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Since 1948 the UN has adopted
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tine yet Israel h gnored them time and again. A 1967 resolution calling for Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories is still systematically ignored. The US has used its veto on the Security Council on numerous occasions to defeat resolutions critical of Israel. The US used its veto against a demand that Israel stop the construction of Israeli settlements in east Jerusalem. Since 1973, the US has used its veto more than 24 times to protect Israel. Whilst George Bush talks of civilising' the Middle East, Israel continues to commit war crimes including assassinations, torture, hostage taking and the use of Palestinians as human shields. 1985; US vetoed a resolution deploring 'repressive measures' by Israel against the Arab population 1986; US vetoed calls upon Israel to respect Muslim holy places 1988; US vetoed calls for Israel to accept the applicability of the 4th Geneva Convention, rescind the order to deport Palestinian civilians, and condemn practices of Israel that violate human rights of Palestinians in the occupied territories 1989; US vetoed a condemnation of Israeli brutality in the occupied territories 1997; US vetoed calls upon Israel www
Delegate states of the UN Security Council are being bugged by US intelligence in an attempt to win crucial votes to go to war. The US is now so desperate to force the vote through the UN 'as a favour to Tony Blair' that they are using the same methods against the Security Council as they are against Saddam; spying and threats of the withdrawal of aid.
An extraordinary leaked memo printed in the Observer newspaper revealed that the National Security Agency ordered its staff to intercept telephone calls and emails of 'UN Security Council Members (minus US and GBR, of course)' to provide the Bush admindirty tricks istration with information on possible voting intentions. delegations from Angola, Cameroon, Chile, Bulgaria, Guinea and Pakistan to establish their voting intentions, policies, negotiating positions, focus on Pakistan' was advised. threats to countries that are undecided, whilst huge bribes are being offered to countries that align themselves with the US. ed more than $20 billion in aid and grants in return for allowing Bush to ern Turkey. The NSA was 'mounting a surge' on alliances and dependencies. An 'extra Bush is turning increasingly to direct
Turkey has acceptstation one third of US troops in southOther countries are complaining of outright threats to economic and aid packages if they refuse to use their vote to back Bush and Blair. This exposes the reality about the United Nations. Far from it being an agency of democracy and political neutrality, it is crystal clear that no 'just war' can be waged against the people of Iraq by the member states of the United Nations who horse trade war credits for money. This is the ultimate proof that anything can be bought by the US if the price is right. Millions of people across the world know that Israel has been flouting UN resolutions for years with the help of the US, and that it receives the biggest
they join the massive New York demonstration on February 15, estimated at 100,000 by police and up to a millio by campaigners. Votes for sale? The UN Securit Council aid package of all around billion year from the US. Mexico has changed its antiwar pos tion because of threats from the Bust administration that Mexican immigrants into the US will be treated unfavourably. In Pakistan, the US State department has sent a delegat to 'persuade' it to support war. Bush's speech at the end of Februa to the American Enterprise Institute was a homily to the restraint of violence, the 'cause of peace' and "civilised behaviour'. But the scrambl by the US and Britain for an extra nin votes on the Security Council is just the flipside of the brutality of US impe rialism in the Middle East.