Hamas Says They Met Obama Advisers In Gaza

Well, that's certainly no surprise to me:

Ahmad Yousuf, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh's political advisor, said that during the recent US presidential race a secret meeting between senior Islamist group figures and advisors to President-elect Barack Obama was held in Gaza.

"We were in contact with a number of Obama's aides through the Internet, and later met with some of them in Gaza, but they advised us not to come out with any statements, as they may have a negative effect on his election campaign and be used by Republican candidate John McCain (to attack Obama)," Yousuf said in an interview with London-based Arabic-language newspaper Al-Hayat, published Tuesday

Yousuf said Hamas's contact with Obama's advisors was ongoing, adding that he was still on good terms with some of the aides he had befriended while residing in the US.

Nice, hmmm?

This confirms something that I reported on during the election that the Obama campaign denied at the time.

No wonder Hamas endorsed Obama and had its minions cold calling the US to drum up support for him during the campaign....