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| Kofi disbands |
| 2002-05-02 |
| UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan decided last night to disband the United Nations fact-finding team on Jenin, following Israel's refusal to cooperate with the inquiry as currently constituted. "There are lots of accusations, lots of rumors. We don't know what is true and what is not. And I really felt that it was in everyone's interest that we clarify this issue as quickly as possible," Annan said before a closed-door meeting with the Security Council. Seems like the facts are coming out anyway. As far as I know, there's no rule that says any fact-finding team has to be under UN auspices. Why not put together a neutral international team of military and terrorism experts acceptable to both sides and have them do it? Surely there would be some objections from the PA side, and maybe some from the Israeli, but one way around that might be to include a PA and an IDF representative on the team. Diplomats are supposed to be paid to put together things like that. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |