China Seeks Condemnation Of Israeli Attack On UN Post

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UNITED NATIONS (AP)--China asked the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday to condemn Israel's bombing of a U.N. post on the Lebanon border that killed four military observers and demand that Israel stop attacking U.N. positions and personnel.

China dropped it's initial reference in a draft presidential statement expressing shock at Israel's "apparently deliberate targeting" of the post in the town of Khiyam near the eastern end of the border with Israel, apparently because of U.S. opposition.

The first Chinese draft echoed Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement late Tuesday that Israel appeared to have struck the site deliberately - an accusation Israel vehemently denies.

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Asked about the possibility of deliberate targeting, China's U.N. Ambassador Wang Guangya told reporters that information from a senior U.N. peacekeeping official at a closed-door council briefing Wednesday morning "was very clear in this direction."

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[BillZBubb]

1. Will the US veto it? Hmmm....

[bemildred]

4. That's the question. nt

[ixion]

2. okay... so who wants to bet the US rejects it?

I'm sure Herr Bolton will want to dip his moustache in the mess.

[atreides1]

3. Not so fast

With Chinese and Russian collaboration needed to deal with Iran, the US might go ahead and abstain and leave the 51st State, still known as the UK, holding the veto bag as it were.

[Spazito]

7. Yes, that is very likely what could happen....

one will veto, one will abstain and the next resolution that comes up that is critical of Israel, the one who vetoed last time will abstain and vice versa.

[warrens]

5. Damn anti-semites

Don't they know that the U.N. owes ISRAEL an apology for their employees getting blood all over Israel's bombs?

[ananda]

6. No problem.

I definitely condemn it.

Don't think Bush or Bolton will, tho.