Amnesty accuses Israeli forces of war crimes

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/5721253/Amnesty-accuses-Israeli-forces-of-war-crimes.html

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"Much of the destruction was wanton and resulted from direct attacks on civilian objects," Amnesty said in a report on the December-January war on the Gaza Strip.

In numerous cases, Israeli troops forced Palestinians to stay in one room of their home while turning the rest of the house into a base and sniper position, "effectively using the families, both adults and children, as human shields and putting them at risk," the group said.

"Intentionally using civilians to shield a military objective, often referred to as using 'human shields' is a war crime," Amnesty said.

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Created by Niluccio on 02 July 2009

Niluccio's thoughts:

One of several good news items today on this report. Also, see my Amnesty blog:

http://blogs.amnesty.org.uk/blogs_entry.asp?eid...

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