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Showing posts with label war crimes. Show all posts
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Thursday, July 07, 2016

Chilcot Inquiry - Iraq War Crime Cover-up (Reaction Letter)

Dear Corporate and State-funded Western Media Journalists,

The attack upon Iraq in 2003 was a War Crime. It was premeditated murder. If you want to be honest about this issue you can't simply put on establishment apologists and think you are doing a good job.

You should try interviewing critics in the alternative media that understand International Law and the specific circumstances that led to the invasion.

Presently you are simply repeating the meme that the Chilcot Inquiry 'stopped short of saying the war was illegal' - that it was largely the result of intelligence failures (not deliberate lies). However, the Inquiry also said that Saddam's Iraq was not actually an imminent threat to any nation, regardless of the perceived WMD 'danger'. Because there was no real threat the war was indeed illegal.

There was no 'self defence' justification and neither was there a UN sanction for the attack. This makes the war authorising individuals, the President and Prime Ministers, War Criminals.

You cannot let your war apologist guests go unchallenged when they say that mistakes were made and that we need to make sure this does not happen again - that prosecution is not necessary. Hundreds of thousands died. Accepting a 'we must look forward' position is allowing criminals to go free.

And these politicians are criminals.

DELIBERATE LIES were told about Iraq's WMDs and the threat they posed. The liars included politically appointed bosses within the intelligence community, such as George Tenet. The actual intelligence on the WMD 'threat', the 2002 October National Intelligence Estimate, stated that there was NO threat, and that the information on the WMD programs was either ambiguous or fabricated (the aluminium tubes, the yellowcake uranium, the nuclear weapons program, Iraq's ties to Al Qaeda, the mobile weapons labs, the 45min threat capability, plus claims of stockpiled chemical weapons - this last point was made up by people like Donald Rumsfeld).

In 2005 an Australian documentary titled; Truth, Lies and Intelligence laid out the case that the lies for the war had been pushed by political chiefs led by neoconservative ideologues. It also pointed out that the 'intelligence' being used to justify the war was known to be faulty at the time. The whole video is not online, but it is worth checking out this 3 minute clip and buying the DVD:

Truth, Lies, and Intelligence


We also know that the British Government knew the US leadership - the politicians, neoconservatives and intelligence chiefs - were cooking up a case to go to war. In a set of documents known as the Downing Street Memos we find that; "the [US] intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy" so that war could be waged against Iraq. The UK went along with this policy of fabrication and constructed their own 'Dodgy Dossier' claiming that Iraq could use WMDs on British forces in the region with only a 45 minute warning for such an attack.

Undoubtedly, without these politically driven lies there would have been no war.

Punishment is necessary in order to stop continued war-facilitating lying. We have recently seen the false claim that the Assad Government used chemical weapons in the Syrian War. These recent lies almost led to an overt Western attack on that country that would have advantaged ISIS.

If the people who launched the 2003 Iraq War had been jailed for War Crimes, things would be very different now. War Crimes trials are still needed.

Spook

ps. Now the apologists are saying that 'no one could have predicted' the terrible outcome of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 - as part of their defence for the 'ill-advised' invasion. Dick Cheney 'predicted' what would happen in 94. He said it would be a quagmire and the country would fall apart:



Related Info:

Congressional Hearing on Limits of Executive Power: Lawyer Vincent Bugliosi (Prosecution of George W Bush for Murder author).
He shows (clearly) that the Bush Administration doctored a key intelligence report given to Congress so that it said Iraq was a threat when it was not. He has a copy of both documents in front of him. This skulduggery shows the political influence in skewing the intelligence - it was not 'an intelligence mistake'. When people appearing on TV say this they are either ignorant or deliberately lying



The Iraq War Lies (info and links on key areas of lying)

Lie by Lie: A Timeline of How We Got Into Iraq


[Originally posted at the Spookyweather blog.]

Saturday, March 28, 2015

Surprise! That Document Bush/Cheney Used To Justify Iraq War, Doesn’t

In late 2002 and early 2003, American involvement in the war in Afghanistan would go on for another dozen years but already that war was losing its prominence in the headlines, so President Bush, Dick Cheney and the hawks on the right began the process of selling us all on the war they really wanted, Iraq. It was a matter of national security. It was an immediate threat. Iraq was amassing an arsenal of weapons of mass destruction that threatened our way of life. It was a slam dunk. It was a lie.

On an almost daily basis, members of the Bush administration came before us with a mountain of information detailing Saddam Hussein’s WMD program that could only be dealt with by invading the country and toppling his regime. To make their case, the administration and its allies cited the 2002 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), a 93 page report that compiled all the intelligence available, along with expert opinions and interpretations. We later found out that, while what they were saying did come from the report, they were often leaving out important, if not critical information, information that significantly changes the picture being drawn. What they left out was all the uncertainty and condition that ran through every page of the report like chocolate sauce through a half gallon of fudge ripple ice cream.

In 2004, the CIA released the report as the result of a Freedom of Information Act request, but it was so heavily redacted as to be almost meaningless. In 2006, Congress went back through the information that had been available in the run up to the war and concluded that the administration had “overstated” the case. Until now though, the general public has had to take them on their word just what that means. A new FOIA request from John Greenewald at The Black Vault has resulted in the CIA releasing a new, much cleaner version of the report.

Coming on the heels of the 9/11 attacks, it was important that Al Qaeda be kept at the top of our priority list. So, the administration went to great lengths tying Saddam Hussein to the terrorist group, National Security Advisor, Condoleeza Rice, White House Press Secretary, Ari Fleischer and others made the connection and then Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld came out and told us they had “Bulletproof” information linking the two.
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Within six months of the invasion we knew they were wrong about all of that, the Al Quaeda connection, the biological weapons, the chemical weapons, the nukes, everything. But the administration clung to deniability. They blamed flawed intelligence. It was unfortunate, but mistakes were made.

When Dick Cheney said Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. That was wrong. But he also said there was no doubt. But there was doubt, and he knew it, and that makes it a lie. When they said the aluminum tubes were for refining uranium, they were wrong. When they said the tubes could only be used for that purpose, that was a lie. And they knew it. When Donald Rumsfeld said it was bulletproof, that was a lie and he knew it. Every time they knowingly left out a qualification or a piece of intelligence that shed doubt, and told us they were certain, they were lying. Now we know it for fact.

Today the hawks on the right are talking up a new war, this time in Iran.
http://reverbpress.com/features/surprise-that-document-bushcheney-used-to-justify-iraq-war-doesnt/

The Bush Officials lied DELIBERATELY to have the 2003 War in Iraq. It was not mistaken intelligence (a point I put to various brainwashed mainstream journalists in emails over the years - but to no avail). The declassified intelligence, directly cited in this post, shows there were strong doubts that any active WMD programs existed in Iraq (although it could not be ruled out), and concluded that the regime of Saddam Hussein was not a threat to the USA unless he was openly attacked first (and even then his means of response was limited). Specific 'points of evidence' aired by officials on TV were untrue. The war was ultimately justified because of an "imminent threat" of attack - a lie. Launching what was an unnecessary war based on lies is a War Crime. The people who are covering up this crime, failing to launch prosecutions (the dept. of justice), are also committing a crime with their failure to act. Today we are getting similar lies about Iran, something that was predicted to happen about ten years ago when the scale of the previous propaganda effort was being recognised. When we have events like ANZAC Day or Memorial Day you might think about saving lives by taking an interest in this kind of thing.

Related Info:

Bush Administration Officials Should be Charged for Murder (citing the NIE)


Saturday, June 05, 2010

Depleted Uranium Hazard Awareness - US Army Training Video


(14:19)

The training materials were intended to instruct servicemen and women about the use and hazards of depleted uranium munitions. In addition, the training regimen included instructions for soldiers who repair and recover vehicles contaminated by depleted uranium.

Throughout 1996, these videos sat on a shelf, while U.S. soldiers continued to use and work with depleted uranium munitions. In June 1997, Bernard Rostker, The Department of Defense (DoD) principle spokesperson for their investigation of Gulf War hazardous exposures, stated that the depleted uranium safety training program would begin to be shared by a limited number of servicemen and women in July 1997.

STILL TODAY the vast majority of servicemen and women in the U.S. military, and likely in the armed forces of other countries which are developing or have obtained depleted uranium munitions, are unaware of the use and dangers of depleted uranium munitions, or of the protective clothing and procedures which can minimize or prevent serious short-term exposures.

From Information Clearinghouse:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.i.../

If DU is as harmless as sometimes claimed then what spurred the US Army to make this training video ? This stuff is toxic and must be banned immediately.

Attempts to downplay the dangers of DU are political in nature. The results of DU poisoning ARE devastating and extremely long term.

With recent moves to expand the Middle East wars into Iran and Pakistan you can be sure the horror of this contaminant will be spread far and wide. Please spread awareness of this video so that people are made aware of this ongoing terror.
RELATED LINKS
The United States Government is killing it's own solders!
War The Ultimate Profit Business

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Cheney admits war crimes and the government sanctioned media is expectedly quite

By Faith-R-Michaels
2/16/2010

Jonathan Karl of ABC news "This Week" interviewed Dick Cheney on Valentines day.
Cheney admitted to being "The Man" who authorised Torture and harsh interrogation techniques that actually got one Terrorist free due to a unreliable "confession.
Not only did it allow a terrorist to go free... this torture did not produce one reliable piece of information ,caused the false raising of terror alerts and in my opinion actually made America more prone to attacks from Terrorists.
Cheney admits wanting harsher Techniques and was critical of Obama and his administration for actually following the Geneva Conventions outlawing of Torture and banning of the practise.
(I would like to note here that the Constitution that Cheney swore to uphold and defend when he took office also outlaws torture.)
Cheney admits that they had the justice departmental lawyers "fix" the law around his torture policies.
Not unexpectedly the mainstream media is quite and has not picked this up and ran with it. Obama has not had this man hauled to jail nor has he been indicted for War Crimes or treason.Obama just sits quietly by.
I have to note here that if it had been any other average American the media would not know how to shut up on this matter and the offending person would be in jail with America outraged.
But hey Cheney was a Vice President..(to be blunt a lying ass politician)and somehow the atrocities become "not so bad". So in America there is one set of laws for the rich and powerful and another for "We the People"
We the People cannot usually afford the PR campaigns to make crimes more acceptable to the consciousness of the many.
How the hell is this OK??? Are most Americans so narrow minded and small in heart that torture of a government declared enemy is OK as long as it doesn't happen to them or their loved ones?? Are they so naive and blind as to think that if they in power move the laws around to suite them that they can do this to any American they deem an enemy of the state? Are people so blind and whupped as to think that it would never happen to them or those they care about? Apparently so according to history. Isn't that what happened with Hitler and any other dictatorship? American solders have died and shed their blood to free people from this kind of tyranny and Americans turn their backs on this and act like it is nothing? Personally I am beyond outraged at the silence and the good ole boy mentality I see being practised here.
I just want you all to know that if this goes unchallenged then America is no longer the land of the free nor is it the home of the brave. It is instead the land of fascism and the home of the cowards and we might as well burn our Constitution for it will not have anyone left to stand and defend it.
Related Links
Cheney Admits to War Crimes, Media Yawns, Obama Turns the Other Cheek

Two Generals Take Cheney to Task for Torture

Does Dick Cheney Want to be Prosecuted?

Thursday, November 05, 2009

23 Americans,mostly CIA operatives convicted in Italy

23 Americans mostly CIA operatives are now fugitives abroad. This stunning landmark case case was begun after a kidnapping of a Muslim Cleric in 2003. The Cleric's name is Abu Omar. Abu Omar was kidnapped off the streets of Milan in broad daylight.
He was taken to two U.S. bases. One in Italy,one in Germany. From there Abu was taken to Egypt where they kept him and tortured him for four years before concluding that he was innocent. I say innocent because they could find no reason to keep him or charge him so they let him go.
I do not think Abu Omar is an isolated incident. I am sadly certain he is just one of many that this has happened to.
I have questions for our government. Doesn't this fall under the catagory of war crimes? Isn't our involvement in this a direct violation of the Geneva convention and our own Constitution? Are you people in charge of what our government does professing to be Christians?
The America I believe in does NOT do these kinds of things!
To read more about this go here

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Two Generals Take Cheney to Task for Torture


Generals Charles C. Krulack and Joesph P. Hoar have spoken out denouncing Cheney and his torture rhetoric. The Generals understand that torture is wrong,that it is harmful to the United States and it's citizens, and makes us less safe in the world, so why didn't Cheney?

Excerpts from article:
"In an interview with Fox News Sunday, Cheney applauded the ``enhanced interrogation techniques'' -- what we used to call ``war crimes'' because they violated the Geneva Conventions, which the United States instigated and has followed for 60 years. Cheney insisted the abusive techniques were ``absolutely essential in saving thousands of American lives and preventing further attacks against the United States.'' He claimed they were ``directly responsible for the fact that for eight years, we had no further mass casualty attacks against the United States. It was good policy . . . It worked very, very well.''

Generals Charles C. Krulack and Joesph P. Hoar's response:

"Repeating these assertions doesn't make them true. We now see that the best intelligence, which led to the capture of Saddam Hussein and the elimination of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was produced by professional interrogations using non-coercive techniques. When the abuse began, prisoners told interrogators whatever they thought would make it stop."

"In the fear that followed the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Americans were told that defeating Al Qaeda would require us to ``take off the gloves.'' As a former commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps and a retired commander-in-chief of U.S. Central Command, we knew that was a recipe for disaster."

Thank You Sirs!!!!!
It is time for the American People to reclaim what Bush ,Rumsfield and Cheney took from us. They tried to steal the Soul of this Country. Not because they were Republicans but because they are with-out conscious.
Once again;Thank You Generals Charles C. Krulack and Joesph P. Hoar ,
It is a good feeling to know that you stand by and honor your Oath to us and this country.

Fear was noexcuse to condone Torture

Friday, February 13, 2009

We Can't Handle Truth


Below is a copy of an e-mail sent to me from the American Freedom Campaign.

I say ONWARD WITH THE CRIMANAL INVESTIGATION!
IF U AGREE THEN USE THE LINKS AND SIGN PETITION PLEASE


We can't handle the truth‏
From:
American Freedom Campaign (info@americanfreedomcampaign.org)
Sent:
Thu 2/12/09 4:28 PM
To:
faithmichaels@hotmail.com
Dear faith,
The subject line of this email isn't an admission of weakness. Rather, it is a cry of frustration. We have grown sick and tired of the Bush administration getting away with murder - figuratively, if not literally. And we are done watching Congress spin its wheels merely talking about it.The latest outrage? Earlier this week, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) called for the establishment of a "Truth Commission" to look into various unconstitutional actions by the Bush administration. As Leahy described the commission, "such a process could involve subpoena powers and even the authority to obtain immunity from prosecutions for anything accept perjury in order to get to the full truth."We don't want the "truth." We want a full criminal investigation led by the Department of Justice, with prosecutions where it is found that the laws of the United States have been violated. If you agree, click on the following link to send an E-mail to the Department of Justice:http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=eTFIEKxg4/w4Pl/%2BdPElXjUkHzQ1jiATWhy should we waste our time looking for "the truth" when the man who produced the legal memo setting the stage for torture under President Bush, John Yoo, recently wrote in the Wall Street Journal that Bush -- on three separate occasions! -- authorized waterboarding, an interrogation technique universally recognized as torture? That is the truth. Now let's start the prosecution process.Why should we waste our time looking for "the truth" when we have known for years that the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program was conducted outside of the legal boundaries established by the FISA laws? That is the truth. Now let's start the prosecution process.We know Bush administration officials defied congressional subpoenas. Attorney General Michael Mukasey may have even violated the law by directing the U.S. Attorney in the District of Columbia to ignore a statute providing that he "shall" bring a contempt citation issued by Congress to a grand jury. We don't need to go through the charade of watching Karl Rove defy congressional subpoenas again.We don't need the truth. We need the Justice Department to do its job and launch a criminal investigation. Please use the following link to ask Attorney General Eric Holder when he will start this process:http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=YIP5t2nHNIek%2B6tYi3wbflvvC6lT61voOnce you have sent your message, please forward this email widely to friends and family. In the alternative, you can use the "Tell-A-Friend" option on the AFC Web site that will appear after you have sent your message.Thank you so much for taking action.Steve FoxCampaign DirectorAmerican Freedom Campaign Action Fund