[Peace-discuss] Now you swee it and now you don't - there is a sucker born every minute

[LAURIE SOLOMON]

Here are two more interesting tid-bits of information from Truthout.  One
highlights the complete lack of respect for international law and
institutions by Israel except when it is to its advantage to rely on those
laws for justification and legitimation and/or to make use of international
institutions to achieve its own ends.  The other underscores how even-handed
US justice is where a judge would bow to the State's request and ignore the
defendant's opposition to that request for obvious political reasons. It
allows the prosecution the time and right to change the rules in the middle
of the game and denies the defense the right to dispose of all the motions
before the court during the delay so as to expedite the process when it
reconvenes.  It is the same type of even-handedness that the US exercises in
its Middle East policy with respect to Arab-Israeli  issues, where it calls
itself an honest broker while supporting Israel and its actions and
preventing Israel from being held accountable for its illegal and inhumane
actions.

 

Judge Suspends Guantanamo Case at Obama's Request
http://www.truthout.org/012109C Peter Finn, The Washington Post: "A U.S.
military judge Wednesday suspended the trial of five detainees accused of
involvement in plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, acceding to a
request from military prosecutors in accordance with a directive from the
new Obama administration late Tuesday. The suspension halts until late May
the trial of Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the avowed mastermind of the Sept. 11
plot, and four other accused al-Qaeda members, even though Mohammed and
three of the four objected to the delay."

 

Israel Admits Troops May Have Used Phosphorus Shells in Gaza
http://www.truthout.org/012109D Peter Beaumont, The Guardian UK: "Israel has
admitted - after mounting pressure - that its troops may have used white
phosphorus shells in contravention of international law, during its
three-week offensive in the Gaza Strip. One of the places most seriously
affected by the use of white phosphorus was the main UN compound in Gaza
City, which was hit by three shells on 15 January. The same munition was
used in a strike on the al-Quds hospital in Gaza City the same day."

 

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