EDITED BY HVF WINSTONE

January 2002

Insight1: Background to Palestine/Israel, Iraq, Syria; Freedom of Information in Britiain; the Grandma Spy; notes fom the official archives

Insight2: Dr V G Bull and the Iraqi gun, with acknowledgements to VOMIT (Victims of Masonic Ill Treatment)

Insight3: The Road to Kabul: Summary of India Office document on the background to the first Afghan War

Insight4: The politics of Osman bin Laden

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The statement made by Mary Robinson, the UN's Human Rights Commissioner, on 24 April was inevitably couched in almost apologetic terms so as not to offend Israel It has received precious little publicity in the world press. Here it is given in full for the benefit of those who seek an objective account of events in the Palestinian territories. Click