Cheney - Olmert

      US Vice President Dick Cheney's second meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Monday morning, like their first meeting Saturday night, was shrouded in mystery, leading to speculation among diplomatic officials that the focus was on how to stop Iran's nuclear program, JPost reported. The Prime Minister's Office, which generally puts out a statement or briefs the press after Olmert meets with a world figure of Cheney's stature, was mum about the content of both meetings. Olmert's spokesman, Mark Regev, would only say that Monday's meeting was a "good" one, and that the two men "discussed a range of issues, including the peace process, terrorism and threats to regional security." After a breakfast meeting with Olmert, Cheney told reporters that Hamas, aided by Syria and Iran, were trying to "torpedo" the diplomatic talks. "It is clearly a difficult situation, in part, because - I think it's true - there's evidence that Hamas is supported by Iran and Syria and that they're doing everything they can to torpedo the peace process," Cheney said. Referring to Yemeni efforts to broker negotiations between Hamas and Fatah, Cheney said that after meeting with Fatah's leadership, his impression was that "they have established some preconditions before they would ever consider a reconciliation, including a complete reversal of the Hamas takeover of Gaza." (07,54)