1.0 link 156448 <![CDATA[Obama Camp 'Prepared To Talk To Hamas']]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/08/obama-camp-prepared-to-ta_n_156448.html The incoming Obama administration is prepared to abandon George Bush's �doctrine of isolating Hamas by establishing a channel to the Islamist organisation, sources close to the transition team say.

The move to open contacts with Hamas, which could be initiated through the US intelligence services, would represent a definitive break with the Bush �presidency's ostracising of the group. The state department has designated Hamas a terrorist organisation, and in 2006 �Congress passed a law banning US financial aid to the group.

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