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Hamas Rips Blair Peace Mission

Former Brit chief 'not honest, not helpful'

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 28, 2007 5:18 AM CDT

(Newser) – Hamas, the Palestinian group now in control of Gaza, blasted Tony Blair's appointment as a Mideast peace envoy yesterday, characterizing the former British prime minister as "not honest and not helpful," and a puppet of the US and Israel, the BBC reports. Blair's... Read full story »

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