DATE= FEBRUARY 1, 1998
TYPE= EDITORIAL
NUMBER= 0-07630
TITLE= EDITORIAL: TERRORISM EMERGENCY CONTINUES
CONTENT=THIS IS THE ONLY EDITORIAL BEING RELEASED FOR BROADCAST
FEBRUARY 1, 1998. PLEASE NOTE CORRECTION IN LAST SENTENCE OF
FIRST PARAGRAPH.
ANNCR:
THE VOICE OF AMERICA PRESENTS DIFFERING POINTS OF VIEW ON A WIDE
VARIETY OF ISSUES. NEXT, AN EDITORIAL EXPRESSING THE POLICIES OF
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
VOICE:
THE UNITED STATES WILL NOT RELENT IN ITS FIGHT AGAINST
TERRORISTS AT HOME AND ABROAD. ONE WAY THE U.S. IS FIGHTING
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS IS THROUGH AN EXECUTIVE ORDER SIGNED BY
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON IN JANUARY 1995. THE EXECUTIVE ORDER
DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO TERRORISTS WHO THREATEN TO
DISRUPT THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS. AS THE EXECUTIVE ORDER
SAID, THE TERRORIST ACTS PERPETRATED BY THOSE OPPOSED TO MIDDLE
EAST PEACE CONSTITUTE AN UNUSUAL AND EXTRAORDINARY THREAT TO THE
SECURITY, FOREIGN POLICY AND ECONOMY OF THE U.S. RECENTLY,
PRESIDENT CLINTON ISSUED A NOTICE CONTINUING THE NATIONAL
EMERGENCY.
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER REQUIRES U.S. BANKS TO FREEZE ANY
FINANCIAL ASSETS HELD BY A NUMBER OF GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS THAT
THREATEN TO DISRUPT THE PEACE PROCESS. THE LIST INCLUDES SUCH
TERRORIST GROUPS AS HAMAS, HIZBALLAH, THE ABU NIDAL ORGANIZATION
AND THE POPULAR FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE-GENERAL
COMMAND, AS WELL AS THE JEWISH EXTREMIST GROUPS KACH AND KAHANE
CHAI. AMONG THE INDIVIDUALS LISTED AS SUPPORTERS OF TERRORISM
ARE ABU ABBAS, LEADER OF THE PALESTINE LIBERATION FRONT, AND
GEORGE HABASH, HEAD OF THE POPULAR FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF
PALESTINE. THE EXECUTIVE ORDER FORBIDS FINANCIAL TRANSFERS FROM
INDIVIDUALS IN THE U.S. TO SUCH TERRORISTS. THE GOAL IS TO DENY
TERRORISTS ACCESS TO FUNDS RAISED OSTENSIBLY FOR CHARITABLE
CAUSES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THE U.S. HAS URGED OTHER CONCERNED
GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE SIMILAR STEPS TO BLOCK TERRORIST FUNDRAISING.
AS PRESIDENT CLINTON STRESSED, "JUST AS WE MUST REWARD AND
ENCOURAGE THE BUILDERS OF PEACE AND DEMOCRACY, WE MUST GIVE NO
QUARTER TO THE ENEMIES OF THESE ASPIRATIONS. . . . [T]HE PATH TO
CHANGE IS THROUGH DIALOGUE AND OPEN DELIBERATION, NOT VIOLENCE
AND HATRED. THE U.S. IS COMMITTED TO FIGHT AGAINST THOSE WHO
SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF TERROR."
ANNCR:
THAT WAS AN EDITORIAL EXPRESSING THE POLICIES OF THE UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE HEARD ON THIS ISSUE,
PLEASE WRITE TO EDITORIALS, VOICE OF AMERICA, WASHINGTON, D-C,
20547, U-S-A. YOU MAY ALSO SEND US A FAX AT (202) 619-1043.
YOUR COMMENTS MAY BE USED ON THE AIR.
30-Jan-98 3:39 PM EST (2039 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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