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Rumsfeld prosecution could set precedent

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Rumsfeld prosecution could set precedent

By CESAR CHELALA

NEW YORK — There is now enough evidence to try former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for war crimes, Manfred Nowak, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture, recently told "Frontal 21," a German television program.

Nowak’s statement confirms what human rights and legal organizations have been saying for several years, and spotlights one of the Bush administration’s most controversial decisions regarding the use of torture.

 

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Tennis boycott of Isarael serves ace

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Tennis boycott of Israel serves ace

by Iqbal Jassat

Israel’s failure to attain any of it’s military objectives in Gaza – apart from the merciless terror unleashed by a devastating war machinery – is matched by a failure to win favour in the court of public opinion. The post-Gaza crisis following the death and destruction caused by Israel with the complicit support of America during Bush’s final term has resulted in a major humanitarian catastrophe. With the crippling siege still in force and Egypt contributing to it by stubbornly maintaining the closure of the Rafah border crossing, Israel cannot be absolved from any of its international obligations as an occupying power."

Business Day carried an interesting account of a controversy raging in tennis circles over the denial of a visa to Israel’s Shahar Peer by the United Arab Emirates [UAE], “Israel calls for boycott as UAE rejects player”. [Business Day, February 18, 2009]

 

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