Amnesty International strongly condemns the assassination of Sheikh Yassin

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article2530.shtml

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"Amnesty International condemns the extrajudicial execution, by the Israeli army, of Hamas' leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin this morning in the Gaza Strip. The attack also resulted in the unlawful killing of seven other Palestinians and the injury of many more.

"Once again Israel has chosen to violate international law instead of using alternative lawful means. Sheikh Yassin could have been arrested and prosecuted. The Israeli army has arrested tens of thousands of Palestinians in frequent raids in refugee camps, towns and villages throughout the Gaza Strip and West Bank in the past two years," Amnesty International said."

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"Israel has resorted to extrajudicial executions for several years without offering proof of guilt or right of defence. Some 200 Palestinians have been assassinated by the Israeli army in the past three and a half years. Such attacks have also resulted in the unlawful killing of more than 100 bystanders, including dozens of children. Amnesty International has repeatedly condemned these acts as unlawful.

Amnesty International calls on Israel to put an immediate end to its policy of assassinations. The organization calls on Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups to immediately stop targeting Israeli civilians in indiscriminate suicide bombings and other attacks. The Palestinian Authority must also deploy its utmost efforts to prevent such attacks by Palestinian armed groups."

but hey, the U$, the most deocratic country on earth (sarcasm) still has the death penalty AND CORPORATISM/FASCISM!!!!! The U$/Zionism (many Jews are against Zionism) are of course A-OK! (more sacrasm).