Posted on 05/04/2009 2:25:42 PM PDT by knighthawk
A Spanish judge on Monday decided to continue with an investigation of alleged war crimes by senior Israeli military officials over an air strike in Gaza seven years ago, which killed 15 people, including top Hamas member, Salah Shehadeh.
According to AFP, a few weeks ago public prosecutors advised National Court judge Fernando Andreu to close the file because the attack was under probe in Israel. Andreu, however, dismissed the claim that such a probe was underway and even if it were, there is no limitation for the Spanish judiciary to investigate the charges. "No criminal investigation which could lead to the possibility of a conflict of jurisdictions has up until now arisen," Andreu defended his decision.
The Spanish judge noted that Israel had not decided to launch a criminal inquiry.
The charges are directed to former defense minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, the then army chief of staff, General Moshe Yaalon, in addition to the then commander of the Israeli air force, General Dan Halutz. Other names include: General Doron Almog, national security council chief Giora Eiland, Michael Herzog, a defence ministry official, and Avi Dichter, director of the Shabak internal security services.
We need to try Spain for electing Socialists.
What jurisdiction does a court in Spain have over incidents that took place years ago and didn’t even involve Spain in the first place?
So will Netanyahu’s AG give them Israeli intelligence info to aid the prosecution, as our AG Holder is reportedly contemplating?
We can't complain for that, we did the same.
One well placed nuke would put an end to this shit.
Well, we could get Spain to try us too.
Spain?
Is that a country?
After we put this Batch of Democrats in Office led by Obama?? Isn’t that the Pot calling the kettle black? Opps I mean African American....LOL
Ping
Well Israel certainly wasn’t expecting some kind of Spanish Inquisition.
0be’s an African-American.
Oh you simple soul...
Liberals dont concern themselves with such issues. The universe is their jurisdiction.
0be’s an American-African Mulatto.
Hmmmmm, does this mean they can go after Clinton and Albright from bombing Yugoslavia?
I think Spain should pay reparations to Mexico, Central America, and South America for their imperialistic conquest that killed millions and took their stuff. I think a trillion dollars should do the trick.
That would be Kettle Of Color.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Needless to say BHO will immediately cease the targeting of al Qaida members lest he face prosecution.
Don’t do it, or Spain may just charge you with a hate crime and you can be certain that Obama will send you to Madrid in chains accompanied by a Federal Marshall.
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