News and Analsyis Updates (8/9/06)

Administration would change law to protect itself from clauses in the Geneva Conventions it has violated:

• War Crimes Act Changes Would Reduce Threat Of Prosecution (Washington Post)

Iraqi PM call raid on Iraqi slum “unjustifiable”:

• Raid on Militia Drives Wedge Between Allies (London Times)

Humanitarian aid groups devatsed, but unsurprised by Israeli duplicity:

• Robert Fisk: Israel’s Promise of Humanitarian Corridors is Exposed as a Sham (The Independent)

Only 38% of Americans think that “Israel is ‘doing all it reasonable can’ to avoid civilian casualties in Lebanon” compared to 58% who think the U.S. is doing all it can to avoid such casualties in Iraq:

• Public Sees Blame to Share in Israel-Hezbollah Conflict (abcnews)

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