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Report: Barack Obama's Al Qaida initiative began months before his election
Subsequently, in his first television interview as president, with the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya satellite channel on Jan. 26, Obama spoke about his own ties to the Muslim world: "Now, my job is to communicate the fact that the United States has a stake in the well-being of the Muslim world, that ...
Interview of the President by Al Arabiya
georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov — For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary October 5, 2007 Interview of the President by Al... Arabiya Oval Office, Colonnade, Map Room October 4, 2007 11:35 A.M. EDT Q Mr. President, it's nice to see you. It's nice to meet you. And how ... (more) Interview of the President by Al Arabiya
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Report: Obama Began Talking to al Qaeda Months Ago
The Jawa Report — January 28, 2009 Report: Obama Began Talking to al Qaeda Months Ago Okay, I'll go ahead and link this since it's getting so much buzz. But Ronin and I both agree that the report sounds like it could be a) BS or b) based on something relatively benign and, to borrow a phrase from the British Left, "sexed up". Obama's alleged "unofficial dialogue" through "Arab intermediaries" is so vague that it could mean anything, really. The implication here is that Obama, even during the election, was trying to reach out to al Qaeda to reach some sort of accommodation or truce. But that ...

Has President Barack Hussein Obama been negotiating a truce with al-Qaeda?
Hyscience — Disturbing and dangerous: Barack Obama was working with Arab intermediaries to establish an unofficial dialogue with Al Qaida long before his election as the 44th U.S. president, according to a report in the upcoming weekly edition of Geostrategy-Direct.com. Al Qaida has offered what has been described as a truce in exchange for a U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan, according to the report. Commentary at The Strata-Sphere: It seems Obama wants to be the history's next Neville ...

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