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Violence, death proliferate throughout Middle East ■ some officials suspect terrorism regarding a recent explosion of a U.S. Navy ship in the Middle East By Pauline Jelinek The Associated Press WASHINGTON — U.S. officials defended the Navy’s decision to re fuel ships in Yemen, where a sus pected terrorist blast killed 17 sailors, and promised Sunday to catch and punish those responsible no matter how long it takes. “We will track them down. We owe that to the families,” Secretary of Defense William Cohen said. Secretary of State Madeleine Al bright also promised results and added: “We have made very clear that whoever is involved in these things, that there’s no statute of limi tations and that we will pursue them. And there will be accountability. ” Speaking Sunday of the dangers inherent in using such ports as Aden, where an explosion outside the USS Cole blew a 40 foot-by-40 foot hole in the ship’s hull Thurs day, President Clinton’s national security adviser said limited fuel ing options in the Persian Gulf area require such stops despite the ter rorism risk. “This entire area is a high-threat area,” Sandy Berger said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” But Berger noted that 25 ships have refueled in the Arabian Penin sula port without incident in the past 18 months. “Obviously we have to find out what if anything happened in this particular case,” Berger said. Later Sunday evening, 33 injured sailors from the Cole arrived at the ship’s home port of Norfolk, Va. to cheers ol awaiting family members and fellow sailors. Some of the in jured needed canes or crutches to disembark the plane that returned them home, while at least four oth ers were carried off on stretchers. U.S. officials believe their ship was the target of a suicide attack from a small vessel packed with powerful explosives. If terrorism is proved, it would be the deadliest at tack on the U.S. military since the bombing of an Air Force barracks in Saudi Arabia in 1996 that killed 19. Cohen said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” that the explosion was “clearly an act of terrorism” but agreed that such risks are inevitable when the U.S. military deploys to the Middle East and many other parts of the world. We understand it’s a high-threat area. There are risks involved. We try to minimize those risks. William Cohen Secretary of Defense ^ “We understand it’s a high-threat area. There are risks involved,” said Cohen. “We try to minimize those risks. “But certainly we can’t prevent all types of acts of terrorism,” he said. The Pentagon will determine through a thorough investigation, however, “whether there was any laxity, any failure to measure up to the very highest standards that we insist upon for force protection. ” Secretary of State Albright said on ABC’s “This Week” that the U.S. investigation, involving the FBI and other agencies, is moving well, and the United States is “getting a lot of people in there” to partici pate. No credible organization has claimed the attack, but names men tioned have included Saudi-born fugitive Osama bin Laden. The United States accuses bin Laden of organizing a network with follow ers across the Middle East, includ ing Yemen, and says he master minded the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in east Africa that killed 224 people including 12 Americans. The Pentagon said last week it is investigating whether future ships will continue to refuel in the area and reviewing whether security policies need to be changed. The U.S. ambassador to Yemen, Barbara Bodine, told reporters Sunday that no Navy ships are scheduled for Aden port calls at present. Aden’s deep-water port has been used as a refueling point for U.S. warships for about two years. Dis cussions also had been started on a possible permanent U.S. facility around Aden, near the southwest ern tip of the Arabian Peninsula and the southern end of the Red Sea. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., said many ports in the Middle East are dangerous and the decision on which port to use “is properly left” to military commanders in the re gion. “I don’t think this is the time to be second-guessing our uniformed military,” Levin, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said on CNN’s “Late Edition. ” “You and I know it’s always easy to go back on Monday morning and figure out what happened in Sun day’s football game,” agreed the committee chairman, Sen. John Warner, R-Va. Conflict continues as Israeli, Palestinian leaders convene H As Ehud Barak and Yasser Arafat head into a peace summit, many Palestinians and Israelis are frustrated and pessimistic JERUSALEM — After more than two weeks of clashes, many Israelis and Palestinians agreed Sunday on a pessimistic forecast: a peace sum mit in Egypt won’t solve any major problems or relieve the current state of bitterness. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat head into today’s summit at Sharm el-Sheik. Egypt, as reluctant partici pants with low expectations. Each leader has constituents who advised them not to go. Pales tinian gunmen fired automatic ri fles into the air outside Arafat’s of fice Sunday night to express their opposition. Arafat came to the front gate of the compound to explain his decision to the crowd of about 200. “We are going to Sharm el-Sheik, but taking with us the condition of the Palestinian people,” Arafat said. “We are on the way to Jerusalem until a Palestinian child i raises the Palestinian flag on the walls of Jerusalem.” The crowd cheered, chanting, “With our blood, and with our soul, we will defend you.” In Jerusalem, Barak spoke with President Clinton shortly before the president departed for the summit. “The two leaders agreed there would be no preconditions for the talks and that each side would present its po sitions during the meeting,” Barak’s office said in a statement. Frustrated Palestinians believe Arafat will face intense pressure to sign an unfavorable agreement at the summit, which will include leaders from the United States, Egypt, Jor dan and the United Nations. “Arafat shouldn’t go because Barak will not give anything to us, ” said Annan Amr, 19, a Palestinian student. “We are here to get our rights by fighting because this is the language Israel knows.” Most Israelis were also downbeat, questioning whether the Palestin ian leadership was sincere about ending the worst violence since the two sides began peace talks in 1993. “I think Arafat doesn’t want an agreement,” said Niv Cohen, 22, a Jew who recently completed his army service. Arafat’s “target is to keep the area.violent.” Two Israeli soldiers were lightly wounded by gunfire Sunday at the Jordanian border, according to of ficials in both countries. There was no word on who fired at the Is raelis, who were outside the West Bank town of Jericho. 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