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To: maceng2 who wrote (158)	12/16/2001 4:27:19 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6945

Arafat calls for end to suicide bombings Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has called for an end to suicide bombings against Israel, and says all "armed activity" must cease. At the same time, Arafat said the government of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had "declared war" on the Palestinian Authority. In a speech to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, Arafat blamed Sharon for the surging Middle east violence, and said Palestinian attacks on Israeli civilians gave him an excuse to escalate military actions. There was no immediate reaction from Israel, which has dismissed Arafat's efforts against the militants to date, saying he has proven either unwilling or unable to crush the extremists. Arafat spoke directly to the Israeli people, urging a resumption of peace talks. "I would like to renew my call to the people of Israel ... to return immediately to the negotiating table," he said. He called on fellow Palestinians to respect his calls for a cease-fire, which have in recently months proven ineffectual: "We will not accept more than one Authority on this land... When you take a decision must be respected. "Today, I am reiterating my call for a comprehensive cessation to all the armed activities... I call for a complete stop to all activities, especially the suicide attacks that we condemn always," he said. He added that Palestinian mortar attacks against Israel should also cease, saying Sharon was using these mortar attacks, most of which have targeted Jewish settlements, as excuses to hit the Palestinians. ananova.com

To: maceng2 who wrote (158)	12/16/2001 10:43:31 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6945

On October 18th Chomsky said that the US is "casually" in "the midst of apparently trying to murder 3 or 4 million people, not Taliban of course, their victims" in Afghanistan "in some sort of silent genocide". Now we are supposed to accept this man as a sober and impartial judge of Mideast politics? PB, perhaps you can clue us into the progress of this "genocide", since you read the Independent. They would be delighted to cover it, I'm sure. You can find Chomsky's remarks at zmag.org

To: maceng2 who wrote (158)	12/16/2001 10:50:53 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 6945

On October 18th Chomsky said that the US is "casually" in "the midst of apparently trying to murder 3 or 4 million people, not Taliban of course, their victims" in Afghanistan "in some sort of silent genocide". Now we are supposed to accept this man as a sober and impartial judge of Mideast politics? PB, perhaps you can clue us into the progress of this "genocide", since you read the Independent. They would be delighted to cover it, I'm sure. You can find Chomsky's remarks at zmag.org