Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 12, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba 16 Winnipeg january army lax probes Appal israelis by Stephen Franklin Chicago Tribune Israel occupied West Bank on a Rainy night two years an israeli army commander ordered his men to round up about a dozen villagers from Hawara and beat them until their arms and legs were he had the soldiers race the motor of a bus to muffle the villagers they left one Man capable of walking so he could later go for the army handling of that and other incidents has appalled a number of army peace activists and human rights More than two years after the Arab uprising these groups say the army investigations into charges of its own brutality Are inadequate and Long Arab witnesses Are offi cers Are rarely punished and soldiers Are lightly in the Case of Yehuda the officer who ordered the Hawara they Point out that the army dismissed him but took no other action against him or the but the israeli High in a rare recently ordered the army to try Meir in a military system each time there is a Long delay in a and the sentence is the system fails to play an important said Dedi a member of the Knes or from the leftist citizens rights army officials reply that they Are doing the Best they can under difficult never before in israels they have so Many officers and soldiers been put on they Point out that 90 soldiers have been convicted and 10 have been acquitted in military in 500 soldiers have faced discipline boards on minor you cant always satisfy said Amon head of the army military Justice the first question Why dont you investigate he echoing and then the question Why do you charge them soldiers with minor of lenses and then the question is Why the lenient punishment and Why do you Pardon them Straschnow said the sentencing of sol Diers had to be balanced against arabs mass he admitted that few arabs were but he maintained that they often refused to Cooper forcing the army to close Many the stiffest prison sentence for a who shot an Arab to was two according to army the average sentence in 15 cases in which soldiers abused arabs was three soldiers received nine month Pris on terms for brutally beating an Arab who died shortly after he was further abused by others at an army base in Gaza in August another Soldier involved in that incident was sentenced to six months in last the three received rarely granted pardons and were set free three months Early by a general who said he was concerned about soldiers to army officials claim there has been an Effort to get Tough with israeli soldiers who break the colonel on trial for the first time since the uprising the army has placed a colonel on until the still unnamed officer was charged in december with shooting a 15 year old to death in three majors were the highest ranking officers accused of abusing the israeli police recently re commended bringing charges against two interrogators from the Shin bet secret police in the december beating death of a 27yearold palestinian it marked the first time during the uprising that israeli investigators raised such allegations against the Shin a decision by the state attorney is in sees world Economy Cooling United nations Asp growth in the world which slowed sharply in is Likely to decelerate further in the United nations said in its annual global economic re the in said developed Market economies grew at an average of just Over three per cent after inflation last compared with per cent in total world according to preliminary Rose by three per Down from the Previ Ous years per after an extraordinary growth of per cent in International Trade is estimated to have grown by around per cent in which is High by historical the report much of last years growth was attributable directly to an invest ment Boom in Western Europe and Japan which had begun earlier and remained Strong in turning to the year the world Economy is expected to slow Down further in but retain a considerable diversity of growth experience among the in the latest forecasts suggest that the rate of growth in the developed Market economies May decline somewhat below three per compared with slightly above three per cent in modest growth is expected for a Large number of developing coun mostly in latin America and Africa while a further moderate deceleration is expected for South and East but the average growth in the economies of the re Gion will still remain High by most prospects for China Are not As Rosy growth in 1990 is expected to be close to the sharply reduced rate of and a Quick return to the rapid growth of the 1980s is not the in report expresses concern about the threat of bilateral ism in adding an open world Trad ing system is a precondition of a continuing expansion of the world weak Economy forecast London Asp As British Chancellor of the exchequer John major ponders the Content of his first budget due in a London brokerage House painted a gloomy picture of the British Economys future the British Economy finds itself in a position not too different from that at the beginning of the last decade rapidly losing momentum and heading towards the economic research unit of James Capel brokerage said in its latest economic the slowdown is Likely to gather Pace in the first half of 1990 and the Economy May Well move into recess for the year As a Capel said it expects growth of per cent for the non Oil sector and per cent for the Economy As a Domestic demand is expected to fall by per cent but growth should be kept alive by Strong exports on the Back of Strong economic growth elsewhere in Europe and the enhanced level of British competitive Ness after the recent fall in Sterling on foreign Exchange the report said High inflation re Mains a very serious despite a slowing the report said the resignation in october of former Chancellor of the exchequer Nigel and the six percent fall in sterlings effective Exchange rate since has intensified inflationary both through the direct consequences 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