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...treaty been in effect during the bombing of Afghanistan, it is likely that the United States would have been accused of inflicting mental hurt upon the civilian population. The ICC could easily evolve into an institution that tries to trump preventative military action. In an era of maniacal terrorism, does it make sense for the U.S. to ratify a treaty that has no mechanism for preventing this type of jurisdictional overreaching...
...Bank that bodies lie in the rubbled streets. At the current rate of killing, an additional 30 or so Russian soldiers will have died in Chechnya by the time George W. Bush meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow at the end of May. Don't ask how many civilian Chechens die in the fighting each week. Nobody knows, though the number surely mounts as Moscow's long campaign to bludgeon Chechnya into submission proceeds unchecked...
...President's proposal "without condition," as his spokesman said, but few believe he can control all the suicide bombers. Sharon pledged to withdraw from the Palestinian cities, but he seemed in a bigger hurry to mop up every potential terrorist and perhaps dismantle what was left of the civilian Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. The death toll for the week rose to more than 100, with Israeli soldiers tightening their grip around Manger Square, where Palestinian gunmen and a huddle of civilians and priests were besieged in the Church of the Nativity complex. Israeli warplanes and artillery struck targets...
Killing Israelis, goes this argument, is an act of national self-defense, since the Israelis occupy Palestinian territory, deny the Palestinians their national rights and, in enforcing their rule, frequently kill Palestinian civilians. This logic was sufficiently compelling for the 57 Islamic countries at this month's Organization of the Islamic Conference in Kuala Lumpur to exempt Palestinian bombers from their definition of terrorism. Says Marzouk: "The term terrorism should not be applied to people whose land is occupied." And if the victims of those fighting occupation are civilians? "There shouldn't be any distinction between an occupier in uniform...
...Saudi Arabia and other neighboring states for “protection.” It has given the nod to special forces seeking to assassinate Hussein. It has imposed and enforced sanctions—both food and economic—on Iraq, which have only hurt the Iraqi civilian population and not its government. If the United States attacks Iraq under the guise of terrorism, it is a misuse of our power, an abuse of our foreign policies, and an insult to the intelligence of Americans and Iraqis alike. America’s impetus for a full-on assault...