Word: punishment
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...graphic depiction of Iraq's use of mutilation to punish everyone from petty thief to political opponent will be included in a U.S. State Department report on human-rights abuses to be released in February. According to U.N. and U.S. State Department sources, hundreds and perhaps thousands of Iraqis have had hands, feet or ears amputated, without anesthetic...
...from her neck and ran away. Witnesses say scavengers also looted the bodies of other passengers. Erika has issued a plea for the return of the necklace, which she says is the only memento of her father. Said one resident, Georgina Santamaria: ``God saved the girl, and he will punish the people who robbed her and the rest of the victims...
...regarding theChechnya crisis. Russian Foreign Minister Andrei V. Kozyrev agreed to hold elections in Chechnya after the crisis was dealt with, and even said he would consider allowing international observers to be present. For his part, Christopher warned the Russians that Congress might nix any new aid package to punish the Russians for their brutality in Chechnya. However, notesTIME correspondent Ann Simmons, by agreeing that the Chechnya crisis was an internal affair, the Clinton administration has in effect separated Russia's behavior there from the issue of U.S. aid. "It seems like Russia has the green light to go ahead...
...amity masked huge differences that will produce tough fights in the next months. But the congeniality was in some ways an expression of a mutual political anxiety. Gingrich and Clinton understand that politics has become tremendously volatile, with voters willing to punish failure without regard to party or personality...
...killed six people and injured more than 1,000. The other targets allegedly on the group's list included the United Nations, the FBI's New York headquarters and tunnel crossings into New Jersey. Federal prosecutors allege that the 12 men were waging a "war of urban terrorism" to punish the U.S. for supporting Israeli and Egyptian governments. The defense is likely to argue that the Muslims are the victims of entrapment and an overzealous informant. Opening statements may start by the end of the month...