U.S. Votes For More Slaughter In Gaza

[Comadreja]

U.S. Votes For More Slaughter In Gaza: Vetoes resolution calling for halt to Israeli military operations: The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 11 in favor, one against http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20041005-1511-un-israel-palestinians.html

UNITED NATIONS – The United States on Tuesday vetoed an Arab-backed resolution that demanded an immediate end to military operations in the northern Gaza Strip and the withdrawal of Israeli forces, saying the measure was "lopsided and unbalanced" and "absolves terrorists in the Middle East."

Israel launched the operation six days ago after a Palestinian rocket killed two children in the southern Israeli town of Sderot. The drive into Gaza has left 68 Palestinians dead.

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[Jim Sagle]

1. Bogus thread headline - doesn't match what's in the link.

[Comadreja]

3. Not my headline

Bogus bitc*ing, actually.

[baby_bear]

2. The U.S. vetoed an Arab-backed resolution - see more

The United States on Tuesday vetoed an Arab-backed resolution that demanded an immediate end to military operations in the northern Gaza Strip and the withdrawal of Israeli forces, saying the measure was "lopsided and unbalanced" and "absolves terrorists in the Middle East."

Israel launched the operation six days ago after a Palestinian rocket killed two children in the southern Israeli town of Sderot. The drive into Gaza has left 68 Palestinians dead.

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The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 11 in favor, one against, and three abstentions – Britain, Germany and Romania.


http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20041005-1511-un-israel-palestinians.html

s_m

[madrchsod]

4. hmmmm

2 israeli children=68 palestinians. to be fair i could subtract the few bad guys that the idf executed

[gottaB]

5. "British and German efforts to find compromise language failed"

I should say the resolution accomplished what was intended--but at what cost?

[undergroundrailroad]

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