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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (727637)2/23/2006 2:00:40 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 769670
 
Iran Pledges Financial Aid to Hamas-Led Palestinians

February 23, 2006
By STEVEN ERLANGER
nytimes.com

JERUSALEM, Feb. 22 — A senior Iranian official pledged on Wednesday to provide financial support to a Hamas-controlled Palestinian Authority, which is already in budget trouble and facing more aid cuts.

"We will definitely help this government financially in order to resist America's cruelty," said Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, referring to the Palestinian Authority. He spoke in Tehran after meeting with the senior Hamas leader, Khaled Meshal, but provided no details or figures about what kind or level of support oil-affluent Iran would give....