Tag Archives: War Crimes

Holding Ourselves Responsible for the Crimes Our Government Perpetrates Around the World

The Prophetic Challenge: ‘Few Are Guilty, but All Are Responsible’By Robert Jensen / August 7, 2008 One of the common refrains I heard from progressive people in Pakistan and India during my month there this summer was, “We love the … Continue reading

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BushCo: Violations of Geneva Conventions Persist

Secret “War on Terror” Prison on Diego Garcia ConfirmedBy Andy Worthington / August 02, 2008 Six “High-Value” Guantánamo Prisoners Held, Plus “Ghost Prisoner” Mustafa Setmariam Nasar The existence of a secret, CIA-run prison on the island of Diego Garcia in … Continue reading

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Faiz :
Playing High School with 5000 Nuclear Warheads

To Provoke War: Cheney Considered Proposal To Dress Up Navy Seals As Iranians And Shoot At Them By Faiz | August 1, 2008 Speaking at the Campus Progress journalism conference earlier this month, Seymour Hersh — a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist … Continue reading

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And You Will Be Brought to Justice, No Matter How Long It Takes

New Zealand Students Offer New Bounty For Arrest of Condoleezza Rice For War Crimesby Ray Lilley / July 26, 2008 WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A group of New Zealand students offered a higher reward Saturday for the citizen’s arrest of … Continue reading

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Dennis Kucinich : Thanks to You, Impeachment Will Be Heard on Friday

Holding the administration accountableBy Dennis Kucinich / July 22, 2008 I want to thank you for the support which you have given to my efforts to hold this administration accountable for taking us into a war based on lies and … Continue reading

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I Do Not Intend Holding My Breath While Waiting

Letter to the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal CourtBy Robert Thompson / July 21, 2008 Subject: Selection of persons to be charged To Mr Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court Dear Mr Moreno-Ocampo, For over fifty years I … Continue reading

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Torture Is a War Crime – When Will We Act?

Top Pentagon Officials Developed Brutal Interrogation Methods at Guantanamo By Jason Leopold / June 19, 2008 Top Pentagon officials developed the harsh interrogation methods used against detainees at Guantanamo less than a month before the Justice Department issued two now … Continue reading

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Taguba : Bush Ordered Systematic Regime of Torture

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba, now retired, author of an Army internal report on abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, reacts as he testifies during a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill May … Continue reading

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Insisting on the Pursuit of Justice

Lawrence VelvelLaw School to Plan Bush War Crimes ProsecutionJune 17, 2008 A conference to plan the prosecution of President Bush and other high administration officials for war crimes will be held September 13-14 at the Massachusetts School of Law at … Continue reading

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Vincent Bugliosi : Indict Bush for Murder

Vincent Bugliosi during his prosecution of Charles Manson, January, 1971. Photo by Curt Gunther. Holds Bush responsible for deaths of more that 4,000 GIs Vincent Bugliosi has written three New York Times #1 best sellers. He has also had twenty-one … Continue reading

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Resolved that George W. Bush be impeached…

Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio. Photo/Charlie Neibergall / AP. Dennis Kucinich’s 35 Articles of Impeachment Against George W. Bush On June 9, 2008, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, (D.,Ohio) made a remarkable presentation before the Congress of the United States calling for … Continue reading

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Gore Vidal’s Article of Impeachment

I listened with awe to Kucinich… By Gore Vidal / June 11, 2008 On June 9, 2008, a counterrevolution began on the floor of the House of Representatives against the gas and oil crooks who had seized control of the … Continue reading

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