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partment said, the fact that a
memo like this was sent out is in-
dicative of a stereotype and a
mindset that needs to be ad-
dressed," said Jess Hordes,
Washington director for the
group. "They need to understand
that this kind of ethnic targeting
is unacceptable."

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ADL, he said, is not entirely
satisfied with the Pentagon's de-
cision to withdraw the memo.
`They've only gotten half of the
story," he said. "What they real-
ly need to do is undertake an in-
ternal review, and determine
how this thing happened in the
first place." O

Syrian-Israeli Talks:
More Of The Same

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yrian and Israeli negotia-
tors continued their inten-
sive, very private meetings
at the Wye Plantation con-
ference center on Maryland's
Eastern Shore. And Israeli and
American officials continued to
repeat mantras about slow but
significant progress, despite
much more negative assessments
coming from Israel and Syria.
As they did three weeks ago,
Israeli officials are pinning their
hopes on yet another Mideast
shuttle mission by Secretary of
State Warren Christopher.
The latest talks were "exten-
sive, wide-ranging and detailed,
and they provided each side a bet-
ter understanding of the other's
views," according to a State De-
partment spokesperson—more
official boilerplate.
The focus of the current round
of talks is twofold: the "quality of
peace" that Syria might be will-
ing to offer Israel, and the secu-
rity arrangements that might
accompany a settlement.
The two, Israeli sources say,
are inextricably linked.
"We can't begin to seriously
talk about how much of the
Golan Heights to give up without
serious commitments from Syr-

is about the kind of peace they
are willing to offer," said a source
close to the talks.
Mr. Christopher, according to
sources here, will try to convince
Syrian President Hafez Assad
that time is running out because
of the growing clamor for early
elections in Israel.
Prime Minister Shimon Peres
must decide by the middle of the
month whether to hold early elec-
tions, as many Labor party offi-
cials want.
If the pace of the talks picks
up, he may choose to defer elec-
tions until the fall; if they con-
tinue at their current pace, he
may call for elections in June,
which would effectively end any
possibility of a major break-
through this year.
Mr. Christopher will also offer
new bridging proposals to help
move the talks forward. Israeli
officials appear divided about the
need for such proposals; Prime
Minister Shimon Peres favors ad-
ditional American assistance,
while Foreign Minister Ehud
Barak told reporters in
Jerusalem that negotiators
should find their own ways to
bridge the gaps on a range of is-
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Farrakhan Qadhaffi: A
Match Made In Heaven?

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fficial Washington was less
than impressed with the
meeting between Nation
of Islam leader Louis Far-
rakhan and Libyan leader
Moammar Qadhaffi.
The two leaders, according to
reports from Libya, agreed to
work together to mobilize mi-
nority voters to exert new influ-
ence in American politics.
That led to some harsh words
from one of Mr. Farrakhan's
harshest congressional critics,
Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., who
called for a federal investigation
into charges that Libya has pro-
vided $1 billion to the black Mus-
lim group.

Mr. King, never at a loss for
words when it comes to Mr. Far-
rakhan, said that the new al-
liance makes sense because
"Gadhafi's extensive and bloody
record of persecution and mur-
derous terrorism around the
globe represents a logical exten-
sion of the vile and pervasive hate
rhetoric endlessly espoused by
Farrakhan and his henchmen."
The Anti-Defamation League,
which called the pact "a cynical
covenant between two haters,"
was studying whether Far-
rakhan should be required to reg-
ister as the agent of a foreign
government because of his al-
liance with the Libyan leader.

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