Israel has changed. And the racist virus spread by Kahane, whose thugs were charged with the murders and beatings of dozens of unarmed Palestinians and whose members held rallies in Jerusalem where they chanted “Death to Arabs!” has returned to Israel in the figure of Israel’s powerful new foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman. Lieberman openly calls for an araberrein Israel-an Israel free of Arabs.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22406.htm
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Inside Story – Egypt-Hezbollah Relations Strained
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Are Hezbollah’s sights really set on Egypt? Was the group sent to help Palestinians in Gaza? Or is this all political brinkmanship?
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22404.htm
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The Red Cross Torture Report: What it Means
For many in the United States, torture still stands as a marker of political commitment-of a willingness to “do anything to protect the American people,” a manly readiness to know when to abstain from “coddling terrorists” and do what needs to be done. Torture’s powerful symbolic role, like many ugly, shameful facts, is left unacknowledged and undiscussed. But that doesn’t make it any less real. On the contrary.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22398.htm
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We Must Confront the Torturers who Acted in Our Name
Let’s see, a U.S. court successfully convicted the son of the brutal former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, of torturing his father’s political opponents. But we’re going to leave it to a Spanish judge to go after our own Torquemadas?
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22405.htm
People trafficking crisis grows as gangs exploit poor families and corrupt system
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/06/child-trafficking-iraq
Israel killed 437 kids in blockaded Gaza’:
According to the report, Israel’s offensive to the blockaded strip also left 1500 children orphans, as they lost a parent or both parents in the attacks, and thousands of them suffered psychological problems due to witnessing scenes of death and destructions.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=91096§ionid=351020202
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Lebanon’s Hezbollah savors increasing legitimacy:
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Indictment of Bush Officials May Come in Days:
The imminent indictment in Spanish courts of former officials of the Bush Administration is being applauded by civil and human rights organizations and legal scholars. The popular wave of support for indictment of Bush officials will inevitably lead to Bush himself.
http://www.salem-news.com/articles/april122009/lil_rebel_db_4-12-09.php
