1. And officials in the United Arab Emirates, Iran and Egypt called on Clinton to halt the bombings. 2. At the end of September, Humphrey broke with LBJ on the war and said, if elected, he would halt the bombing of North Vietnam. 3. But given the fury in Palestinian refugee camps about the Israeli incursions, there is no evidence that Arafat could halt the bombings even if he tried. 4. Far from halting the bombing, officials with the Clinton administration insisted that they would continue to intensify the air campaign. 5. He also halted the bombing in Vietnam and set the stage for peace talks in Paris. 6. He also halted the bombing of Vietnam in a successful effort to get peace talks going. 7. Prince Saud al-Faisal said in Cairo before the leaders met that the Arabs were in contact with Arafat to stress the importance of halting suicide bombings. 8. Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov expressed open disappointment that NATO had refused his proposal to halt the bombing to allow peace talks with Belgrade. 9. Someone had asked him whether the United States would consider halting the bombing of Afghanistan during the Ramadan holiday out of concern for Islamic religious sensitivities. 10. Still, even Israeli officials acknowledge that military action alone cannot halt terrorist bombings if the Palestinians are determined to resist. |