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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (22940)	3/31/2002 11:20:12 PM
From: DrGrabow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

You're right. I'm sure Jefferson, Adams, Washington, et al committed terrorist activities such as targeting civilians to get rid of the British presence. Me bad.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (22940)	3/31/2002 11:21:44 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Well, it was only a matter of time before King Abdullah came under pressure from his own population. Really can't blame him since he's afraid of losing his own right to rule should he oppose the will of his "subjects": Jordan threatens "measures" against Israel, calls for international force Randa Habib (AFP) Amman, March 31 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jordan on Sunday issued a stern warning to Israel to end its siege of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat or face unspecified "measures", stopping short from saying how it would affect their peace treaty. Foreign Minister Marwan Moasher also told AFP he had formally asked the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to send immediately an international military force to the Palestinian territories A government official told AFP Jordan "would reconsider its relations with Israel". "Breaking off diplomatic ties is a measure that Jordan will only take if it is forced to do so because a dialogue under the current circumstances is vital and only Jordan can undertake it," the official said. Jordan and Israel are bound by a peace treaty since 1994 but relations have been cool over the past 18 months. In October 2000 Jordan named a new ambassador to Israel but has refused to let him take up his post in protest at Israel's repression of the Palestinian uprising that broke out a month earlier. Moasher said he delivered the warning personally to Israeli ambassador David Dadonn after summoning him to the foreign ministry to protest Israel's latest military action and the siege imposed on Arafat. "I warned him that if Israel pursues its actions against the Palestinians and does not immediately withdraw (from the territories) Jordan will take measures," Moasher said. "I told him that the king, government and the entire Jordanian people stand firmly alongside President Yasser Arafat," Moasher added. Israeli embassy spokesman Amir Weisbrod declined to comment on Moasher's statements and told AFP: "We prefer that you discuss this with the Jordanian authorities." Moasher also told Dadonn that Jordan was "very angry and totally denounces the irresponsible actions of Israel over the past few days and particularly today's storming of the Arafat's headquarters and their presence a few meters from the president's room". "There is no justification for besieging the (Palestinian) president and deprive him of water and electricity", Moasher said, hailing Arafat as the "symbol" of the Palestinian struggle and elected leader of its people. Palestinian officials said earlier that Israeli forces punched their way into the heart of Arafat's ruined West Bank headquarters on Sunday, storming up to his doorstep in a hail of gunfire. Palestinian leaders said they feared for Arafat's life as the ferocious Israeli assault brought troops just metres (yards) from his inner office. They said the Israelis had blasted through a wall into an adjoining room. Moasher also summoned the ambassadors of Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States and "officially informed them that Jordan is demanding the immediate dispatch of an international military force, under UN control, to the Palestinian territories." "I explained to them that Jordan does not believe in the pledges Israel made concerning the safety of Palestinian Arafat," Moasher said in reference to promises made by Israel to the United States. "We don't trust Israel at all," he said. "President Arafat is in danger," he stressed. Moasher praised the adoption Saturday of UN Security Council resolution 1402 that called on Israel to withdraw its troops from Arafat's headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah but said it must be implemented "immediately". "We can no longer keep quiet over what is happening in the West Bank because it has crossed over all the red lines," he added. Moasher also accused Israel of seeking to "torpedo" all the efforts being made to pave the way for a resumption of the Middle East peace process "aimed at creating a Palestinian state." hindustantimes.com