British soldier quits army, accuses US troops of illegal tactics
in Iraq
BRITAIN: An elite British soldier revealed on
Sunday that he quit the army after refusing to fight in Iraq anymore
on moral grounds because of the "illegal" tactics used by US troops
on the ground. Ben Griffin, a member of the Special Air Service (SAS)
described in an interview with The Sunday Telegraph the experiences
that led him to end his impressive army career after just three
months in Baghdad.
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UN war crimes tribunal finds itself in dock over Milosevic death
NETHERLANDS: The UN war crimes court for the
former Yugoslavia has found itself in the dock over Saturday's death
of Slobodan Milosevic, coming under a barrage of criticism from his
family and supporters. But the Hague-based International Criminal
Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) rejected responsibility
for the former Yugoslav President's death, the fourth detainee to
die in custody and the key figure in all the Balkan's conflicts.
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Security worsens as rebellion strengthens in S. Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN: Schools burnt, government employees
assassinated, soldiers attacked: four years after the ouster of the
Taliban the winter has never been so violent in southern
Afghanistan. Cold winter months that usually see a downturn in
violence have witnessed a stream of attacks linked to Taliban
loyalists and criminal gangs who have become the face of law in the
absence of the authority of the struggling state.
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