1.   Indonesia and Australia had both expressed support for regional security talks.

2.   And Nabil Aburdeinieh, a senior aide to Arafat, said that security talks alone were insufficient.

3.   After the missile attacks, the Palestinians decided for the second day against participating in security talks with Israel.

4.   But as the violence persisted, senior CIA officials stationed in Israel quietly began to participate in the security talks again.

5.   But the idea behind the security talks is to make that easier for them.

6.   Despite the violence, Israeli and Palestinian officials went ahead with a new round of US-sponsored security talks.

7.   Expectations were low on both sides that the security talks would be successful.

8.   However, similar initiatives, including security talks, have failed over eight months of fighting.

9.   In Mexico for security talks, Ridge said that plans call for getting better control of who is entering the United States.

10.   In the last two weeks, the administration has quietly urged Israel and the Palestinians to resume security talks.