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Article: United States vetoes Security Council resolution condemning killing of Hamas leader
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- March 25, 2004
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CHRIS HAWLEY, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
03-25-2004
Dateline: UNITED NATIONS
The United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution on Thursday condemning Israel's killing of Hamas leader Ahmed Yassin. Critics said the veto condoned Israel's policy of assassinating militant leaders.
The vote came after days of debate. The United States had demanded that the resolution also condemn violence by Hamas and other militant groups, and that it identify them by name. Algeria, the resolution's sponsor, had resisted.
The resolution "is silent about the terrorist atrocities committed by Hamas," U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte said before the vote. He called the measure "unbalanced, ...