Wednesday, December 20, 2006
"We simply cannot afford to fail in the Middle East. Failure in Iraq at this juncture would be a calamity that would haunt our nation, impair our credibility and endanger Americans for decades to come."
Robert Gates
Secretary of Defense.
"We need scientific evidence. It is a medical issue, not only a judicial one."
Francois Cantier
Of Lawyers Without Borders, at a Libyan court after five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor were convicted and sentenced to death on charges they deliberately infected hundreds of children with the AIDS virus.