US Expanding Assassination List
uploaded 01 Dec 2002
The United States is quietly examining the feasibility of assassinating
Hizbullah leaders linked to the deaths of U.S. soldiers and civilians in
the 1980s.
The assassination option was bolstered following the success of a U.S.
mission that tracked and killed six suspected Al Qaida operatives in Yemen
last month.
So far, Lebanon and Syria have refused to cooperate in efforts to capture
Hizbullah members responsible for the killing of hundreds of Americans in
the early 1980s, Middle East Newsline reported.
The Iranian-backed group blew up the U.S. Marine Corps barracks and the
embassy in Beirut in 1982 and 1983 during the U.S. peacekeeping mission in
Lebanon.
In Yemen, the United States used a Predator unmanned air vehicle to follow
a car with the Al Qaida members. The Predator then launched a Hellfire
anti-tank missile to destroy the car. U.S. officials said the issue is
being discussed by the intelligence and law enforcement communities after
an assessement that Hizbullah has been cooperating with Al Qaida to launch
attacks on civilian installations in Africa and the Middle East.
The prospect of assassinating Hizbullah leaders was raised publicly during
a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last week. Such a move was supported
by committee chairman Sen. Arlen Specter, who was questioning U.S. Attorney
Robert Conrad, who helped break up a Hizbullah ring in North Carolina last
year.
"The United States is moving against Al Qaida key people," Specter told
Conrad. "You saw what happened in Yemen not too long ago with military
action taken against Al Qaida key figures. Would you recommend that for
Hizbullah, key figures outside the United States?"
"Yes, sir," Conrad replied. "And I hope that extradition efforts and other
rendering efforts might someday be fruitful here.
At that point, Specter said the prospect of the United States obtaining the
extradition of Hizbullah suspects from Lebanon appears dim. Then he added,
"But it's possible to do other things in Lebanon."
Specter did not elaborate.
Officials said any such move would take place in the next stage of the war
against terrorism. They said any assassination must be preceded by an
intensive monitoring effort of Hizbullah leaders and operatives in Lebanon.
Source: World Tribune
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A Murder Can Be Forgiven
uploaded 30 Nov 2002
This is what the American justice believes
It seems that South Korea has forgotten about the mystical danger that was
coming from the nuclear program of North Korea. Tens of thousands of South
Korea citizens, mainly students, started burning American flags, chanting
anti-American slogans around American army bases. The Seoul government had
to get the help of 4400 police officers in order to defend the deployment
sites of "American defenders."
Here is the story that happened before this event. Two 14-year-old Korean
schoolgirls were heading to their friend's place for a birthday party on
June 13th. An American tank ran them over and killed the girls. This
tragedy definitely caused indignation amid the people of Korea. The
indignation only increased during the dispute regarding the trial on the
two members of the tank's crew. The legal bodies of Korea insisted that the
trial was supposed to take place in a Korean court. Yet, the Americans
announced that the military men would be judged by American court martial.
They claimed that the incident happened when the American soldiers were
fulfilling their duty of service. It was also said that the soldiers were
doing a training.
The USA was confused with the growing wave of protests. On June 27th the
military command of the United States stated that it would be an "honest
trial." On November 22nd, a court martial ruled that the American military
men were not guilty of the death of two Korean little girls. As it was
explained in the verdict, the tank's driver had his view blocked, whereas
the navigator's communication equipment was out of order.
Since then, every step of the American authorities added more fuel to the
fire. An American general released a statement for journalists, in which he
expanded on the differences between the legal norms of the USA and Korea.
President George Bush was four months late with his official apologies for
South Korea. All those statements from American officials were perceived as
scorn by the Koreans.
There was a campaign launched to collect signatures for the reconsideration
of the legacy for the "American defenders" to stay in the country. A
million of signatures has been collected already. The Korea Herald
newspaper wrote that the Korean government was allowed to deal only with 69
of one thousand two hundred and forty six crimes, that were committed by
the American military men in South Korea during 1999-2001. Those 69 crimes
comprise only 5.5% of that, in spite of the fact that there was about 30%
of serious crimes in that number.
In other words, 94.5% of crimes that were committed by the American
military men in South Korea, were committed in the course of their "service
of duty." This is what the American command has acknowledged. This should
be taken into consideration by all East-European countries that are going
to become NATO members, as well as by all Central Asian, South Asian,
Middle Eastern countries that opened their doors for the American "fighters
against the international terrorism." Better late than never.
