World-News: 22 Februar 2011

Starmail - 22. Feb, 17:44

Next-up News Nr 1610

- RTBF: Traqueurs d'ondes à plus de 3 V/m
http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/Medias.php

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Starmail - 22. Feb, 13:43

When will George W. Bush be tried for his war crimes?

Future of Freedom Foundation Future of Freedom Foundation
by Sheldon Richman

02/21/11

We should take a small measure of satisfaction in former President George W. Bush?s cancellation of his trip to Switzerland after human-rights groups threatened to bring legal action against him for authorizing torture. Persons detained by the U.S. government after 9/11 were subjected to what the Bush administration euphemistically called 'enhanced interrogation,' including waterboarding. In reality those methods constituted torture, violating U.S. law and international agreements...

http://www.fff.org/comment/com1102j.asp

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Sneak Peek At The Last War Crime, The New Feature Film About Indicting Cheney For Torture: The Water Boarding Scene

Please note: Our hosting service provider had an outage Tuesday morning but is back up now, so we are resending this very important alert.

If you have been following our alerts you know we have been hard at work for the last couple months producing a new full length feature film called "The Last War Crime", on indicting Cheney for torture. We are very excited to announce we have completed what they call principal photography, and hope to have the finished film edited soon. In the meantime, we have now posted a clip of the pivotal water boarding scene on this page.

Last War Crime Sneak Peek Video: http://www.peaceteam.net/bumper_stickers_lwc.php

In this key scene we make the dramatic case that 1) water boarding is torture (in part by putting the audience in the point of view of the person being water boarded), and that 2) the purpose of water boarding was to obtain the false confessions to justify an invasion of Iraq, both of which are clear facts.

And from the same page above you can request one of the new bumper stickers we have created to spread the word about this upcoming film debut. We'll send you one for no charge, not even shipping, and all you have to do is ask. But of course if you can make a donation of any amount there are at least two good reasons for doing so.

First, we still have substantial additional expenses to incur in post production to get this new movie in real theaters where it deserves to be. We have provided income for many valiant progressive activists along the way and want to keep doing so. Second, if you can make a donation it makes it possible for us to send free bumper stickers to anyone who cannot make a donation right now.

Ever since Cheney confessed on national television that he was a "big supporter" of water boarding (a scene we also recreate in the film) there could be no doubt that the affirmative decision to engage in torture went to the highest levels of our government, and it strongly suggests that Cheney himself was the driving force in making it happen. The secret legal opinions that purported to justify these war crimes were drafted by David Addington, Cheney's own legal counsel, events we again recreate in the film.

We believe "The Last War Crime" movie is destined to have a real impact, in the first instance by generating a real discussion on the soul of our nation. We have simply spectacular performances from upward of a hundred amazing cast members, a very high level of technical polish in the raw footage, and we are just an edit away from a truly extraordinary cultural event. And if life can imitate art, this powerful narrative film may even result in those who committed these crimes being brought to real justice.

So please request your "The Last War Crime" bumper sticker now from the sneak peek link above, and we'll see you in the theaters!

Please take action NOW, so we can win all victories that are supposed to be ours, and forward this alert as widely as possible.

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Starmail - 22. Feb, 09:50

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Pakistan hit by deadly drone strike

First US drone attack in a month kills at least seven, further testing diplomatic ties between Washington and Islamabad.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/02/20112218483631503.html

A CIA spy, a hail of bullets, three killed and a US-Pakistan diplomatic row

Barack Obama weighs in to Raymond Davis row as Pakistani anger grows over CIA agent blamed for civilian deaths in Lahore.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/20/cia-agent-lahore-civilian-deaths

American Held in Pakistan Shootings Worked With the C.I.A.

The New York Times had agreed to temporarily withhold information about Mr. Davis's ties to the agency at the request of the Obama administration, which argued that disclosure of his specific job would put his life at risk.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/world/asia/22pakistan.html?_r=1

Davis CIA's acting chief in Pakistan

Well-placed sources said that the highly-trained operative of the CIA was the second important man of the CIA in Pakistan after ex-station chief Jonathan Banks who left Pakistan after his cover was blown.

http://bit.ly/hqMw2a

14 killed in drone, missile attacks in SWA, NWA

By Pakistan Tribune

The villagers claimed all the victims were local tribes people and had no affiliation with the militants.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27545.htm

From Information Clearing House

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Starmail - 22. Feb, 09:37

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Congressman Dennis Kucinich Statement on ?Collateral Damage? in Afghanistan

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/02/21

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Starmail - 22. Feb, 09:27

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The Cost of Our Wars

Starmail - 22. Feb, 09:19

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When a Country Goes Insane

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/02/21-5

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The Republicans Are Coming, the Republicans Are Coming

David Theo Goldberg, Truthout: "If you are not numbered among the wealthiest five percent of Americans with the distinct prospect of securing 85 percent of your annual income across the length of your retirement, you should be terribly worried. If you don't qualify, the present Republican onslaught is not for you. Thirty years in the making, the Republicans are bent on evaporating anything that resembles a public good, on curtailing government and most anything government does beyond security and basic services."

http://www.truth-out.org/the-republicans-are-coming-republicans-are-coming67930

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Starmail - 22. Feb, 09:15

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