Marc Perelman
By Marc Perelman
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News Apartheid Enforcers Guard Iraq For the U.S.
In its effort to relieve overstretched U.S. troops in Iraq, the Bush administration has hired a private security company staffed with former henchmen of South Africa’s apartheid regime. The reliance on apartheid enforcers was highlighted by an attack in Iraq last month that killed one South African security officer and wounded another who worked for…
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News Annan Eyes Judge For Rights Position
UNITED NATIONS — United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has asked a prominent Canadian judge to assume the post of High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Forward has learned. Louise Arbour, a justice on the Supreme Court of Canada and former chief prosecutor on the United Nations international tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia,…
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News In Turmoil, Iran Snubs A Gesture By Specter
The electoral turmoil in Iran has scuttled a controversial visit to Iran by congressional staffers that was seen by moderates as a possible turning point in U.S.-Iranian relations. Iranian officials decided to shelve a planned visit by aides of three lawmakers, Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware, Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania and Rep. Robert Ney…
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News French Judge Sees Growing Cooperation With U.S. Against Terrorism
PARIS — Despite their public sparring over Iraq and other issues, America and France have stepped up their cooperation against terrorism during the past three years. French and American police, intelligence and judicial officials involved in tracking radical Muslim groups and individuals have been exchanging information and tips on an unprecedented scale since the attacks…
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News Investigations Multiply for Oil Giant Halliburton
Mired in controversy over Iraq contracts, the giant oil services company Halliburton is being scrutinized over its business dealings in Iran and is now reportedly the subject of a French corruption investigation that could lead to charges against its former CEO, Vice President Dick Cheney. An investigative judge in France, Renaud van Ruymbeke, is looking…
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News Egypt, Jordan Fear Deterioration of P.A.
Moderate Arab countries are growing increasingly concerned that the Palestinian Authority may collapse, according to diplomats and observers. Countries such as Egypt and Jordan openly worry that the demise of the P.A., coupled with the perceived American disengagement in an election year and the Israeli government preparing to take unilateral steps in the territories, could…
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News Arrests in France Shed Light on ‘Chechen’ Network of Terrorists
PARIS — French officials claim they foiled a campaign of chemical and biological terrorist attacks in Western Europe by militants trained in the Caucasus region. The arrest of several Arab Muslim activists in central France in late December has provided investigators with clues about the goals of a so-called “Chechen” terrorist network that was initially…
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News French Ban on Muslim Veil Protects Girls, Advocates Say
PARIS — Proponents of a controversial law banning the conspicuous display of religious symbols in French public schools are rejecting charges that the measure is aimed at discriminating against Muslim girls who wear headscarves. Rather, said Patrick Weil, one of the 20 members of a presidential commission that proposed the law in December, the goal…
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