Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Sunday met with exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshal in Damascus, for the second time this year... no news conference was scheduled....
Carter first met with Meshal, Hamas' political leader, in April. That meeting drew sharp criticism from the Bush administration, which labels Hamas a terrorist group and contends such meetings give credibility to hard-line militants.
Carter said on Saturday, however, that he intends to continue meeting with Hamas leaders because peace requires dialogue with all sides.
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note 1: Hesbollah declined to meet with Jimmah earlier this week
note 2: as Carter was meeting with Hamas, Hamas was issuing the usual 'death to Jews' public affairs announcements, etc. |