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The wars & local soldiers, 1991

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Canada upgrades war crimes unit

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 11 January 1991 · page 10

TO improve efforts to identify and prosecute war criminals in Canada, the government’s War Crimes Unit has been increased to 50 full-time personnel, including lawyers, researchers and investigators. The recent move was confirmed by Justice Minister Kim Campbell at a meeting…

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The Jewish World Israel ponders its war choices

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 11 January 1991 · page 9

Jerusalem: ISRAELI MILITARY experts are virtually unanimous that in the event of war, Iraq would launch at least 20…

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Editorial Pray for peace, but be ready for war

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 11 January 1991 · page 12

THE WORLD is on the brink of war in the Middle East. The world is on the brink of a breakthrough for peace. The talks in Geneva this week between United States Secretary of State…

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Countdown to War? Jnf to double fundraising effort Israeli democracy in danger? Farewell to Carnival

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 11 January 1991 · page 1

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Rabbis pray for peace, expect war

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 18 January 1991 · page 28

SYDNEY rabbis this week prayed with their congregations for peace but almost unanimously said they believed war in the Gulf was a…

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Baume wants changes to War Crimes Act

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 18 January 1991 · page 9

SENATOR Peier Baume wants all war crimes — including those committed by Australians and more recent migrants to Australia…

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A sense of urgency and tension In Jerusalem, Vic Alhadeff reports on the increase in tension in Israel as the threat of war grows

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 18 January 1991 · page 3

TO GO UP or down? That’s the dilemma facing every Israeli — and every visitor to Israel — this week…

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The media war

Tribune · Tuesday 22 January 1991 · page 6

The old cliche that the first casualty of war is truth has done the rounds in the current Gulf crisis…

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Australia at War Stop the War! Negotiate Now!

Tribune · Tuesday 22 January 1991 · page 1

Operation Desert Storm will be a disaster for the peoples of the Middle East and for the entire world, no matter how long it takes for the US and its allies to defeat Iraq…

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Australian people say 'No War'

Tribune · Tuesday 22 January 1991 · page 3

The public reaction to the war has been immediate but it began through the last months of 1990. Last…

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After the Gulf War: Pax Americana or a New World Order?

Tribune · Tuesday 22 January 1991 · page 4

The rapidly-escalating Gulf War will result in another catastrophic blow to the Arab peoples, not only because…

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War Is Not the Way There is an alternative in the Gulf

Tribune · Tuesday 22 January 1991 · page 5

The United States, supported by Australia, seems to take the position that Article 51 of the UN Charter, which affirms the…

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When war began

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 25 January 1991 · page 10

IT WAS 2.45am when the telephone rang. I awoke with a start, my stomach in a knot. In terse, broken English the Arab…

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Australian media extend war coverage

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 25 January 1991 · page 12

DURING the first two days of the Gulf crisis, almost every television or radio station in Sydney carried the conflict live…

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Censorship and the prime-time war

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 25 January 1991 · page 12

Jerusalem: THIS STORY has been submitted to the Israeli military censor. That in itself is not surprising,…

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Patriots “star” in Gulf war defences

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 25 January 1991 · page 13

Washington: THE STAR of the Gulf air war so far may well be the Patriot missile, which has swatted incoming Iraqi Scud…

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NEWS Wallenberg ceremony interrupted by war

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 25 January 1991 · page 15

A TAXI DRIVER broke the sober atmosphere of a small public commemoration marking the disappearance of Swedish…

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BUSINESS & PROPERTY Economic fallout from Gulf war

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 25 January 1991 · page 33

IN ECONOMIC terms, the long-term fallout from the Gulf war is likely to have major and, quite possibly, devastating…

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War in the Middle East Shamir defers retaliation

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 25 January 1991 · page 3

Jerusalem: PRIME Minister Yitzhak Shamir, under US pressure to keep out of the Gulf fighting, said Israel must be cautious…

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Call Off the War

Tribune · Wednesday 30 January 1991 · page 1

Awareness of the high human and ecological cost of the US-led war against Iraq is beginning to come through the propaganda, and calls for an immediate ceasefire and a…

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