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JERUSALEM – New evidence proves an American-born Israeli soldier who disappeared in Lebanon 23 years ago is being held captive in a Syrian jail and should be released immediately, the soldier’s father told WND in an exclusive interview here yesterday.

“I categorically believe my son is alive in Syria, probably in a prison, and evidence that was given to us shows this is the case,” said Yona Baumel, whose son Zachary was captured by Syrian forces in Lebanon in 1982

Baumel, a dual American-Israeli citizen, was taken along with two Israeli members of his tank crew, Yehuda Katz and

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Amid continuing allegations of rape and sexual abuse by its own peacekeepers, the United Nations is about to issue a report focusing on the problem, and making suggestions to end the abuse.

According to the Associated Press, the report by Jordan’s U.N. Ambassador Prince Zeid al Hussein will propose that “foreign soldiers accused of wrongdoing be court-martialed inside the country where the claims were made,” according to a U.N. official who spoke anonymously.

As it currently stands, many peacekeepers accused of wrongdoing are never punished, since they’re simply sent home to be handled

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The Right Honorable Tony Blair

feel a most urgent sense of mission about today’s world. September 11 was not an isolated event, but a tragic prologue; Iraq, another act, and many further struggles will be set upon this stage before it is over. There never has been a time when the power of America was so necessary, or so misunderstood; or when, except in the most general sense, a study of history provides so little instruction for our present day. We were all reared on battles between great warriors, between great nations, between powerful forces

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