Sunday, December 17, 2006

see-saw

fatah calls for early elections for the palestinian authority, hoping to get its rival hamas out of power. the move is cheered by the bush administration, but hamas condemns the demand as "tantamount to a coup."

hezbollah calls for early elections for lebanon, hoping to get the saniora government out of power. the move is condemned by the bush administration, who says the protest "amounts to a coup d'etat."