''The man[Ariel Sharon], by his own confession
in the Knesset last Wednesday, is an accessory to a crime and
should be prosecuted,. . . A man who puts a snake into a child's
bed and says: 'I'm sorry. I told the snake not to bite. I didn't
know snakes were so dangerous.' It's impossible to understand.
This man's a war criminal.''
-- Amos Elon
Israeli journalist and author, The New York Times, Monday September
27, 1982 (Late City Final Edition, Section A; Page 6, Column 1)
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"It
is ... clear that the events in Shatila and Sabra took place within
the view of one of the main Israeli observation posts in west
Beirut, and the Christian militiamen entered the area of the camps
and left the area of the camps by passing through Israeli lines.
Throughout the night, witnesses said, the Israelis provided light
from flares over the refugee camps while the Christian militiamen
were inside."
-- Thomas Friedman,
special to the New York Times, Monday, September 20, 1982, (Late
City Final Edition; Section A; Page 1, Column 5)
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"The
investigation of human rights abuses and the notion of accountability
for such abuse is recognized by all civilized states as a fundamental
moral and legal obligation, ...With questions now being asked
in France over the behavior of its generals in Algeria, a former
U.S. presidential candidate forced to explain his actions in the
Vietnam War, not to mention the case of General Pinochet [in Chile]
. . . the debate over war crimes has never been more relevant."
-- Fergal Keane, producer
of the BBC documentary film "The Accused" -- from an
article in The Washington Post,
June 25, 2001 (Page A11)
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ARTICLE
READ
THE TRANSCRIPT OF "THE ACCUSED," PRODUCED BY FERGAL
KEANE
READ
THE TRANSCRIPT OF A BBC INTERNET FORUM INTERVIEW WITH FERGAL KEANE
REGARDING HIS DOCUMENTARY, "THE ACCUSED"
READ
THE TEXT OF THE ISRAELI INQUIRY INTO THE SABRA AND SHATILA MASSACRES:
THE KAHAN COMMISSION
