ZGram - 10/31/2002 - "Scotland Yard vs. Mossad?"

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ZGram - Where Truth is Destiny

October 31, 2002

Good Morning from the Zundelsite:

I found this comment on www.whatreallyhappened.com.

"Scotland Yard will examine claims of Israeli war crimes.   Note that 
the man they are investigating is the new head of the Mossad!"

The article below is from the Independent - we can assume, highly reliable.

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Scotland Yard will examine claims of Israeli war crimes

By Justin Huggler and Ian Burrell

31 October 2002

Scotland Yard is investigating a former Israeli army chief over 
alleged war crimes committed by Israeli soldiers against Palestinians 
in the Occupied Territories this year.

Lt-Gen Shaul Mofaz, who is in Britain on a fund-raising tour, is 
widely tipped in Israel to be named by Ariel Sharon as the new 
Defence Minister after the coalition government collapsed yesterday. 
He retired as Chief of Staff in July.

A British Muslim group has accused Lt-Gen Mofaz of responsibility as 
commander for alleged violations of the Geneva Conventions. The 
Israeli army is accused of using Palestinians as human shields, 
assassinating militants, torturing prisoners, and destroying civilian 
homes.

The inquiry comes after Imran Khan, a British lawyer known for his 
role in the Stephen Lawrence case, presented a 17-page dossier to the 
Director of Public Prosecutions, who passed it to Scotland Yard's 
crimes against humanity unit. Mr Khan, who is representing families 
of alleged victims, says the case can be investigated and tried in 
Britain because all Geneva Convention signatories are obliged to 
enforce them, wherever breaches are committed.

Many accusations relate to the Israeli attack on Jenin in April, an 
incursion which provoked a plea from the Human Rights Watch 
organisation for a war crimes investigation.

Other allegations relate to Israeli operations across the occupied 
West Bank and Gaza Strip during Lt-Gen Mofaz's time as Chief of 
Staff. The Israeli military regularly assassinates Palestinian 
militants, in what it calls "targeted killings".

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http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=347509