-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! U.S. Facing U.N.-Mideast Dilemma Audio/Video As Violence Rages On, Mideast Peace Efforts Continue - (Reuters) By CHRIS HAWLEY, Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States faced a diplomatic dilemma Sunday: how to say ``no'' to sending U.N. observers to the West Bank and Gaza Strip (news - web sites) without worsening the violence or enraging the Arab world. The Palestinians want the U.N. Security Council to back the deployment of observers to help stop six months of bloodshed, and say they have mustered the nine council votes needed to pass such a resolution. Standing in the way during negotiations Sunday was the United States, Israel's strongest ally in the United Nations (news - web sites). Israel opposes sending observers and wants direct talks with the Palestinians instead. The United States could use its veto to block the resolution. But Washington fears a veto could trigger more violence and anger oil-rich Arab countries whose support it needs to strengthen sanctions against Afghanistan (news - web sites) and Iraq. ``It's our feeling that the Americans are not taking the issue of a veto lightly,'' said the Palestinian representative, Nasser Al-Kidwa. The Security Council met Saturday and again Sunday afternoon in search of a compromise. The talks were expected to continue Monday. European nations in the council fielded a watered-down resolution that postponed any decision on an observer force but criticized the Israelis for expanding settlements and imposing blockades on Palestinian towns. It also noted that most of the more than 400 people who have died in the violence since late September have been Palestinians. Negotiators want to find a compromise before a summit of Arab leaders Tuesday in Amman, Jordan. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan (news - web sites) arrived in Amman on Sunday, and the council wants to arm him with a resolution that will satisfy Arab leaders increasingly concerned about the violence. ``We believe that through this resolution we'll be able to give a fresh momentum to the resumption of (Israeli-Palestinian) talks,'' said Bangladeshi Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury, who heads the block of developing nations on the council that support the Palestinians. ``And we believe the secretary-general ... should know what this organization, the Security Council, is telling him to do,'' Chowdhury said. Acting U.S. Ambassador James Cunningham would not comment on the closed-door talks in the Security Council on Sunday. Only the five permanent Security Council members - the United States, Russia, China, France and Britain - can issue vetoes. They try to be sparing with them, in part because vetoes anger less powerful members who are resentful that five countries can essentially dictate U.N. policy. The United States has only vetoed five resolutions since 1990 - four of them dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. The last U.S. veto, in 1997, quashed a resolution demanding that Israel stop construction of a settlement in east Jerusalem. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
