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LEBANON: THE AFTERMATH OF WAR. A SYNTHESIS By Sarah Meyer BRussells Tribunal 20 September 2006 http://indexresearch.blogspot.com/ * More on IDF use of chemical weapons - July 31-August 1, 2006 - from Readers [PDF] * Sarah Meyer articles and researches published by the BRussells Tribunal.
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LONDON - An expert in international law and an old friend of the Palestinian people wrote me with utter distress a few days after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh were reported to have reached an agreement Sept. 11 to form a national unity government.
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NAZARETH, 22 September 2006.
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The ongoing war of words between US President George W.
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NAZARETH, 29 September 2006 A mistake too often made by those examining Israel’s behaviour in the occupied territories -- or when analysing its treatment of Arabs in general, or interpreting its view of Iran -- is to assume that Israel is acting in good faith.
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By September of 2002 every would-be mover and shaker in our nation's capital knew that Gulf War II would begin shortly after President Bush could claim, however implausibly, that international "diplomacy" had failed to get Saddam Hussein to give up his pursuit of nuclear weapons.
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We have been showing restraint due to the international storm caused by the incident on the Gaza beach - but no longer. Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz (13 June, 2006)1 It goes without saying that it's hard to have a partner for peace if you don't renounce violence.
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Such a war would be an act of madness, & yet we know that the plans are already drawn up
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“Naturally, the common people don't want war ... but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship.
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The Lancet Report on Civilian Deaths in Iraq sincethe 2003 invasion Summary BackgroundAn excess mortality of nearly 100000 deaths was reported in Iraq for the period March, 2003–September, 2004, attributed to the invasion of Iraq. Our aim was to update this estimate.
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This report was prepared by Consumers for Peace.org with the advice of Karen Parker, noted lawyer in human rights and humanitarian law. Ms. Parker is President of the San Francisco-based Association of Humanitarian Lawyers (www.
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"The iron law of the market is that demand breeds supply." -The Economist The landlocked state of Afghanistan sits at the crossroads of Central Asia, the Indian sub-continent, and the Middle East. It is geo-strategically and economically important for a number of reasons.
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Tehran for the first time and at the highest level has this week went public on the so far taboo Sunni-Shiite divide, accused the American Great Satan of exploiting and fuelling the historic Islamic sectarian tragedy, which is true, but offered no way out of the divide except a verbal call for...
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The US media are inundated with reports that the recent United Nations resolution imposing sanctions on North Korea is meant as a "lesson" for Iran, and the United States' ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, has warned Tehran that it could face similar "international isolation" if it follows...
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Just now on CNN, Air Force Col. Sam Gardiner (Ret.) said, "We are conducting military operations inside Iran right now. The evidence is overwhelming."Gardiner, who taught at the U.S. Army’s National War College, has previously suggested that U.S. forces were already on the ground in Iran.
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The following report, while presenting Iran rather than Israel as the threat, must be taken very seriously. The decision by Israelto deploy its nuclear weapons against Iran is consistent with America's nuclear doctrine which also considers the use ofnuclear weapons as an act of "self-defense".
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US Sponsored "Sectarian Violence"
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's bombing of a power plant in the Gaza Strip this year was disproportionate and constituted a war crime under international law, an Israeli human rights group said on Wednesday.
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September 28 marked the sixth anniversary of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's provocative visit to the al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem (the Noble Sanctuary for Muslims and Temple Mount for Jews and Christians) that caused the eruption of the al-Aqsa Intifada still raging...
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BEIRUT, Oct 3 (Reuters) - U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon outlined their rules of engagement on Tuesday, saying they could use force against "hostile activity", set up temporary checkpoints and, if the Lebanese army was unable to do so, intercept the movement of unauthorised weapons.
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Interview with Marie NASSIF-DEBS, member of the political bureau of the Lebanese Communist Party (LCP), in Beirut, Monday September 25, 2006. Originally published in Solidaire, a publication of the Workers Party of Belgium.
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It is no secret that the Palestinian people have always struggled with the problem of impotent, self-seeking leaderships, who have historically invested far greater time fending for their own status and position at the helm — however worthless — than representing the legitimate rights and...
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U.S. to recommend federalization of Iraq The U.S. administration may recommend an establishment of a federation in Iraq with three highly autonomous regions, according to the Sunday Times report.
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Assad: We expect war any time Sunday 08 October 2006 2:09 PM GMT Al-Assad: There will either be peace or war Basharal-Assad, Syria's president, has said that a war with Israel cannot be ruled out as long as a lasting peace eludes the Middle East.
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