Index: rewrite.php
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--- rewrite.php	(revision 11906)
+++ rewrite.php	(working copy)
@@ -1651,6 +1651,7 @@
 		$rules = "<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>\n";
 		$rules .= "RewriteEngine On\n";
 		$rules .= "RewriteBase $home_root\n";
+		$rules .= "RewriteRule ^&(.*)\$ \$1 [R=301,L]\n";
 
 		//add in the rules that don't redirect to WP's index.php (and thus shouldn't be handled by WP at all)
 		foreach ( (array) $this->non_wp_rules as $match => $query) {