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US Vetoes Security
Wall Resolution

The Globe and Mail
10-15-3

"The vote came after a fierce debate that saw several of about 40 countries that spoke portray the wall as racist and colonialist, a blatant land-grab, worse than the Berlin Wall, and an overreaction that would turn some parts of the Palestinian territories into 'open-air prisons.'"
 
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The United States vetoed a UN Security Council resolution late Tuesday that would have condemned Israel for building a barrier that cuts into the West Bank.
 
The American veto came after the United States suggested an alternate draft that would have called on all parties in the Middle East struggle to dismantle terrorist groups.
 
The United States was the only country to vote against, using its veto as one of five permanent members of the council. Four of the 15 members of the Security Council abstained: Bulgaria, Cameroon, Germany and Britain.
 
U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte said the resolution "was unbalanced" and "did not further the goals of peace and security in the region."
 
The vote came after a fierce debate that saw several of about 40 countries that spoke portray the wall as racist and colonialist, a blatant land-grab, worse than the Berlin Wall, and an overreaction that would turn some parts of the Palestinian territories into "open-air prisons."
 
Syria's UN Ambassador Fayssal Mekdad, whose country is the only Arab nation on the 15-member council, introduced the draft resolution Thursday on behalf of the 22-member Arab League.
 
The request for Security Council action came a week after the Israeli Cabinet approved an extension of the barrier that would sweep around Jewish settlements deep in the West Bank.
 
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Comment Sally Forester 10-15-3
 
Dear Jeff -
 
No surprise here. Four countries abstained from voting, but Israel's puppet, the US, was the only one that voted against the resolution. It's far beyond obvious who is running US foreign policy. I remember that USAF official paper you've posted several times which details how Israeli nuclear blackmail against the US is an integral factor in much of American foreign policy. Everyone should read it...several times.
 

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