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Former Hostage Gives His Views On Stopping Terrorism In The Worldw i t t l I I ; S S t o t t * I T lt ^ im it t in H r i i | y d b i l w nafter %u2666C tfaystf rypllii ft|* f c i Star. 41,1379to Jan. BK.aC.tAthey h n e m a ja M w m w aBmfaratooaiy^he e ijd a a ^ K eoae^ Iritf tteaadfaaEctkri;he- believed there were a numtw* of reoamapeople resort to violence to make a sodad orpolitical! point. Be said terrorists are tm a%a product of differentbackgrounds, internal political straggles* external repression and ideotagjeai nartnratiau.Terrorist aria are their way of bsrmgHtg attention to the cause.%u201cWha would give the idea of a P ak stn aehomeland a seeond thought%u201d if it were ast ferterrorist acta, Kennedy explained, aching astatement of identity to has list of reasons terrorists wont. Relating an CTjwrwmwn he hodappearing on the television news peagyam%u201cNigWhne%u201d Ewe years after he was takenhostage, Kennedy sand one af the reasons his;captors justified the embassy takeover wasto get noticed.%u2018Tooth,%u201d as Kennedy called ten because of%u201csome noticeable dental problems,%u201d saidthat as a student at the University of CaMsrnia at Berkley, none of his classmates knewwhere Iran was. After the A m m o n s weretaken hostage in Iran, they and the rest of theUnited Slates did.Kennedy said that Iranian adadents befievethe United States is a very important part oftheir fives and that after the homages wererefassed, many thought that they wwdd onceterrorists also see the United State government as having double standards*%u201cAs a pompous foreign service officer*%u201dHftasuttwadi Htemres#said Kennedy referring to a conversation hehad with %u201cTooth,%u201d %u201cI told him that he wasbreaking international law by holding ushostage.%u201d %u201cTboth%u201d responded that it was theMternational law of the western industrialbed world. %u201cWe have a view that it issomehow all right to drop bombs because youcan%u2019t see die enemy,%u201d said Kennedy about theUiL bombing of Beirut in 1963. %u201cBut when aterrorist guns down Natasha Simpson, that%u2019sbarbaric. The terrorists are reacting verystrongly to hypocrisy.%u201dAcknowledging that nations must defendthemselves at any cost, be said that in orderto control die violence, the United Statesmost also negotiate with terrorists. He advocated a two-step approach: defend and infiltrate, and claimed that it is the method ofIsrael and it appears to have worked for thatSince his retirement from the foreign service, just six months after returning fromIran, Kennedy has authored the book, %u201cTheAyatollah in the Cathedral,\Executive Director of The Council for InterUnderstanding. When asked by amember of the audience if his hostage experiences had any psychological effect on hispersonality, Kennedy smiled and said that hehad been able to rediscover himself duringthose H months. %u201cPeople should never beafraid to acknit that they%u2019ve been through anhas done things to them,%u201d heO F 1?H $F 7Wig:.Help For HomelessSlape/Smfh Briuk&yn Cityritmenritm Sto|fai m HSkrierasafa resolutioncalling on the UfJSL Congress to pass ten* U sThe resoM m is sritedbfini to he \\the M C f y Chanel* OdL23LTWO JSStjeS 6%u00bbf SfgfHlialtaamPark Slope Repthe Social Security ftett. and altar Federal- shelter ffinriihir to he a(tiSara%u00a3 foro ffhomelessCongress.ttBrinara,,iiffilhstettBmniE h ^ reitecm a -mittee said. %u201cThe isamc is. simpfe. f i nwflinnin Federal fasds were granted Dad; year toin eBaergemey a&eflters.. The answer: use thisSchumer Talks DeficitPark Slope CangjiKSHman; Omsk Setiumer, the onfiy New Iterifc Cfity member off the House Budget Cbmarmattee,, will he Beading a discussion abatot GramjMhfitodmani,, toe- landmark badget-cnUfog Baiw designed to reduce the Federal deficit, Get Ift.The forum* sponsored fey ffltePtUaiic Affairs Committee of CongjregattiBa Beth Flnhim wdl be Undid at the cangjregatinii%u2019s Ptek Slope temple at the: corner of atflt-Are. and Garfield Ptace. The (ificussiun; is scheduled' to begin at 19: Ham The congregation is requesting a |3 donation for a> light breakfast which will precede the program!..Committee ReportsHeights City Cftuncilmember Abe Gerges, who, is chairman of the Council%u2019s Select Committee Or. The Huraeiess. is calling a meeting c%u00ae Oct. 22; 8pm* to propose a pian to house thehomeless of Downtown Brooklyn before thewinter months.Ke is co-iponsonng this first-of-a-kindm a o t n - u 'ir+ %u00ab t h e C ' i f k r U ' %u201dh 2 f '* '