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Spanish court probes Halutz, Ben-Eliezer for 2002 Gaza attack
A Spanish judge on Thursday launched a probe of seven current or former Israeli officials over a 2002 bombing in Gaza that killed a Hamas terrorist and 14 other people, including nine children.

The people named in the suit include Dan Halutz, who commanded Israel's air force at the time, and Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, then defense minister and currently national infrastructures minister.

Judge Fernando Andreu said the attack against Salah Shehadeh in a densely populated civilian area might constitute a crime against humanity.

The judge was acting under a doctrine that allows prosecution in Spain of such an offense or crimes like terrorism or genocide even if they are alleged to have been committed in another country.
Will they apply that retroactively to the Socialists and Communists who killed so many in their Civil War? To the Spaniards who wiped out the Aztecs, Incans and Mayans? How about to all the slaves they brought to Central and South America?

No?
Andreu announced the probe in a writ issued Thursday.
Posted by: tipper 2009-01-29
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=261097