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...hours earlier, Hans S. Perl-Matanzo '01, Kimberly M. Sanchez '03 and Antonio J. Torres, a member of the National Conference for Puerto Rican Rights, spoke before the council, urging its members to pass the resolution urging the Navy to "return the land to the municipality of Vieques for civilian uses...
...evaluating the current unfortunate state of affairs, we must understand that there is a lot more to the story. The Israeli security zone exists in southern Lebanon to protect Israeli civilians from terrorist attacks originating in Lebanon. The recent air strikes were in response to the serious escalation in terrorist activity of Hizbullah and other organizations in south Lebanon over the past two weeks. According to the Associated Press, within the eight days prior to the strike, five Israeli soldiers were killed and 12 more wounded in Hizbullah attacks. These terrorists attacks, according to CNN reports, were launched from within...
...first casualty of war is the truth--particularly when it's about casualties. After the 11-week air campaign last spring, the Pentagon said civilians were killed at just 30 targets in Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro where NATO bombs were dropped. Meanwhile, Serbia claimed NATO warplanes were responsible for at least 1,200 civilian deaths, a figure the Defense Department hasn't challenged...
...report released this week by HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH says both sides are wrong. After inspecting bomb sites in the former Yugoslavia, researchers found that civilians had been killed at 90 targets attacked by NATO jets. And yet total civilian casualties were about 500, less than half the Yugoslav estimate. NATO war planners "were obsessed with avoiding collateral damage," says WILLIAM ARKIN, who led the investigation. "But it doesn't necessarily mean they made the right target choices." The Pentagon, which hasn't been able to send officers to Serbia to assess damage, had no comment on the report...
...report released this week by Human Rights Watch says both sides are wrong. After inspecting bomb sites in the former Yugoslavia, researchers found that civilians had been killed at 90 targets attacked by NATO jets. And yet total civilian casualties were about 500, less than half the Yugoslav estimate. NATO war planners "were obsessed with avoiding collateral damage," says William Arkin, who led the investigation. "But it doesn't necessarily mean they made the right target choices." The Pentagon, which hasn't been able to send officers to Serbia to assess damage, had no comment on the report...