- COPENHAGEN (AFP) - A Danish
member of the European parliament said that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon should be tried for war crimes against the Palestinians.
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- Torben Lund told the Extra Bladet daily he will press
the parliament and the EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana for an
inquiry
into Israel's assault on the Jenin refugee camp.
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- Following Sharon's refusal to allow a UN investigation,
Lund said: "This must lead to an international tribunal that can look
into what happened in Jenin, and Sharon's role in the
operation."
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- He said: "Israel is the only country in the world
that shows such indifference to the legitimate concerns of the
international
community."
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- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan disbanded a fact-finding
mission into the events at Jenin after Israel refused to cooperate. The
Palestinians have accused the Israeli army of massacring civilians in a
nine-day assault on the camp launched on March 29.
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- http://www.arabia.com/afp/news/mideast/article/english/0,10846,194340,00
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