In an era of global protest, France and Israel stand out for use of dangerous ammunition
Security forces in France and Israel, in particular, have deployed specific tools to devastating effect on the safety of the press covering protests.
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Did Kosovo Beget East Timor?
/in IntellectualCapital.com/by Frank SmythNever have so many different forces been deployed in the same place. Hungarian soldiers guard “Film City,” the former movie studio that is now a hilltop command post for NATO-led international forces in Kosovo’s capital of Pristina.
Most Wanted
/in IntellectualCapital.com/by Frank SmythThe less-than-modest American diplomat who brokered the 1995 Dayton accords to end the war in Bosnia, Richard Holbrooke, did more than anyone else to persuade the Clinton administration that Yugoslavia’s president, Slobodan Milosevic…
Limp Willy?
/in Salon.com/by Frank SmythAs the Clinton administration escalates NATO’s bombing of Yugoslavia to a level not seen in the Balkans since World War II, the worst humanitarian disaster in Europe since that war is likewise emerging, as Yugoslavia’s Serbian troops attack ethnic Albanians…