[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 24218]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              SUPPORTING ISRAEL'S FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of 
Israel's actions to destroy terrorist training camps in Syria, sending 
a message that terrorists cannot hide and will be destroyed wherever 
they are found. As the United States has defended itself against 
terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq, Israel is defending itself against 
further attacks by the terrorist group Islamic Jihad. This violent 
group's latest attack came on Saturday, before Yom Kippur, at a Haifa 
restaurant, killing 19 innocent people and injuring 55.
  As President Bush has said, ``Israel's got a right to defend herself, 
that Israel must not feel constrained in terms of defense of the 
homeland.'' No nation would sit by as their civilians are killed and 
terrorized, and Israel has a duty to protect its people. Palestinians 
that desire peace must work to dismantle the terror networks, and so 
must the people of Syria. As United States U.N. Ambassador John 
Negroponte said, ``Syria is on the wrong side of the War on 
Terrorism.'' Syria has harbored and supported terrorists and this must 
end.
  Israel is in the midst of a battle in the War on Terrorism and 
America stands with her.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops.

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