The Nuremberg Principles, a set of guidelines established after World War II to try Nazi Party members, were developed to determine what constitutes a war crime. The principles can also be applied today when considering the conditions that led to the Iraq war and, in the process, to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, many of them children, and to the devastation of a country’s infrastructure.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22719.htm
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22719.htm
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In Memory
By GRITtv
A tribute to the tens of thousands of Iraqis and Afghans who have died in these US wars.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22722.htm
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22722.htm
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Former Interrogator Rebukes Cheney for Torture Speech
3 Minute Video By Brave New Films
Cheney’s torture policy was directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds if not thousands of American servicemen and women.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22718.htm
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22718.htm
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On the Verge of a Hezbollah State:
The Secretary General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, delivered a speech on Friday at a graduation ceremony in which he launched a strong attack on the March 14 Coalition and spoke about Hezbollah’s capabilities in running the Lebanese state.
http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=3&id=16751
http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=3&id=16751
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Full text of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speech:
“I would like to underline that since the establishment of Hezbollah, we have had good relations with our Druze brothers, not only in Mount Lebanon, but across Lebanon, with all their leaders and their religious authorities. We never sensed a problem between Shiites and Druze in general and between Hezbollah and the Druze in particular.”
http://www.tayyar.org/Tayyar/News/PoliticalNews/en-US/128878025132876248.htm
http://www.tayyar.org/Tayyar/News/PoliticalNews/en-US/128878025132876248.htm
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Shell ‘played role in activist executions’:
Royal Dutch Shell is due in court on Wednesday this week to face charges of being complicit in the execution of Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa 14 years ago.
http://snipurl.com/iw60o
http://snipurl.com/iw60o
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Briton to sue for MI5 torture claim:
A British man who was detained in Bangladesh has threatened legal action against the UK government, saying its security services were complicit in his torture.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/05/20095279342633925.html
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/05/20095279342633925.html
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