Quetteville in the Gaza Strip<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/main.jhtml?xml=\/news\/2006\/10\/15\/whamas15.xml\">Filed: 15\/10\/2006<\/a> <em>Telegraph<\/em>  <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>To his enemies he is ruthless and corrupt. But to his allies in the West, Mohammed Dahlan is a potential Palestinian saviour to stand up to the radical Islamic group Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Secular and tough &#8211; some say brutal &#8211; Mr Dahlan, a member of the Fatah party, is being courted by American diplomats anxious to counter Hamas&#8217;s rising influence in the occupied territories.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Frum, whilst speaking on this panel, claimed that people in the Middle East who hate America are under the mistaken impression that the United States meddles in the affairs of their countries. 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