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Political Theatrics : A Monster Named Torture: Cheney's Baby

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:44:32 +0000

Israelis Use Painful Shackling As Torture http://www.rense.com/general89/ddbe.htm Founded in 1990 to highlight a growing problem, the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PACTI - stoptorture.org) "believes that torture and ill treatment of any kind and under all circumstances is incompatible with the moral values of democracy and the rule of law. (It) advocates for all persons - Israelis, Palestinians, labor immigrants and other foreigners in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) - in order to protect them from torture and ill treatment by the Israeli interrogation and law enforcement authorities”. They include the Israeli Police, the General Security Service (GSS), the Israeli Prison Service (IPS), and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). In June 2009, PACTI published a report titled, "Shackling As A Form of Torture and Abuse”.

Political Theatrics : A Monster Named Torture: Cheney's Baby

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:43:58 +0000

Israeli Torture Template Rape, Feces and Urine-Dipped Cloth Sacks http://www.rense.com/general74/isral.htm With mounting evidence that a shadowy group of former Israeli Defense Force and General Security Service (Shin Bet) Arabic-speaking interrogators were hired by the Pentagon under a classified "carve out" sub-contract to brutally interrogate Iraqi prisoners at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison, one only needs to examine the record of abuse of Palestinian and Lebanese prisoners in Israel to understand what Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld meant, when referring to new, yet to be released photos and videos, he said, "if these images are released to the public, obviously its going to make matters worse."

Political Theatrics : A Monster Named Torture: Cheney's Baby

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:43:25 +0000

Israeli Iraq Torture Lessons for US http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C182D988-2... Thousands of Palestinians say they were tortured by Israel. The torturing of Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghuraib prison by US occupying forces has shocked the world - but for most Palestinians they come as no surprise. In fact, tens of thousands of Palestinians who have served time in Israeli prisons and detention centers see striking similarities between Israeli treatment of Palestinian prisoners and American treatment of Iraqi detainees. In some cases, the torture technique or form of mistreatment is almost identical, some former Palestinian prisoners told Aljazeera.net. Hisham Abd al-Razzaq is a Palestinian Authority minister in charge of overseeing and catering for more than 7000 Palestinian prisoners in Israel, many of them interned without charge or trial. He believes that what the Americans are doing to the Iraqis amounts to a "carbon copy" of what the Israelis have been doing to the Palestinians. "I am inclined to think that the Americans copied the Israeli techniques. I can’t prove it in an objective manner, but the striking similarities are overwhelming."

Political Theatrics : US Enraged By Iran's Unity, Resistance

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:41:21 +0000

Report: Iran replaces US as Middle East power http://www.itv.com/news/index_9b063591ca659a1fbdd... Solipsism: NOUN: Philosophy 1. The theory that the self is the only thing that can be known and verified. 2. The theory or view that the self is the only reality. - The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000 Bushlexia Oxymoron: "Bungling Boob Bush" and Bushlexia, a combination of dyslexia, attention deficit disorder, apraxia, illiteracy, ignorance, laziness, passive-aggressiveness, inappropriate humor, dysfunctional thinking, dysfunctional behavior, and an arrogant attitude of privilege, with a 91IQ, 51 General Intelligence, 6 times business failure, and goal of becoming a "World Nazi Dictator"! When the evidence finally emerges about the real identity of the masterminds behind the events of September 11th, it seems hard to imagine that George W Bush Jr, along with a sizeable contingent from his entourage and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will be able to escape impeachment for what could justifiably be termed Slaughtergate 911. Particularly when linked to the collapse of Enron, the possible winding up or “shredding” of Arthur Anderson and as the basis for the sequel to the movie ‘Wag The Dog’, for, as someone quite rightly remarked – The Plot Sickens. "A government which protects people from tyrants and killers may have a legitimate reason to exist. A government which imprisons people to 'protect' them from themselves is a government of tyrants and killers."

Antiwar Newswire : Sunni party drops out of Iraq's national elections

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:07:48 +0000

Wolfowitz: Iraq Was Not Involved In 9-11 Terrorist Attacks, No Ties To Al-Qaeda http://www.liberalslant.com/jl080703.htm "Golly is our face RED! I mean, here we invaded Iraq 'cause we thought they were behind Al Qaeda and helped out with 9-11, and turns out we were wrong. Really embarrassing because we made the same goof with Afghanistan, invading them because we thought they were behind 9-11. Oh well, these things happen. Nobody is perfect. But you see, it wasn't Iraq; it was Iran, you know, just goofed on that last let... What? Oh. (ahem) But you see, it wasn't Iraq, it was Saudi Arabia. That's it. It was Saudi Arabia, and we have to invade them now. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, one of the main architects for the war in Iraq, admitted for the first time that Iraq had nothing to do with the September 11 terrorist attacks, contradicting public statements made by senior White House and Pentagon officials whose attempt to link Saddam Hussein and the terrorist organization al-Qaeda was cited by the Bush administration as one of the main reasons for launching a preemptive strike in March against Iraq.

Antiwar Newswire : Sunni party drops out of Iraq's national elections

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:06:55 +0000

Forged Intelligence Dossier on Iraq Archive http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CRG307A.html

Antiwar Newswire : Sunni party drops out of Iraq's national elections

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:06:13 +0000

Bush Cabal Plotted War on Iraq Years ago http://globalresearch.ca/articles/FLO404B.html A well-planned, politically solid session of the World Tribunal on Iraq took place April 15-17 in Brussels, Belgium. The hearings showed that key Bush administration members planned aggression against Iraq starting years before the war was launched. Key organizers and activists from throughout Europe attended the full event, with representatives from other continents. This hearing was the first major step in a growing international effort by organizations in many countries to consolidate charges against the Bush administration for war crimes.

Antiwar Newswire : Sunni party drops out of Iraq's national elections

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:05:19 +0000

Oil war: 23 years in the making http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article1... This war, say analysts, is about power and oil. It's about control of the Gulf States by means of strategic Iraq and, by extension, a final post-Cold War shakeout to give the U.S. more economic clout over China and Russia by controlling the oil spigot.

Antiwar Newswire : Sunni party drops out of Iraq's national elections

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:04:48 +0000

US ready to invade Middle East in 1973 http://globalresearch.ca/articles/AFP401A.html

Antiwar Newswire : Sunni party drops out of Iraq's national elections

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:03:33 +0000

War Critics Astonished As US Hawk Admits Invasion Was Illegal http://www.rense.com/general44/asdpe.htm International lawyers and anti-war campaigners reacted with astonishment yesterday after the influential Pentagon hawk Richard Perle conceded that the invasion of Iraq had been illegal.