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U.S. SHOCKED BY HAMAS WIN

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The Bush administration has been stunned by Hamas's capture of the Gaza Strip.

Officials said the defeat of forces aligned with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas took the administration by surprise. They said that neither the administration nor the U.S. intelligence community expected Fatah to collapse.

"There is shock and awe," an official said. "It's a major blow to the administration's policy."

At one point, the administration urged Egypt to send troops into the Gaza Strip to save Fatah. Officials said the regime of President Hosni Mubarak refused, and the administration then pressed Abbas to launch a full-scale offensive against Hamas.

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