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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (101617)	6/15/2003 12:50:45 PM
From: Elsewhere	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

However, if we see the UN step up to the plate and arrange for a widespread peace-keeping effort in the region, involving MORE than just US troops France is willing to help, but it remains to be seen if they are welcome :) France Weighs EU Peacekeeping Offer for Mideast story.news.yahoo.com

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (101617)	6/15/2003 1:22:30 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

However, if we see the UN step up to the plate and arrange for a widespread peace-keeping effort in the region, involving MORE than just US troops, (so political and military risk is shared) I might concur. The Israelis would have to be coerced into admitting UN observers. The UN observers in Lebanon and Hebron have a long history of looking the other way while Hizbullah or Hamas uses them as human shields, but complaining bitterly about any Israeli reaction. Then of course there was that incident when Hizbullah kidnapped and killed three IDF soldiers, wearing UN uniforms and right under the noses of the 'peacekeepers', who shot video and then denied its existence to the Israelis. Rumors are that a considerable chunk of change passed hands to arrange for that.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (101617)	6/16/2003 12:25:35 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I agree, sending troops at this point would be a mistake. The first step in making peace should be cutting off funding to the terrorist groups (Hamas, Hizbullah, etc...). It appears that Hamas has volunteered to be the first group to be made an example of with their inability to join in the cease-fire... Australia freezes assets of group linked to Hamas dawn.com CANBERRA, June 16: Australia has joined the United States and a number of European countries in freezing the assets of an Islamic charity foundation with alleged links to the militant Palestinian group Hamas, the government announced today. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Australia had added the al-Aqsa Foundation to a list of organisations whose assets could be frozen because of suspected links to terror groups. "As a consequence of this listing it is now a criminal offence for persons who hold assets that are owned or controlled by the al-Aqsa Foundation to use or deal with those assets," he said. (AFP) (Posted @ 09:50 PST) British FM slams Hamas; PA asks EU not to add Hamas to ''terrorist list'' albawaba.com British FM slams Hamas; PA asks EU not to add Hamas to ''terrorist list'' 16-06-2003 Hamas is trying to blow up the Middle East peace process, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Monday, calling for an international crackdown on the Palestinian group. "There is no doubt at all that the terrorist group Hamas is literally trying to blow this process to pieces," he told reporters at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg. "We are taking firm action in the United Kingdom against Hamas, and now I believe is the time for the whole of the international community including the European Union to take action against a group which has made very clear that it has no interest whatever in being a partner for peace," he said... EU, Bolstering Palestinians, Presses for Cease-fire reuters.com ...The EU is now dangling the threat of adding the political wing of Hamas to exert pressure following a fresh wave of violence that threatens to engulf new Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas before he can assert his authority. Shaath said there would be no need for such sanctions if Hamas committed itself to a cease-fire. "I hope that we will get their answer maybe tomorrow...So let us not say anything that would make matters more difficult," he said. But outgoing EU Middle East peace envoy Miguel Angel Moratinos was quoted by Spain's El Pais daily on Monday as saying the bloc should add Hamas to its list of terrorist organizations, whose assets may be seized...