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Tale of the tape on Howard Dean NBC: Old TV shows answer some questions
By Mark Murray and the NBC Investigative Unit NBC News
In another January 1998 episode, he also speculated that there "will probably be good and bad" if Hamas takes control over the Palestinian leadership. Yasser Arafat, he said, "is going to leave the scene. ... When that happens, I think Hamas will probably take over. There will probably be good and bad out of that. The bad, of course, is that Hamas is a terrorist organization. However, if they have to run a quasi-state they may actually have to be more responsible and start negotiations. So who knows what will happen."
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7465568
Hamas Wins Major Victory in Gaza Local Elections Fri Jan 28, 2005 06:46 AM ET
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Islamic militant group Hamas swept nearly two-thirds of the seats in the Gaza Strip's first council elections, defeating the dominant Fatah movement of President Mahmoud Abbas, unofficial results showed on Friday.
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