[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 9984]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                CONDEMNING TERRORIST ATTACK IN TEL AVIV

  (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, Mahmoud Abbas, also known 
as Abu Mazen, was approved yesterday as the first Palestinian prime 
minister. Hours before he was sworn in, a suicide bomber blew himself 
up at a popular nightclub known as Mike's Place, located right beside 
the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv. At least three people were killed and 30 
injured, including an American.
  The world's attention is now focused on the new Palestinian leader, 
Abu Mazen. He has denounced terrorism, but words are not enough. Mazen 
must do everything possible to disarm terrorist groups such as Hamas 
and al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade that are doing everything possible to 
derail the peace process.
  President George W. Bush has a vision for the Middle East, a plan 
that was delivered this morning where Israelis and Palestinians live 
side by side in peace. We must not let terrorists thwart the important 
peace process that is now under way.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops.

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