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 Israeli
Officers Defend 'Human Shield’
Practice, Ex-Minister Calls It
‘Immoral’
Senior
Israeli officers defended the army's use
of Palestinians as human shields to
bring wanted men out of hideouts or to
tour homes suspected of containing booby
traps, claiming that the method,
internationally criminalized as a war
crime, "saves lives”, an Israeli
paper reported Friday, August 16,
2002... more>>
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 Sharon
Urges U.S. to Strike Iraq, Israelis
Favor Attack
Far-right
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
urged the United States not to delay its
threatened strike on Iraq any further,
the Israeli daily newspaper, Haaretz,
reported Friday, August 16, as an
opinion poll showed the majority of
Israelis favor a fresh strike on Iraq... more>>
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 Aid
Halt Could Backfire on U.S. Peace
Efforts: Senior Egyptian MP
A
U.S. decision to halt new aid to Egypt
because of jail sentence handed down to
an Egyptian-American human rights
activist could hurt Washington's Middle
East peace efforts, a senior Egyptian
lawmaker warned Friday, August 16,
2002... more>>
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 India
Sets Up Military Base in Tajikistan
India
has set up a military base in Central
Asia as global competition for access to
the oil and gas-rich region intensifies,
reported IANS news agency quoted by
Times of India's website Friday, August
16, 2002. It is the first such Indian
military facility outside India and has
been quietly operational since May... more>>
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