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To: Ilaine who wrote (3503)	10/8/2001 1:09:20 PM
From: Scoobah	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Expect the cries of Israeli terrorism to grow louder: This anti terrorist war should be renamed as terrorists and the nations that harbor and support them are being elevated on the world stage. What next, Saddam joins the coalition too? haaretzdaily.com Syria wins seat on Security Council; Israel: decision 'sheer absurdity' By The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS - Syria won a seat on the UN Security Council on Monday with overwhelming support from the nations of the world, despite being on the U.S. list of countries sponsoring terrorism. The General Assembly elected Syria to the powerful UN body for a two-year term on the first ballot. It received 160 yes votes from the 177 nations voting. Guinea, Cameroon and Bulgaria were also elected on the first ballot. Mexico defeated the Dominican Republic for a Latin American seat. Syria was the unanimous choice of Arab and Asian nations for the Asian seat on the council being vacated by Bangladesh on Jan. 1. Candidates that have unanimous regional support are almost always elected. Last year, the United States led a successful campaign to keep Sudan, also on the U.S. list of terrorism sponsors, off the council. But this year, despite opposition from Israel and a last-minute appeal from 38 members of the U.S. Congress to President George W. Bush to oppose Syria's candidacy, the U.S. administration has remained silent. Israel's UN Ambassador Yehuda Lancry said Syria's election went against the spirit and letter of the UN Charter which stipulates that every candidate for the Security Council should prove its adequacy in terms of its contribution to international peace and security. "Syria indeed backs terrorist groups inside Syria and outside Syria," Lancry said. "It is really a sheer absurdity and a sheer nonsense to have Syria as a member of the Security Council." But Saudi Arabia's U.N. ambassador, Fawzi Shobokshi, countered Monday that Syria "deserves to be a member of the Security Council ... because they represent a responsible government and the world's people, and play an important role in our part of the world." One major difference between last year's election and this year's is that Syria was running unopposed while Sudan was running against Mauritius in a hotly contested race. The United States has been trying to enlist Syria's help in its global anti-terrorism campaign, and Syrian President Bashar Assad has condemned the attacks. But Rep. Eliot L. Engel, a New York Democrat who collected 38 congressional signatures Friday on a letter to Bush, said allowing Syria to join the council would send precisely the wrong signal to the international community at this critical time and would be counterproductive to America's efforts to put a halt to global terror. The Security Council, the top U.N. decision-making body, is made up of 15 members. Russia, China, France, Britain and the United States hold permanent seats. Ten nonpermanent members are elected to two-year terms - five every year. Guinea and Cameroon won two African seats being vacated by Mali and Tunisia, and Bulgaria defeated Belarus for an East European seat held by Ukraine.