Comments on: Another War Criminal* Escapes Britain *(yeah, yeah . . . “alleged”)

By: Soccer Dad

Soccer Dad — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 10:01:57 +0000

Haveil Havlim #37

Welcome to the 37th edition of Haveil Havalim the Jewish/ Israel blogging “carnival”. I’ll have more to add later, but I really have to run now. Next week’s scheduled hostess is Kesher Talk followed on Oct 2 by Serandez. More…

By: Matthew Goggins

Matthew Goggins — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 02:57:56 +0000

Kevin,

Assume for the sake of argument that demolishing the 59 homes was a war crime.

Do you really think it warrants creating an international incident with Britain’s strongest ally in the War on Terror besides the United States and Australia?

I don’t. We’re fighting a war against Islamo-fascists, not against Israelis. If Gen. Almog had committed violence against civilians themselves, and not just their property, then I would be in favor of arrest, investigation, and trial. But not over 59 houses.

By: Kevin T. Keith

Kevin T. Keith — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 18:06:13 +0000

They had a warrant (issued on a court's explicit finding of prima facie evidence sufficient to support the charges). They were at the airport gate for the purpose of arresting him. Then they just decided they couldn't be bothered to actually walk down the boarding ramp?

"Oi! If 'e comes oot 'ere, then we'll arrest 'im! It's awr job, 'innit?" "Oh, right! If 'e cooms oot 'ere! That goes wi'out sayin'!" "But, if 'e stays onna plane, 50 feet tha' way, like . . . that in't awr job." "Natcherly!"

Maybe they do it differently in the UK, but in the US, Federal Marshals don't get to evaluate arrest warrants and decide for themselves if they're serious enough to enforce. (Nicely enough, federal judges don't get to do that, either - according to our wannabe Chief Justice - meaning that, in fact, you have no protections whatsoever against abusive enforcement. It's morning in America.) However it happend, it's obvious that there was collusion between elements of the British government and the Israeli government to assist a named suspect to evade an active, valid warrant literally on the threshhold of arrest. So much for British justice.

By: HPLC_Sean

HPLC_Sean — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:17:16 +0000

Yo KTK,
Scotland Yard DOES have the authority to arrest someone on a jet of foreign origin on UK soil. The Yard didn’t do it because the charges are WEAK to say the least and the government offical that signed the warrant is under the thumb of pro-Islamist NGO lobbyists. Besides, wasting resources arresting an Israeli on trumped up charges when the fundie Islamists are the ones killing innocent Londoners would make The Yard a laughing stock.
It isn’t hard to see who the real enemy is. They’re the ones killing innocents.

Maj. Gen. Almog is a war hero with an impecable record of serving and defending both Israelis and lawful Palestinians. He has also established support groups and shelters for retarded children (not just Jewish children either). Well-funded pro-Islamist groups are trying to paint Israelis as war criminals using political influence and underhanded rhetoric. They are using the term “war criminal” to summarily soil his reputation.
Trust me, if there were a decent case against him, they would have arrested him on the plane. The fact is, there is no case against Almog. There’s just accusations.