Obama warns US president can’t solve Mideast crisis alone

Posted on July 23, 2008 by lebz

By Agence France Presse (AFP)

Stephen Collinson
Agence France Presse
AMMAN: White House hopeful Barack Obama stepped into the maelstrom of the Middle East Tuesday, warning the next US president could not just snap his fingers and make peace, as fresh violence rocked the region. The Democratic senator’s high-risk tour to prove his commander in chief mettle [...]

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Jerusalem a minefield for Obama

Posted on July 23, 2008 by lebz

When Senator Barack Obama arrives in Israel, he will find plenty of sceptics wondering if such a foreign policy neophyte has what it takes to finally nail down a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
The Democratic presidential hopeful has already got himself into hot water over one of the thorniest issues: the status of disputed Jerusalem.
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