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Israel using Holocaust guilt to continue Gaza op, says British Jewish MP — Haaretz — Israel News

By Alejandro Giacometti | Published: January 16, 2009
“My grandmother was ill in bed when the Nazis came to her home town.… A German soldier shot her dead in her bed, he said. My grandmother did not die to provide cover for Israeli soldiers murdering Palestinian grandmothers in Gaza,” the MP said. via Israel using Holocaust guilt to continue Gaza op, says British Jewish MP — Haaretz — Israel [...]
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BBC NEWS | Americas | Colombia spying row head quits

By Alejandro Giacometti | Published: October 24, 2008
The head of Colombia’s intelligence services has resigned after admitting her agents spied on left-wing political opponents of President Alvaro Uribe BBC NEWS | Americas | Colombia spying row head quits.
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big evil russia

By Alejandro Giacometti | Published: August 17, 2008
Big, evil Russia tried to destroy small, democratic Georgia. Olga Ivanova — A Free Press? Not This Time. — The Washington Post
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Gorbachev on the Russian Conflict

By Alejandro Giacometti | Published: August 10, 2008
Tskhinvali was in smoking ruins and thousands of people were fleeing — before any Russian troops arrived MIKHAIL GORBACHEV — Russia Never Wanted a War — Op-Ed — NYTimes.com
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Support from the Right

By Alejandro Giacometti | Published: March 9, 2008
En el Ecuador, el mezquino “respaldo” al Gobierno por parte de la derecha ultra de charreteras o de corbatín, golpista o conspiradora, astuta o bobalicona, y su periodismo alineado, ha sido más bien un apoyo… a Uribe. Qué grandeza… Omar Ospina García, Los hechos, que son tercos… Translation: In Ecuador, the stingy support for the government from the right, being [...]
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