Blair Appointed New Phantom Chaser

Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 11:43:33 am PDT

As we mentioned yesterday, Tony Blair has been named as the Quartet’s special envoy to the Middle East: Blair named Middle East troubleshooter.

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - British former prime minister Tony Blair was Wednesday named special envoy of the diplomatic quartet pushing for Middle East peace and tasked with spearheading efforts to create a Palestinian state.

Create a Palestinian state? I thought Hamas had already done that.