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Group says Gaza Palestinians violated laws of war
Associated Press ^
| Dec. 24, 2012 7:56 AM EST
Posted on 12/24/2012 12:35:22 PM PST by Olog-hai
Gaza militants violated laws of war by launching hundreds of rockets at Israeli civilians during last month’s fighting, Human Rights Watch said in a release Monday. …
“Palestinian armed groups made clear in their statements that harming civilians was their aim,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at the New York-based rights group. “There is simply no legal justification for launching rockets at populated areas.” …
(Excerpt) Read more at bigstory.ap.org ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: gaza; hamas; humanrightswatch; religionofpeace; soros
Can’t believe that Soros’ HRW actually levied criticism at the Palestinians; they usually do that kind of stuff to Israel, and unjustified as well.
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posted on
12/24/2012 12:35:44 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
12/24/2012 12:45:49 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(How about a waiting period for putting crazies out on the streets, say a million years or so.)
To: Olog-hai
Can’t believe that Soros’ HRW actually levied criticism at the Palestinians; they usually do that kind of stuff to Israel, and unjustified as well.
Rule of Acquisition 76. Every once in a while, declare peace....it confuses the hell out of your enemies.
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12/24/2012 12:52:01 PM PST
by
GraceG
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
12/24/2012 1:01:47 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
To: DoughtyOne
I’m stunned...a leftist organization actually believes Jewish lives are worth protecting?
Regardless of why they did it, this is a good thing.
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12/24/2012 1:11:29 PM PST
by
livius
To: Olog-hai; All
Sounds like the pro-Homosexual HRW has finally figured out that Islamics and Palestinians are the “Anti-Gay” in the Middle East.
A start for the Liberal Anti-Semitic groups, for sure
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posted on
12/24/2012 1:28:26 PM PST
by
SeminoleCounty
(Seems that the ones who understand little about the economy are economists)
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Thanks Olog-hai.
...by launching hundreds of rockets at Israeli civilians during last month's fighting... "Palestinian armed groups made clear in their statements that harming civilians was their aim," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at the New York-based rights group. "There is simply no legal justification for launching rockets at populated areas." ...
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12/24/2012 5:02:11 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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12/25/2012 6:30:36 AM PST
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SJackson
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12/25/2012 6:31:01 AM PST
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SJackson
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12/25/2012 6:32:07 AM PST
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SJackson
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To: Olog-hai
the “laws of war” thats what ya call an internal contradiction.
To: livius
I agree.
Sorry to be so late responding.
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posted on
12/27/2012 11:35:10 AM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(How about a waiting period for putting crazies out on the streets, say a million years or so.)
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