U.S. Vetoes Resolution Demanding U.N. Protection for Yasser Arafat

[demdave]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Yasser Arafat dismissed the United States' veto of a U.N. resolution against Israel's threats to expel him, saying Wednesday that the step will not "shake us." Arabs expressed anger, saying Israel may see the veto as a green light to move against the Palestinian leader.
Washington says it opposes expelling Arafat from the West Bank. But it said the U.N. resolution calling for Israel to halt its threats was "lopsided" and didn't condemn terrorist groups attacking Israel.

Arabs were dismayed by the veto, with some saying the vote showed the United States had lost its credibility as an honest broker in the Middle East. Amr Moussa, secretary-general of the Arab League, said he hoped the veto doesn't mean the United States supports Israeli policies, "which are opposed by the whole world."

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGA4SGHPPKD.html

[Jim Sagle]

1. Yesssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[indepat]

2. Surely the US has not lost its creditibility as an honest broker in the

Middle East or elsewhere.

[otohara]

3. Locking - Many Dupes

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