Egyptian protesters on the ground are reporting that the thugs, who came into Tahrir Square, in Cairo, came under the pre text of staging pro Mubarak demonstrations.

This is just a pretense.

Fadil got an airtight alibi.

Fadil had an ironclad alibi.

There was no one who could corroborate Sami's alibi.

Most important, it would undermine Iran s efforts to make inroads into the Arab world under the pretext of defending Palestine and Holy Jerusalem.

Sandip Roy at the First Post is critic about the ploy of the police to ignore the responsibility

The new Arab generation s quest for dignity is rooted in a yearning for decent government and civil rights that was long denied under the pretext of conflict with the Zionist crusaders.

Lack of resources is no excuse, either.

Poverty was not the cause of terrorism but an excuse for those wishing to justify it.

And Russia s refusal to hand over Snowden, under the pretext of strict adherence to the law, has allowed Putin to poke Obama in the eye once again this time while posing as a defender of legality and human rights.

The right to self determination should not be used as a pretext to undermine the principle of territorial integrity.

Regrets the ban imposed by the Greek Supreme Court on the activities of the Turkish Muslim Minority's oldest non governmental organization, the Turkish Union of Zanthi on the grounds that its title bears the word Turkish .

Security must not become a pretext for the suspending and destroying the liberal order.

The eurozone is operating under the pretense that public and private debts will, at some point, be repaid, although, in many countries, the distress now is greater than it was at the start of the crisis almost five years ago.

The international community can no longer hide behind the pretense of ignorance.

America s president is not searching for excuses to start a war Assad s chemical weapons are not a fanciful pretext.

Lebanon's prisoner in Israel is on his way back and yet another pretext for Hizballah's weapons is gone.

Co ordination of national migration policies will remain a dream if decisions continue to be kept under the exclusive responsibility of national governments.

But, as the younger Assad has been forced to recognize, times have changed. The new Arab generation s quest for dignity is rooted in a yearning for decent government and civil rights that was long denied under the pretext of conflict with the Zionist crusaders.

As Mr. Egeland said, humanitarian aid cannot be an alibi for unwillingness to address the root causes of conflict.

It seems evident that the ends have been a pretext, if not a justification, for the abhorrent and anti democratic means that have been utilized.

We condemn the deviations whereby terrorist acts are used in order to discredit religions and their followers

Donor countries should remember that development aid cannot become a pretext for uncalled for influence.

Rasha Najjar, the kooky lady that came up with the idea, asserts that this is not a marketing ploy, but rather a very nationalist initiative.

There is not and never can be any justification, any excuse, any cause that accepts the random slaughter of the innocent.

Calls for abstaining from using the universality of human rights as a pretext to interfere in the states' internal affairs and undermine their national sovereignty.

Providing food aid cannot be an alibi for a failure to recognize the causes of crises in which millions of people suffer so terribly.

If, however, they are unable to reach consensus, this must not become an excuse for postponing action

Rather, it thinks that its peace constitution stands in the way of reviving militarism and has searched for an excuse to amend Japan's constitution and revive it.

Israel's claim to be acting in self defence was merely an excuse to defend its occupation of Palestinian and Syrian territories since 1967.

In general, they use selected incidents of terrorism, exploiting terrorism as much as possible and using it as a pretext for Western violence.

Belonging to a particular cultural group is merely a pretext for battles between the winners and losers of globalization.

But that is merely an alibi that allows the French to claim that they have nothing against reform in principle, but that the reforms being proposed are riddled with injustice.

He also stressed that any assistance provided to internally displaced persons by UNHCR should not be used as an excuse to prevent them from seeking asylum.

We also agree that, even if it would be preferable for action to be taken by consensus, that must not become an excuse for postponing action.

(o) To refrain from using counter terrorism as a pretext to restrict the right to freedom of opinion and expression in ways that are contrary to their obligations under international law

(o) To refrain from using counter terrorism as a pretext to restrict the right to freedom of opinion and expression in ways that are contrary to their obligations under international law

In short, Israel should treat the UN vote not as an excuse for renewed confrontation, but as an opportunity for a fresh start to serious negotiations.

It was regrettable that human rights were less a moral concern than a political one and were used as a means of pressure.

It should also consider proper mechanisms to rescue that much abused term from those who use it as a pejorative term for any dissent from their policies.

Indeed, Piketty argues that our obsession with growth merely serves as an excuse for not doing anything about health, about education, or about redistribution.

On December 5, 1958 he was arrested again and convicted for espionage, which was common pretext for the persecution of the supporters of the left during the Cold War.

The Government of Iraq said that the use of unilateral coercive measures is not only against the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and norms of public international law, but also against principles regulating relations between States.

The assassination of the heir of the Austro Hungarian Empire at Sarajevo in July 1914 was not the cause of World War I, but its pretext.