'Dr. Rice surprised by Hamas victory, curious why us didnt foresee coming election victory' - see economist prediction a week before election

["David Farber" <dave () farber net>]

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From: paul foldes [mailto:pfoldes () interhelp com] 
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 7:41 AM
To: dave () farber net
Subject: for ip if you wish, apropos today's nyt and wp: 'Dr. Rice surprised
by Hamas victory, curious why us didnt foresee coming election victory' -
see economist prediction a week before election

 

for IP

compare Dr Rice today in NYT ...'we didnt see it coming , asking why? 





compare with the Economist, a week before election predicting Hamas impact
on election  






nyt 1 30 
January 30, 2006



Rice Admits U.S. Underestimated Hamas Strength 



By STEVEN
<http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?ppds=bylL&v1=STEVEN%20R.%20WEISMAN&fd
q=19960101&td=sysdate&sort=newest&ac=STEVEN%20R.%20WEISMAN&inline=nyt-per>
R. WEISMAN

LONDON, Jan. 29 - Secretary of State Condoleezza
<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/condoleezza_ri
ce/index.html?inline=nyt-per>  Rice acknowledged Sunday that the United
States had failed to understand the depth of hostility among Palestinians
toward their longtime leaders. The hostility led to an election victory by
the militant group Hamas that has reduced to tatters crucial assumptions
underlying American policies and hopes in the Middle East. 

"I've asked why nobody saw it coming," Ms. Rice said, speaking of her own
staff. "It does say something about us not having a good enough pulse."


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ECONOMIST a week before election ...





The Palestinians' Islamist movement, Hamas, is set to do well in next week's
parliamentary election. Will that hurt or help prospects for peace?

Get article background

WITH less than a week to go, the reality has sunk in. Every attempt to
contain Hamas has had the opposite effect. When Palestinians elect a
parliament on January 25th, for the first time in a decade, they are
expected to give the Islamist movement a good proportion of seats, in a
resounding protest vote against the failures of the Palestinian Authority
(PA) and its ruling Fatah party, and against Israel. 


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