Syria and Qatar torpedoed deal for Shalit release

A diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks shows that Syria and Qatar offered Hamas 31 million British pounds to quash a deal for the release of kidnapped IDF corporal Gilad Shalit. The document quoted a conversation in June 2009 between Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and US general David Petraeus alleging that Hamas was offered more than £31 million to block a prisoner swap.The classified cable