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To: art slott who wrote (25832)	4/17/2002 9:56:08 PM
From: Dennis O'Bell	Respond to of 281500

Re: Hezbollah won't stop attacks... That's been the usual rhetoric from them ever since I can remember. Groups like Hezbollah have the most to lose in any real peace process. That's why they've always opposed them.

To: art slott who wrote (25832)	4/18/2002 3:04:07 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 281500

Shock at lack of rescue efforts in Jenin Aid Agencies must help now, says Amnesty Brian Whitaker Thursday April 18, 2002 The Guardian Human rights groups protested yesterday at the lack of rescue efforts in the Jenin refugee camp amid claims that a family buried for several days in the rubble had pleaded for help by phone. "It is shocking that the [Israeli] authorities have not asked for help and that the international community is not offering it," Amnesty International said. "Help is needed now to save what life there is left." Speaking from inside the ruined camp, Amnesty representative Javier Zuniga said: "This is one of the worst scenes of devastation I have ever witnessed. There is a real possibility that people are still alive under the rubble of their former homes." Amnesty said that although it was contacted by a local human rights group which had received a call from a family of 10 trapped underground and asking for help, there was still no concerted effort to search for and rescue survivors. Israeli tanks again fired machine guns into Jenin late yesterday and loudspeakers announced a new curfew, witnesses said. Earlier in the day, about 50 tanks were seen leaving the city, but it was unclear whether they were pulling out entirely or just regrouping. The Israeli army had no immediate comment. The area, where Israeli bulldozers demolished many homes during the bloody battle, remained a closed military zone according to the army, although some organisations were let in. Derrick Pounder, Professor of Forensic Medicine at Dundee University and a member of the Amnesty delegation, gained access to the Jenin government hospital. He was conducting postmortems on the bodies there. Scores more bodies are thought to remain in the camp, mainly in the rubble of razed houses. Law, a Palestinian human rights group, said that three lawyers managed to visit the hospital after being turned away by a soldier who refused to identify himself or his commander. While waiting to enter, the lawyers said they had seen soldiers at a checkpoint obstructing ambulances of the Palestinian Red Crescent and the UN which were trying to reach the hospital, Law said. Mary Robinson, the UN human rights chief, urged Israel yesterday to let her travel there with a delayed fact-finding mission, citing "growing concerns over recent events in Jenin". The UN Human Rights Commission wanted its mission to investigate the violence, but Israel, which views the body as biased, has failed to approve it. guardian.co.uk