Is the US pulling out all the stops on the Syrian “peacemaking” opening, hence this report on Hamas moving to the Sudan? Anyone in the Obama Administration who would trust the Islamomafia kingpin Bashir Assad given his track record as spoiler in the Middle East and supporter of terrorism, should look at this example- the taqiyya interview in the New Duranty Times on Tuesday versus what Mashaal contravened in remarks yesterday about Hamas mortar attacks.

Hamas ostensibly softened its stand in a New York Times interview with Mashaal published Tuesday, in which he was quoted as saying Hamas has stopped all attacks against Israel. However, he told Arabic language media on Wednesday that he was quoted out of context and, to prove his point, Hamas announced it was responsible for five mortar attacks on Israel in the morning.

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu, Arutz Sheva-INN, May 7, 2009

Picture of Khaled Mashaal of Hamas and Assad of Syria 

Khaled Mashaal, head of the Damascus-based Hamas Islamic Movement, may be forced by Syrian President Bashar Assad to move to Sudan in the wake of American pressure, Asian Online reported.

Secret sources told the website that Assad sees himself being promoted as a potential power broker in the Middle East and therefore will ask Mashaal “to cease public statements and, over time, leave Syria,” probably for Sudan.

The source added, “This is not going to happen within the coming weeks; it could take a year or more.”

Hamas has close ties with Sudan, where Mashaal recently visited and where Israel earlier this year bombed Iranian-supplied weapons en route to Gaza.

As Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu prepares himself to explain his government’s views on a proposed PA state when he visits U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington on May 18, the American government appears to be focusing on Hamas as the linchpin to break the Syrian-Iranian support for terror. (Continue Reading this Story)