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Purveyor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-10 12:13 PM
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Former Israeli Security Chief Cancels Spain Trip, Fearing Arrest For Alleged War Crimes
By The Associated Press (CP) – 56 minutes ago

JERUSALEM — An aide to Israel's former internal security chief says his boss has cancelled a trip to Spain for fear he could be arrested for alleged war crimes.

Avi Dichter, now a parliament member, was supposed to head an Israeli delegation to a peace conference in Spain beginning Thursday.

Dichter faced charges of crimes against humanity in Spain for his role in a 2002 airstrike that killed a Hamas commander and 14 civilians in the Gaza Strip.

The court dropped the suit, but Dichter spokesman Nisan Zeevi said Tuesday that Spain could not guarantee Dichter would not be arrested.

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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-10 12:50 PM
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1. Which reminds me..where is Rummy, Wolfowitz and the gang hiding nowdays?
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Celtic Merlin Donating Member (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-10 08:10 PM
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2. That guy probably has good reason to fear arrest.
Which is why he won't be visiting Spain any time soon!
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