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| Israeli "War Criminal" gives Scotland Yard the slip | |
| 2005-09-12 | |
| Scotland Yard was thwarted yesterday in its attempt to seize a former senior Israeli army officer at Heathrow airport for alleged war crimes in occupied Palestinian lands after a British judge had issued a warrant for his arrest. Missed him by that much. British detectives were waiting for retired Major General Doron Almog who was aboard an El Al flight which arrived from Israel yesterday. It is believed he was tipped off about his impending arrest while in the air and stayed on the plane to avoid capture until it flew back to Israel. Scotland Yard detectives were armed with a warrant naming Mr Almog as a war crimes suspect for offences that breached the Geneva conventions. The Guardian understands police would have arrested him if he had set foot on British soil. The arrest warrant was issued on Saturday at Bow Street magistrates court, central London. It is believed to be the first warrant for war crimes of its kind issued in Britain against an Israeli national over conduct in the conflict with Palestinians. But I bet it won't be the last.
You remember how they arrested Castro and dozens of members of the former communist regimes in eastern Europe. Don't you? The warrant alleges Mr Almog committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip in 2002 when he ordered the destruction of 59 homes near Rafah, which Palestinians say was in revenge for the death of Israeli soldiers. The warrant was issued by senior district judge Timothy Workman after an application by lawyers acting for Mr Almog's alleged Palestinian victims. According to legal sources, before granting the warrant Mr Workman decided his court had jurisdiction for the offences; that diplomatic immunity did not apply; and there was evidence to support a prima facie case for war crimes. If Mr Almog had been arrested he would have Last night the Israeli foreign ministry, said: "In the past extremist Palestinian organisations have tried to manipulate legal processes in Europe for their own cynical ends. We have no faith in these groups but we have a lot of faith in the British legal system." I don't. | |
| Posted by:Jackal |
| #3 I wonder if a "war crimes suspect for offences that breached the Geneva conventions" can even be tried if the governmnet of that person is not a signatory to that part of the convention? I have my doubts, but this is the second anti-semitic act in the last few days the UK has tried to pull off. Get a grip on your politicians UK citizens, they are going over to the dark side. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2005-09-12 16:30 |
| #2 The British are digging their own graves now. The Mooslims in Leeds must be chortling with Joy. Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it. How do we spell "Ayatollah" in cockney ??? |
| Posted by: Elder Of Zion 2005-09-12 15:08 |
| #1 Just a matter of time before someone gets a warrant for one of our generals for fighting terrorists in Iraq. You mean like in April 2003? Mr. Fermon said the complaint will ask an investigative magistrate to look into whether indictments should be issued against Gen. Franks. If an indictment is filed against the general and other U.S. officials, they could be convicted and sentenced by a Belgian court. "Belgium could issue international arrest warrants, but I don't think we ===== The Israelis should look at arrest warrants for all the terrible things done to the Argies in 1982 or the horrible human rights violations of blanket suspicion and deportation for Preaching While Muslim after 7/7. |
| Posted by: ed 2005-09-12 13:26 |