1.0 link 153824 <![CDATA[Gaza Crisis Complicates Obama's Policy In Mideast]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/28/gaza-crisis-complicates-o_n_153824.html CRAWFORD, Texas &mdash; The deaths of hundreds of Palestinians in Israel's deadliest-ever air assault on Hamas further complicate President-elect Barack Obama's challenge to achieve a Middle East peace _ something that eluded both the Bush and Clinton administrations.

The Bush administration has blamed the renewed violence on the militant Islamic group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, saying it broke a cease-fire by firing rockets and mortars deep into Israeli territory. The Arab world, however, has reacted with rage to the...

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