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To: John Sladek who wrote (1065)	2/9/2004 7:07:18 AM
From: John Sladek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

BUSH SEES ISRAELI UNILATERAL EXIT AS HURTING IRAQ WASHINGTON [MENL] -- President George Bush is said to be concerned that an Israeli unilateral withdrawal from the West Bank and Gaza Strip could destabilize the Middle East and harm the U.S.-led effort to reconstruct Iraq. Administration sources said Bush has expressed concern to his aides that the plan drafted by the government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon would damage U.S. interests in the Middle East. They said the president was worried that a unilateral Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip that would leave what he regards as a terror-ridden regime of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat could lead to a Palestinian and Hizbullah escalation that would threaten the region as well as bolster the Sunni insurgency war in Iraq. "The Palestinians need to take action against terror, against the groups that foment terror, against the climate of violence," State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said in a briefing on Wednesday. "They need to organize their security situation so that they can take control of the security situation, their security services, so they can take control of the security situation and really act responsibly, as a state will have to act when one is created." The result is that the White House has so far refused to set a date for a summit between Bush and Sharon, the latter who is under police investigation related to a bribery case. Officials said Israel had pressed for such a meeting to take place in Washington in February, but that appears unlikely. NOTE: The above is not the full item. This service contains only a small portion of the information produced daily by Middle East Newsline. For a subscription to the full service, please contact Middle East Newsline at: editor@menewsline.com for further details. menewsline.com