Articles by The Los Angeles Times

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Doubts Surface on North Korea’s Role in Ship Sinking
Barbara Demick and John M. Glionna – The Los Angeles Times, 26 Jul 2010

The critics, mostly but not all from the opposition, say it is unlikely that the impoverished North Korean regime could have pulled off a perfectly executed hit against a superior military power, sneaking a submarine into the area and slipping away without detection. They also wonder whether the evidence of a torpedo attack was misinterpreted, or even fabricated. “I couldn’t find the slightest sign of an explosion,” said Shin Sang-chul, a former shipbuilding executive-turned-investigative journalist. “The sailors drowned to death. Their bodies were clean. We didn’t even find dead fish in the sea.”

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JUDGING THE ICC
The Los Angeles Times – Editorial, Mar 16 2009, 18 Mar 2009

The cases for and against US participation in the International Criminal Court.     The Nuremberg trials at the close of World War II were controversial in their day. Advocates saw civilized nations imposing just retribution for acts of depravity; critics saw an exercise of victors’ justice, with rules of warfare imposed after the fact. From […]

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US POLICIES MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO IRAN REVOLUTION, STUDY SAYS
Borzou Daragahi, The Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct 2008

    A report based on declassified documents suggests that the Nixon and Ford administrations, angry with the shah for his support for raising oil prices, worked to curb his ambitions.     A new report based on previously classified documents suggests that the Nixon and Ford administrations created conditions that helped destabilize Iran in the late […]

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