[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 14, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E595-E596]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                             STOP TERRORISM

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                        HON. CHARLES E. SCHUMER

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 14, 1995
  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring your attention to an 
ad that recently ran in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, 
the International Herald Tribune, and the New Republic sponsored by the 
American Jewish Committee [AJC]. This ad is part of 
[[Page E596]] AJC's recent campaign to educate people on international 
terrorism and the proposed U.S. international countermeasures. As the 
sponsor of H.R. 896, the President's Omnibus Counterterrorism Act of 
1995, I would like to commend AJC for their efforts.
  AJC is a national membership organization which protects the rights 
of Jews the world over; combats anti-Semitism and bigotry; works for 
the security of Israel, human rights, and democratic pluralism; and 
promotes the creative vitality of the Jewish people.
  The AJC has recently begun work on raising public consciousness of 
the threat posed to all of us by terrorism, and developing appropriate 
responses to this threat.
  I ask that the text of the AJC's ad on terrorism be included in the 
Congressional Record.
                      A Tall Order: Stop Terrorism


        no issue is more urgent, no security threat more ominous

       Since the World Trade Center bombing two years ago, 
     terrorists espousing a radical, vengeful interpretation of 
     Islam have struck in Buenos Aires (for the second time), 
     Panama, London, Cairo, Algiers and throughout Israel.
       Terrorists claim divine guidance, but their brutal acts are 
     condemned by the 50-country Islamic Conference Organization 
     as ``a clear deviation from the teachings of the righteous 
     Islamic religion and blatant violation of our values, norms 
     and heritage.''
       Terrorists are funded, housed, equipped, trained and 
     provided logistical support, according to the U.S. 
     government, by such U.N. member states as Iran, Iraq, Libya, 
     Sudan and Syria.
       Terrorists have taken the lives of hundreds of men, women 
     and children of many nationalities and religions. Their 
     targets can be anywhere. The next bus. The next plane. The 
     next skyscraper.
       A global peril, terrorism must be confronted globally--and 
     immediately.
       First, the U.S. and like-minded nations must intensify 
     their cooperation in the fight against terrorism, making it 
     an urgent international priority. Intelligence-gathering and 
     investigative resources must be increased, border control 
     procedures reassessed, and the flow of financial support to 
     terrorist ``charities'' blocked, consistent with 
     constitutional safeguards.
       Second, the international community's tolerance of states 
     that support terrorism must end. In Europe and the Far East, 
     nations that extend preferential loans and other concessions 
     to such states must be pressed to reconsider their 
     shortsighted policies.
       Third, moderate Arab states must be supported in their 
     efforts to contain the forces of extremism. They are on the 
     front line in this struggle.
       Fourth, we must work to further the process of 
     reconciliation between Israel and the Arab world which 
     benefits the entire region, and undercuts the appeal of 
     extremism.
       These steps will enhance safety across the globe, in every 
     land menaced by terrorism, including our own. It's a tall 
     order . . . and a vital one.
     

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