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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Monday, May 20, 2013
"Bush Convicted of War Crimes in Absentia" -- Yvonne Ridley
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Please see full article at: http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/05/12/bush-convicted-of-war-crimes-in-absentia/
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Kuala Lumpur — It’s official; George W Bush is a war criminal.
In what is the first ever conviction of its kind anywhere in the world, the former US President and seven key members of his administration were yesterday (Fri) found guilty of war crimes.
Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and their legal advisers Alberto Gonzales, David Addington, William Haynes, Jay Bybee and John Yoo were tried in absentia in Malaysia.
The trial held in Kuala Lumpur heard harrowing witness accounts from victims of torture who suffered at the hands of US soldiers and contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan.
They included testimony from British man Moazzam Begg, an ex-Guantanamo detainee and Iraqi woman Jameelah Abbas Hameedi who was tortured in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison.
At the end of the week-long hearing, the five-panel tribunal unanimously delivered guilty verdicts against Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and their key legal advisors who were all convicted as war criminals for torture and cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment.
Full transcripts of the charges, witness statements and other relevant material will now be sent to the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, as well as the United Nations and the Security Council.
The Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission is also asking that the names of Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Gonzales, Yoo, Bybee, Addington and Haynes be entered and included in the Commission’s Register of War Criminals for public record.
The tribunal is the initiative of Malaysia’s retired Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who staunchly opposed the American-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Elliot Stoller's Great Video of Arthur Miller at Leonard Peltier Freedom March 2013
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If you live in the U.S., you need to hear this! Leonard's incarceration is a huge injustice of 37 years duration.
Nevertheless, as Arthur says, Leonard is here for all of us, supporting our activism in any way he can from a prison cell.
This is a tragedy for us all.
Please write a letter to Pres. Obama for the Letters4Leonard campaign. Go to http://www.letters4leonard.com and find out how to support this great human being.
http://youtu.be/f_x_ReEa2xk
If you live in the U.S., you need to hear this! Leonard's incarceration is a huge injustice of 37 years duration.
Nevertheless, as Arthur says, Leonard is here for all of us, supporting our activism in any way he can from a prison cell.
This is a tragedy for us all.
Please write a letter to Pres. Obama for the Letters4Leonard campaign. Go to http://www.letters4leonard.com and find out how to support this great human being.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Outrageous 37-Year Imprisonment of Leonard Peltier Decried by American Indian Movement & His Supporters in Tacoma, 5/18/13
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| Marching to Federal Courthouse in Tacoma for Justice for Leonard |
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| Jimbo Simmons makes connections between indigenous Palestinians and American Indian struggle |
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| Tribal Drummers for Leonard's Freedom. |
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| Long-time organizer of Peltier Freedom marches Arthur Miller relates history of Leonard's Case |
SAFE in Seattle Monitors Foreclosure Sale in Bellevue to Protect Benes Home
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| For info on Standing Against Foreclosure and Eviction in Seattle go to: http://safeinseattle.org/ |
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| Why pick a fight with the people? |
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| Waiting |
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| Framing the vultures at foreclosure sale |
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| Picketing the "trustee's" office |
Thursday, May 16, 2013
NO GAZA VIGIL AT WESTLAKE THIS SATURDAY! See you on June 1! Free Palestine! End the Nakba!
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We already had two vigils this month, one on the 4th and another on the 12th (NakbaCommemoration Day). Because of that we have decided to cancel our vigil for this coming Saturday.
We will be back on schedule on June 1st for our usual vigils on the 1st and the 3rd Saturday of each month.
Thanks for your understanding and for your support!
Amin Odeh
"Stand up for what is right,even if you are standing alone"
Watch Out SPACE; Here comes NATO!
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VIA Rick Rozoff of STOPNATO
Stratcom Strives to Build Coalitions for Space Operations
By Donna Miles
By Donna Miles
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“Our intent with combined space operations is to mirror some of the partnerships we have in other mission areas that are long-term and enduring.”
Space is vital to military operations, providing an array of capabilities that give space-faring nations’ forces a military advantage…
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OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb., May 14, 2013 – Recognizing the value of multinational coalitions for operations in the land, maritime and air domains, officials at U.S. Strategic Command here hope to forge a coalition that shares assets and capabilities in space.
The United States and its allies are discussing details for the first agreement of its kind promoting combined space operations, Air Force Brig. Gen. David D. Thompson, Stratcom’s deputy director of global operations, told American Forces Press Service.
The agreement could spell out specific areas in which the participating nations will work together, and what each will contribute to those efforts, Thompson said.
The agreement will formalize an arrangement tested last year during a period discovery. Based on the findings, the U.S. and its allies agreed in September to continue working toward closer combined space operations.
Thompson said he hopes the agreement will be the first step in forging international military-to-military cooperation in space that is essential to all. The Stratcom staff already is promoting the concept with what is hoped to be the next wave of nations to join the coalition.
“Our intent with combined space operations is to mirror some of the partnerships we have in other mission areas that are long-term and enduring,” Thompson said.
Space is vital to military operations, providing an array of capabilities that give space-faring nations’ forces a military advantage, he said. These include intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities that enhance warfighters’ situational awareness, space-based communications that provide them instant, global communications, and global positioning systems that deliver highly accurate navigation and targeting positions.
“This gives them an awareness and understanding that enhances their capabilities to conduct operations the way no other armed forces can today,” Thompson said. “That’s why it’s vitally important to our military forces.”
However, as more nations, organizations and commercial companies vie to take advantage of space-based capabilities, the once-pristine space domain is becoming increasingly congested and competitive, Thompson said.
And of particular concern to military leaders, space is an increasingly contested domain, with potential adversaries hoping to level the playing field by denying access to space and space-based capabilities, he said. The response, Thompson said, must be the same unity in numbers that has proven itself out in every other domain. Coalitions provide more capability than any one nation can provide alone, while also sending an important deterrent message to potential adversaries, he said.
Unlike recent coalitions, formed for specific periods to accomplish specific objectives, Thompson said he hopes those formed for operations in space endure.
“We have enduring requirements and enduring interests that are common among ourselves. So we see this as a longer-standing coalition with these nations,” he said.
Working together to support their shared interests and objectives, Thompson said, the coalition members will help ensure that space remains a global common open to all.
“Joining together in a coalition is a statement of assurance that each nation is committed to effective, mutually supportive conduct of operations in space,” he said. “We are united in a coalition sense when it comes to operations in space and providing those capabilities for each nation.”
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Monday, May 13, 2013
Remembering the Continuing Nakba in Seattle 2013 with Friends, Old and New
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| Free Palestine, End the Nakba! |
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| Nour and Amin |
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| Amin's New Friend from Bethlehem |
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| Beautiful long-time supporter Dorli |
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| Supporters Emma & Jake |
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