Annan tells Arafat: PA fails to end terror

[drdon326]

The Palestinian Authority has failed to meet its obligations to end terror under the Quartet-backed road map peace plan, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan told Yasser Arafat in a letter that also urged the PA leader to give Israel's unilateral disengagement plan from Gaza a chance.

In a letter sent last week to Arafat, Annan wrote, "You are aware...that the Palestinian side too has obligations it has not fulfilled" under the road map. In addition to obligations by Israel to halt settlement building and targeted killings, "The Palestinian Authority should immediately start taking effective measures to curb terrorism and violence," Annan wrote, according to Reuters.

Annan added: "Decisive actions on your part would help the international community ensure that any withdrawal from Gaza is part of the implementation of the road map and not a substitute for it."

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In a briefing to the Security Council last Friday, the UN's Middle East envoy Terje Roed-Larsen also urged the PA to end terrorism against Israel, without preconditions. "Fighting terrorism is not a payoff that depends on reciprocity from Israeli measures. Terrorism is against international law and the PA must do everything in its power to end it once and for all," Larsen said.

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[drdon326]

1. PA fails to stop terrorism??

I find that hard to believe.

[wellst0nev0ter]

2. The PA Is Equipped To Stop Terrorism?

I find that hard to believe.

[drdon326]

3. Well....they arrested and jailed 67 "collaborators"

hard to explain that away.

[wellst0nev0ter]

4. If You Seriously Think The PA Is Equipped

To prosecute the entirety of terrorist organizations that seemingly have vast popular support, then you must be taking some sort of pill.