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Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
Mon Aug 11, 2014, 02:50 PM Aug 2014

Wikileaks: Ban Ki-Moon Worked with Israel to Undermine UN Report

August 9, 2014

The General Secretary of United Nations (UN) Ban Ki-Moon collaborated in secret with Israel and the United States to weaken the effects of a Board of Inquiry's report accusing Israel of human rights violations in Gaza in Dec. 2008 – Jan. 2009.

Wikileaks released documents on Friday that revealed that Ban wrote a letter to the UN Security Council asking its members not to take recommendations by the UN Board of Inquiry about Israeli bombings in Gaza into account.
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http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Wikileaks-Ban-Ki-Moon-Worked-with-Israel-to-Undermine-UN-Report-20140809-0020.html

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Wikileaks: Ban Ki-Moon Worked with Israel to Undermine UN Report (Original Post) Jefferson23 Aug 2014 OP
That dull thump you just heard enlightenment Aug 2014 #1
The timing of this leak is good..so there is that. n/t Jefferson23 Aug 2014 #2
Likely under heavy pressure from BlueMTexpat Aug 2014 #3
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #4
Kick dipsydoodle Aug 2014 #5

BlueMTexpat

(15,369 posts)
3. Likely under heavy pressure from
Mon Aug 11, 2014, 06:19 PM
Aug 2014

the USA, especially given that Bush II was still in office at the time.

And so it goes ...

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