war crimes

Ratko Mladic on the run: the full story of how the general evaded capture

by News Sources 04.02.2013

The Guardian reports: The men and women who helped hide Ratko Mladic through his many years as a fugitive saw him as a Serb hero. But just in case their loyalty should waver, they were presented with a gift: photographs of their children. The implication was clear: if we can shoot them with a camera, [...]

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Video: Bush convicted of war crimes at tribunal in Malaysia

by News Sources 05.28.2012

A “conviction” in a “court” with no legal standing — I’ll be polite and call this a quixotic endeavor.

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A statistician who’s spent his life lifting the fog of war

by News Sources 03.03.2012

Tina Rosenberg writes: The choreography of a typical human rights investigation goes like this: Researchers interview victims and witnesses and write their report. The local media cover it — if they can. Then those accused dismiss it; you have nothing more than stories, it’s one word against another, the sources are biased, the evidence faked. [...]

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U.S. legacy in Iraq: catastrophic levels of birth defects in Fallujah’s newborns

by News Sources 01.06.2012

Dahr Jamail reports: While the US military has formally withdrawn from Iraq, doctors and residents of Fallujah are blaming weapons like depleted uranium and white phosphorous used during two devastating US attacks on Fallujah in 2004 for what are being described as “catastrophic” levels of birth defects and abnormalities. Dr Samira Alani, a paediatric specialist [...]

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German parliamentarians file war crimes complaints against Israel

by Paul Woodward 06.13.2010

Der Spiegel reports: Public prosecutors in Germany are looking into a war crimes complaint filed against Israel by two members of parliament with the far-left Left Party and a human rights activist who were on board the Mavi Marmara when Israeli troops stormed it 11 days ago. Eleven days ago, the Israeli military stormed the [...]

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Israel: ineffective siege of Gaza must not be broken

by Paul Woodward 05.26.2010

As the Freedom Flotilla sails towards Gaza, the Israeli propaganda machine is working at full bore. In its frenzied effort, message discipline seems to have gone out of the window. 10,000 tons of supplies being carried in the nine-ship flotilla are, the Israelis suggest, superfluous to Gaza’s needs when Israel itself is delivering 15,000 tons [...]

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Tzipi Livni won’t be visiting the UK any time soon

by Paul Woodward 03.04.2010

To hear it from the Israeli press you’d think that the British government can now make changes to the law simply by having the prime minister write an op-ed. Last December an arrest warrant was issued for former Israeli foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, when she was expected to arrive in Britain. According to Haaretz she [...]

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At what point will the West dump Israel?

by Paul Woodward 03.01.2010

For those of us who view the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as being an issue of injustice, there’s plenty of reason to believe no resolution is in sight simply because justice is one of the weakest among the principles governing world affairs. To this extent, Israeli leaders can feel confident in their sense of impunity. But there [...]

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Israeli women’s group tells Livni to turn herself in

by Paul Woodward 12.17.2009

Israeli women’s group tells Livni to turn herself in Ma’an, December 16, 2009 The Women’s Coalition for Peace sent a letter on Wednesday to Israel’s former Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, calling on her to cooperate with international investigations into her role in the assault on Gaza last winter, after a British court issued an warrant [...]

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Officials: Major Hasan sought ‘war crimes’ prosecution of U.S. soldiers

by Paul Woodward 11.17.2009

Officials: Major Hasan sought ‘war crimes’ prosecution of U.S. soldiers By Joseph Rhee, Mary-Rose Abraham, Anna Schecter and Brian Ross, ABC News, November 16, 2009 Major Nidal Malik Hasan’s military superiors repeatedly ignored or rebuffed his efforts to open criminal prosecutions of soldiers he claimed had confessed to “war crimes” during psychiatric counseling, according to [...]

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Goldstone to Haaretz: U.S. does not have to protect Israel blindly

by Paul Woodward 11.13.2009

Goldstone to Haaretz: U.S. does not have to protect Israel blindly By Tomer Zarchin, Haaretz, November 13, 2009 The Goldstone report is expected to be raised for discussion in the United Nations Security Council in the near future, and Goldstone Thursday discussed the possibility that the United States would veto any resolution that would hurt [...]

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Justice Richard Goldstone interviewed by Bill Moyers

by Paul Woodward 10.24.2009

Justice Richard Goldstone – Part One Richard Goldstone interviewed by Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal, October 23, 2009 RICHARD GOLDSTONE: As I say, I accept the right of Israel, absolutely, to defend itself. But let me give you an example. Assuming the United States fighting Taliban, started bombing the whole food infrastructure of the people [...]

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Goldstone challenges US over Gaza report

by Paul Woodward 10.22.2009

Goldstone challenges US over Gaza report Judge Richard Goldstone told Al Jazeera on Thursday that he is still waiting for the U.S. to back up its claim that his report on the war in Gaza has a number of flaws. “The Obama administration joined our recommendation calling for full and good-faith investigations, both in Israel [...]

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Israel wants law of war changed after damning UN Gaza report

by Paul Woodward 10.21.2009

Israel wants law of war changed after damning UN Gaza report By Ron Bousso, AFP, October 20, 2009 Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed his government on Tuesday to draw up proposals to amend the international laws of war after a damning UN report on its war in Gaza. The security cabinet did not, however, [...]

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Israeli cabinet to appoint team to fight Goldstone report

by Paul Woodward 10.20.2009

Israeli cabinet to appoint team to fight Goldstone report By Roni Sofer, Ynet, October 20, 2009 Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Tuesday prevented a debate by the Security Cabinet on the possible establishment of an inquiry committee on Operation Cast Lead in Gaza. Barak said he believed such a committee would do more damage to [...]

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Goldstone: My mission – and motivation

by Paul Woodward 10.19.2009

Goldstone: My mission – and motivation By Richard Goldstone, Jerusalem Post, October 18, 2009 Israel and its courts have always recognized that they are bound by norms of international law that it has formally ratified or that have become binding as customary international law upon all nations. The fact that the United Nations and too [...]

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Israel appeals for solidarity among international war criminals

by Paul Woodward 10.11.2009

Israel appeals for solidarity among international war criminals Haaretz, October 11, 2009 Israeli officials on Sunday criticized the British Ambassador to the United Nations John Sawers for backing a controversial United Nations report into Israel’s conflict with Hamas in Gaza last winter, saying that such support could backfire when Britain tries to conduct its own [...]

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Obama’s Middle East mess

by Paul Woodward 10.06.2009

Obama’s Middle East mess Paul Woodward, War in Context, October 6, 2009 As Abbas falls, have no doubt that he got pushed by an inept administration that similarly gets weak-kneed whenever it feels pressure from either the Israel lobby or the Israeli government. Yesterday, State Department spokesman, Ian Kelly, was asked: “What role specifically did [...]

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Israel minister feared UK arrest

by Paul Woodward 10.05.2009

Israel minister feared UK arrest BBC, October 5, 2009 Israeli minister and former military chief Moshe Yaalon cancelled a UK visit because of fears of arrest for alleged war crimes, his office says. Pro-Palestinian groups in Britain want Mr Yaalon to face trial over the 2002 killing of a Gaza militant, in which 14 others [...]

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Palestinians quislings halt push on Goldstone report

by Paul Woodward 10.02.2009

Palestinians quislings halt push on Goldstone report By Neil MacFurquhar, New York Times, October 2, 2009 In a startling shift, the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Council dropped its efforts to forward a report accusing Israel of possible war crimes to the Security Council, under pressure from the United States, diplomats said [...]

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War crimes and denial

by Paul Woodward 09.21.2009

War crimes and denial By Uri Avnery, Antiwar.com, September 21, 2009 Is there no limit to the wiles of those dastardly anti-Semites? Now they have decided to slander the Jews with another blood libel. Not the old accusation of slaughtering Christian children to use their blood for baking Passover matzoth, as in the past, but [...]

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How the Bush administration tried to cover up mass murder

by Paul Woodward 07.24.2009

How the Bush administration tried to cover up mass murder Fresh Air, NPR, July 23, 2009 AfghanMassGrave.org Dr. Jennifer Leaning, Nathaniel Raymond and Dr. Nizam Peerwani of Physicians for Human Rights discuss with Terry Gross their investigation of the alleged massacre of hundreds or possibly thousands of Taliban and Al Qaeda prisoners at Dasht-i-Leili in [...]

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