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To: Joe NYC who wrote (152217)	9/24/2002 1:02:52 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572779

We will never forget! Exactly which part will you never forget? And who is "we"? This is very funny..........you think you have the country. You're at ground zero......we feel for you but we don't believe like you do. Don't let the D.Rays fool you.

To: Joe NYC who wrote (152217)	9/24/2002 1:47:02 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572779

UN Okays Mideast Measure By DAFNA LINZER .c The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (Sept. 24) - The United States stood alone early Tuesday by abstaining as the Security Council approved a compromise resolution demanding that Israel cease actions around Yasser Arafat's West Bank compound while condemning terrorist attacks. The resolution, which passed 14-0, was negotiated by the European Union and combined language from competing American and Arab proposals. ``The resolution that we've adopted this evening was flawed in our view in that it failed to explicitly condemn the terrorist groups and those who provide them with political cover, support and safe haven in perpetuating conflict in the Middle East,'' Deputy U.S. ambassador James Cunningham said. But the vote was a victory for the Palestinians and their Syrian backers on the 15-member Security Council. The Palestinians have failed several times to secure a resolution since violence broke out in the Middle East in September 2000. The United States, one of five permanent council members with veto power, blocked a similar Palestinian resolution in December. The United States had threatened to do so again but ultimately abstained on Tuesday when some of the language it had sought - condemning terrorist attacks and bringing the perpetrators to justice - was inserted into the final text. But the United States refused to approve the resolution because it failed to mention Israel's security concerns or specifically identify Hamas and Islamic Jihad as the two militant groups responsible for two deadly suicide bombings in Israel last week. U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte said Monday that the United States would not support a ``one-sided resolution that fails to recognize that this conflict has two sides, that fails to condemn acts of terror and the groups that perpetrate them and that fails to call for the dismantling of the networks that threaten all the people of the Middle East, both Arab and Israeli.'' The original Palestinian draft blamed Israel for the upsurge in violence, demanded its withdrawal from Palestinian cities and expressed concern for the humanitarian plight of the Palestinian people. It did not address Israel's security concerns or mention Palestinian suicide bombings, including the two last week that prompted Israeli troops to surround Arafat's West Bank headquarters and demolish buildings inside the compound. The approved resolution ``demands that Israel immediately cease measures in and around Ramallah, including the destruction of Palestinian civilian and security infrastructure.'' It further demands ``the withdrawal of the Israeli occupying forces from Palestinian cities toward the return to positions held prior to September 2000.'' The resolution also ``calls on the Palestinian Authority to meet its expressed commitment to ensure that those responsible for terrorist acts are brought to justice,'' and it reiterates a demand for the cessation of all acts of violence. When it became clear late Monday that the Palestinians were going to push for a vote on their text, the United States submitted its own proposal to condemn the suicide bombings, name Islamic Jihad and Hamas as the responsible parties and call for the two militant groups to be treated as terrorist organizations under the provisions of an anti-terrorism resolution passed after the Sept. 11 attacks. Using unusually harsh language to criticize Israel, the U.S. draft also expressed grave concern for Israel's actions at Arafat's compound which ``aggravate the situation and ... do not contribute to progress on comprehensive Palestinian civil and security reforms.'' But the Palestinians and their Arab partners on the Security Council rejected the American draft, setting off 10 hours of negotiations as France, Britain, Norway and Ireland worked to find a compromise. Under pressure to act in the face of escalating death and destruction in the Middle East, the Security Council opened its chamber Monday to debate on the crisis and was in-and-out of private consultations all day on the matter. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan asked both sides to reverse course in exchange for a peaceful solution to the 54-year-old conflict. Calling terrorist attacks ``morally repugnant,'' Annan urged all Palestinians, ``especially the leaders of all political factions, to renounce this wicked instrument of terror clearly and irrevocably, now and forever.'' To the Israelis, he appealed for ``greater care to protect civilians'' and to cease acts which hinder Palestinian progress on reform and security. In his speech, Palestinian representative Nasser Al-Kidwa described Israel's actions around Arafat's compound as ``dangerous, criminal and illegal.'' Israel's ambassador, Yehuda Lancr , said Israel's military measures were ``the only thing which stands between Palestinian terrorists and their Israeli victims.'' 09/24/02 03:46 EDT Copyright 2002 The Associated Press.