Jackson seeks Mideast prisoner exchange

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By BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer
13 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Trying to build on a cease-fire in Lebanon, civil rights leader Jesse Jackson launched an effort Tuesday to arrange the release of prisoners held by Hezbollah and Israel.

"The cease-fire is a step in the right direction," Jackson said after talking to the Israeli and Syrian ambassadors here. "Release of prisoners would reinforce the positive direction."

Jackson, an experienced go-between, has brought Americans home from Syria, Cuba, Iraq and Yugoslavia. And, he said in an interview, "in each instance we had a no-talk policy in that country."

The cease-fire resolution approved unanimously last week by the U.N. Security Council did not demand that Hezbollah release two Israeli soldiers whose abduction touched off the 34-day conflict. Nor did it demand Israel release Arab prisoners. But in the preamble to the resolution, the council said the situation should be addressed urgently.

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[rsmith6621]

1. I Dont Care Much For Jackson....

......But at least he trys to do what is right....

[partylessinOhio]

2. I respect Jesse Jackson. He is far superior to Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld,

and all the other war hawks. I wish him every success in orchestrating a prisoner exchange.