Amnesty calls for war crimes probe over Jenin

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AFP via Times of India - April 22, 2002

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_ID=7674021

Amnesty calls for war crimes probe over Jenin

LONDON, Apr 22 (AFP)--Amnesty International on Monday called for an
international war crimes probe into the events surrounding the recent
Israeli incursion into Jenin, following a recent fact-finding mission
to the West Bank town.

"We have concluded that very serious breaches of international law
were committed, and we are talking here of war crimes," said Amnesty
delegate Javier Zuniga, who visited Jenin last week as part of a
three-day survey by the human rights group.

A second Amnesty delegate, Derrick Pounder, added: "The claim that
only fighters were killed is simply not true -- a mixture of bodies
were clearly civilians and combatants." He said what was needed was
"the same type of investigation as in the Balkans."

 
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