This is the view that Fatah leader and putative Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas expressed in his interview with The Washington Post last month ahead of his visit with Obama.

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Ignoring the judge's written order and verbal reminder, the four reporters revealed his name anyway, arguing that since he had given one "on-the-record" interview last year (coincidentally with Ms. Shephard), the judge had no authority to protect his identity.

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During a televised interview with Euronews in March 2011, after France recognized the National Transitional Council as the legitimate authority in Libya, Gadhafi's son claimed Libya contributed to the Sarkozy campaign.

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