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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1115398,00.html?79%3A+Uk+news+-+guardian




Here's a snip of the article re: UN resolution 223 and flight 223.


Heathrow terror puzzle

BA223 cancelled for second day running
· Tension between US and British authorities
· UN resolution may be at heart of alert

Precisely why BA223 to Washington is being targeted is a mystery. The persistent warnings suggest that some conversation between al-Qaida supporters has been overheard, or a message intercepted. One theory in aviation circles was that the threat to flight BA223 might relate to UN general assembly resolution 223 passed in 1997, which attacked the Israeli treatment of Palestinians on the occupied territories. The resolution, which is among several UN declarations regularly cited by Arab states, condemned Jewish settlements on the West Bank and the Gaza strip as "illegal" and "a major obstacle to peace".



6,584 posted on 01/05/2004 9:56:21 AM PST by WestCoastGal ("Hire paranoids, they may have a high false alarm rate, but they discover all the plots" Rumsfeld)
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To: WestCoastGal
there is also another "Resolution 223"

September 11, 2001 : Attack on America House Concurrent Resolution 223 - Agreed to by the House; September 12, 2001

resolution 223

Permitting the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a prayer vigil in memory of those who lost their lives in the events of September 11, 2001. (Agreed to by the House)
HCON 223 ATH
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. CON. RES. 223
Permitting the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a prayer vigil in memory of those who lost their lives in the events of September 11 , 2001.

6,592 posted on 01/05/2004 10:03:17 AM PST by knak (wasknaknowknid)
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