Word: breaches
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...shoved onto page A20, “World in Brief,” of The Washington Post, Israeli troops had entered Gaza on June 24 to kidnap two civilians, Osama and Mustafa Abu Muamar, the two sons of a Hamas member and political activist. The breach of Palestinian territory came after two weeks of Israeli air-strikes in which 14 civilians were killed. No doubt, the Palestinian militants on June 25 felt they were defending their state, reacting to Israel’s aggression in kind...
...Arab-Israeli conflict, like all wars, is plagued by the chronic accusations of “they attacked us first,” when realistically, everyone shares the blame. Palestinian militants and the Israel Defense Forces are equally responsible for attacks on civilian areas and, in doing so, both breach international...
...must stop these kinds of negative announcements, and they should stop if they have any plans [to actually conduct a nuclear test]. They have made a firm commitment to a denuclearization of the Korean peninsula contained in the joint statement adopted in September last year. This is a serous breach of that commitment, to the whole Korean nation - both North and South- and the whole international community. We will take necessary diplomatic measures, as much...
...will you respond as South Korea's Foreign Minister to Pyongyang's latest provocation? We've already made strong statements that North Korea should stop these provocative activities and they should abide by Security Council resolution 1695. This is a total breach of the commitment they made in the joint declaration for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula adopted in 1992, a declaration I helped negotiate. This is a total breach of that commitment - a commitment to the whole nation and the whole international community. Should they go ahead, despite our appeals, North Korea should be entirely responsible...
...Along with images of the charred corpses of individuals killed in explosions, some from an initial batch of 14 videos seem to show Iraqis fraternizing with Australian troops-potentially jeopardizing the locals' safety. Others show soldiers exposing themselves and wielding pistols in apparent breach of safety protocols. In one image, a soldier points a pistol at the head of a kneeling man, possibly another Australian soldier, dressed in Arab robes and headdress. A former Military Police officer who reviewed the videos for Time described their content as not only disgusting but in breach of military procedure and operational security...