ZGram - 6/14/2002 - Swedish political youth group files complaint against Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon"

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ZGram - Where Truth is Destiny

June 14, 2002

Good Morning from the Zundelsite:

Mind you, this comes from Sweden where the Holocaust propaganda is as 
fierce as anywhere in Europe and where H-Education is at its most 
abominable.  Therefore, one should never give up putting one's faith 
in one's youth!

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Swedish political youth group files complaint against Israeli Prime 
Minister Ariel Sharon

Thu Jun 13,12:30 PM ET

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The youth faction of Sweden's ruling party on 
Thursday filed a police complaint against Israeli Prime Minister 
Ariel Sharon ( news - web sites) accusing him of war crimes.

A rarely applied law allows Swedish courts to try alleged war crimes 
committed in other countries, but it would require government 
approval and Foreign Minister Anna Lindh showed no support for the 
initiative, saying it could disrupt the Mideast peace process even 
further.

The Social Democratic Youth of Sweden accused Sharon and his military 
commanders of violating rules of war by using excessive violence 
against Palestinians and attacking civilian targets during Israeli 
incursions into Palestinian territories.

"With this complaint, we want to show that Ariel Sharon, his 
commanders and the individual soldiers who violate the laws of war, 
risk being put on trial and sentenced," group chairman Mikael Damberg 
said.

Prosecutors in Stockholm will review the complaint and decide whether 
to launch an investigation. They could then press charges and request 
extradition, which would have to be approved by the government.

"There would be very little interest from the Swedish government in 
launching a judicial process that risks derailing a political 
process," said Lindh, who has condemned violence by both Israel and 
the Palestinians.

Israel's ambassador to Sweden, Eliyahu Avidan, said the complaint was 
"regrettable" and unfairly targeted Israel as the aggressor in more 
than 20 months of fighting.

Lawyers for 23 Palestinians launched a similar case against Sharon in 
Belgium earlier this year. An appeals court will decide June 26 if a 
Belgian judge should hear the case.

(tg-kr-krg)

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(SOURCE: 
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020613/ap_wo_en_po/sweden_israel_1 
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