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| Spanish FM: We'll act to prevent war crimes probes against Israel |
| 2009-01-30 |
| The Spanish show some stones? Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Moratinos informed Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Friday of Spain's plan to amend legislation that granted a Spanish judge the authority to launch a much-publicized war crimes investigation against senior Israeli officials. Getting a little warm? Certainly wasn't Obama turning up the thermostat ... Judge Fernando Andreu launched an investigation Thursday into seven current or former Israeli officials over a 2002 bombing in Gaza that killed a top Hamas militant, Salah Shehadeh, and 14 other people, including nine children. The judge acted under a doctrine that allows prosecution in Spain, and other European countries, to reach far beyond national borders in cases of torture or war crimes. The universal jurisdiction ruling sparked outrage in Israel and elsewhere. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #2 Weird. Then again, what isn't these days... |
| Posted by: Lonzo Gleper2520 2009-01-30 22:25 |
| #1 It's related to the steam cell break-thru in Israel |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-01-30 19:49 |