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To: CYBERKEN who wrote (177275)	9/4/2001 1:16:40 AM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (1) of 769670

Wonder what Durban would take to keep JJJaKsn? Who is calling the kettle black? Seems JJ is happy to let Israel take a verbal beating at the conference.... Jesse Jackson Blasts U.S. for Race Meet Pullout September 3, 2001 2:17 pm EST DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) - U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson blasted Washington Monday for withdrawing from a U.N. conference against racism, saying it was "in a sense subverting" the meeting. "It is most unfortunate and unnecessary to withdraw based on one issue," Jackson said after Secretary of State Colin Powell announced the pullout in protest over anti-Israeli language in conference documents. The United States sent only a low-level delegation to the Durban conference and had warned it could withdraw if references to Israel as a racist or apartheid state were not removed. Jackson, who is in Durban for the United Nations' World Conference on Racism, said the United States had missed a "great moment" to address the issues of world poverty and racism." "The U.S. sent a low-level delegation late and left early. It suggests that the delegation used the platform of the conference to draw attention away from the agenda -- which is racism and xenophobia," Jackson told a news conference. "We chose to disengage and in some sense subvert it (the conference)," he added.

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