Word: pinochets
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Clearly, the indictment is just a beginning for Garzón, who gained global fame when he sought the extradition in 1998 of Chilean ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet Ugarte for crimes against humanity. In theory, Garzón can take his time on this case: Spain?s strong antiterrorism laws allow the eight to be held without trial for two years, with a possible extension of another two. In practice, though, the pressure is on to fill in the details of how the Abu Dahdah cell?s activities fit into al-Qaeda?s global designs...
...famous for selling Head and Shoulders shampoo and Uncle Ben's rice. No, that distinction would surely go to reports that Chilean businessman Eduardo Mateluna plans to launch a line of soaps and air fresheners called, simply, "Osama." Explained Mateluna, who has previously marketed wines named after General Augusto Pinochet, "It's a name that people already know...
...Neither side has fought by the Queensberry rules in the decades-old struggle between Israel and the Palestinians, and that may pose problems for Israeli officials on a European continent where enthusiasm for cross-border human-rights prosecutions has been aroused by the Pinochet and Milosevic indictments. Foreign Minister Shimon Peres maintains that the same principle could be applied against any Palestinian representative who had been involved in terrorist actions and wreak havoc with European efforts to engage with both sides. That argument may resonate with politicians engaged in trying to revive the peace process, but it?s unlikely...
...Sharon is not alone in navigating the treacherous waters of Europe's new enthusiasm for cross-border justice. On a recent visit to Paris, former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger found himself subpoenaed to give evidence to a French judge investigating the killing of French citizens in General Pinochet's Chile. Dr. Kissinger declined the invitation. But it's unlikely to be the last one he receives. And sooner or later, the European indictment will become a standard arrow in the quiver of aggrieved parties across the globe, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe...
...INDICTED. JORGE VIDELA, 75, former Argentine dictator, for participating with five other South American despots, including Chile's Augusto Pinochet, in a scheme to kill leftist opponents; in Buenos Aires. Videla's junta sized power in a 1976 coup, and from then until 1981 collaborated with the other governments to hunt political exiles in their own countries. His regime is linked to the deaths of up to 30,000. SENTENCED. KHALFAN KHAMIS MOHAMED, 27, to life in prison for making explosives used to bomb the U.S. embassy in Tanzania in 1998, killing 11 people; in New York. The same jury...