Marklar's Blog Posts Tagged 'afghanistan' (25)

Bush Found Guilty Of War Crimes

By Yvonne Ridley

May 11, 2012 "Information Clearing House" -- 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…

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Added by Marklar on May 11, 2012 at 5:30pm — 4 Comments

For Every U.S. Soldier Killed On Battlefield This Year, 25 Veterans Die By Own Hands

This scandalous statistic is revealed by Nicholas D. Kristof in an op-ed for the New York Times:

Here’s a window into a tragedy within the American military: For every soldier killed on the battlefield this year, about 25 veterans are dying by their own…

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Added by Marklar on April 15, 2012 at 11:00pm — 2 Comments

"I Don't Work For You No More. I Am No Longer the Monster I Once Was" - Jon Turner relates his experiences in Iraq at the Winter Soldier 2008 event.

by Gerald Nicosia

Information Clearing House

"The reason I am doing this," said former…

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Added by Marklar on March 27, 2012 at 6:14am — 2 Comments

Norman Rockwell Warfare (Original Article)

by Marklar

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March 20, 2012

The iconic American painter Norman Rockwell delivered an idealized vision of life in the United States. The American dream was put to canvas in a way that resonated with the innermost hopes and dreams of his fans, even…

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Added by Marklar on March 21, 2012 at 12:00am — 3 Comments

Can someone please tell me what the hell happened to OUR country while we were gone?

Originally published at Federal Jack

February 19, 2012 by POPEYE

Filed under Establishing The Police…

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Added by Marklar on February 21, 2012 at 3:10am — 1 Comment

Recovering From Empathy

By Robert C. Koehler

April 16, 2010 "Buzzflash" -- What I thought

of, straight off, as I watched that Wikileaks Reveals Video Showing US Air Crew

Shooting Down Iraqi Civilians"…

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Added by Marklar on April 16, 2010 at 6:21pm — 7 Comments

Splitting the Sky on Trial in Canada for Attempting to Arrest President Bush

March 10, 2010

Via YouTube:

A man named Splitting the Sky, tried to arrest former President George W. Bush for war crimes. He crossed police lines on one of President Bush’s visits to Canada and was arrested. He now faces criminal charges in court, the trial began…

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Added by Marklar on March 10, 2010 at 10:30pm — 3 Comments

US Drones Killed 123 Civilians, Three al-Qaeda Men in January

By By Amir Mir

February 01, 2010 "The News" -- LAHORE: Afghanistan-based US predators carried out a record number of 12 deadly missile strikes in the tribal areas of Pakistan in January 2010, of which 10 went wrong and failed to hit their targets, killing 123 innocent Pakistanis. The remaining two successful drone strikes killed three al-Qaeda leaders, wanted by the… Continue

Added by Marklar on February 1, 2010 at 8:38pm — No Comments

9/11 Truth: the Challenge to the Peace Movement (4 Part Video)

Part 1 of 4

Part 2 of 4…

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Added by Marklar on December 28, 2009 at 1:03pm — No Comments

60 drone hits kill 14 al-Qaeda men, 687 civilians

The International Times

Friday, April 10, 2009

By Amir Mir

LAHORE: Of the 60 cross-border predator strikes carried out by the Afghanistan-based American drones in Pakistan between January 14, 2006 and April 8, 2009, only 10 were able to hit their actual targets, killing 14 wanted al-Qaeda leaders, besides perishing 687 innocent Pakistani… Continue

Added by Marklar on December 17, 2009 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment

Jeremy Scahill Discussing the Blackwater/CIA Connection

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news,…

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Added by Marklar on December 4, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

13 VS. 2,000,000 - Fort Hood Shootings a Shocker...Why Not U.S. War Crimes?

By Ted Rall

November 19, 2009 -- NEW YORK--American lives are worth a lot. So when Americans get killed, it's a big story. There are lots of editorials. Congressmen call for investigations. We want to find out what happened, why it happened, and how to make sure it never happens again.

The lives of foreigners, on the other hand, are pretty much worthless. Even when they die because Americans killed them, news accounts… Continue

Added by Marklar on November 19, 2009 at 8:31pm — No Comments

CIA Secret ‘Torture’ Prison Found at Fancy Horseback Riding Academy

Disinfo.com

Posted by majestic on November 19, 2009

Matthew Cole and Brian Ross break an exclusive story for ABC News:

The CIA built one of its secret European prisons inside an exclusive riding academy outside Vilnius, Lithuania, a current Lithuanian government official and a former U.S. intelligence official told ABC News this week.

Where affluent… Continue

Added by Marklar on November 19, 2009 at 8:05pm — No Comments

Welcome Home Soldier, Now Shut Up

Challenging Our Thinking About Military Service And War

By Paul Rockwell

November 17, 2009 - "BlackCommentator" -- There are two kinds of courage in war - physical courage and moral courage. Physical courage is very common on the battlefield. Men and women on both sides risk their lives, place… Continue

Added by Marklar on November 18, 2009 at 11:21am — No Comments

Former UK Ambassador: CIA Sent People to be ‘Raped with Broken Bottles’

By Daniel Tencer

November 05, 2009 "Raw Story" -- November 04, 2009 --- The CIA relied on intelligence based on torture in prisons in Uzbekistan, a place where widespread torture practices include raping suspects with broken bottles and boiling them alive, says a former British ambassador to the central Asian country.

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Added by Marklar on November 5, 2009 at 1:59pm — 1 Comment

Obama's Real Death Panels

By Ted Rall

October 29, 2009 "UExpress" -- NEW YORK--Shortly after 9/11, George W. Bush secretly signed two executive orders. Both violated basic constitutional protections as well as U.S. obligations under international treaties, yet both carried the force of law.

They still do.

The first order grants the president (and other officials,… Continue

Added by Marklar on October 30, 2009 at 12:14am — No Comments

No One Else Will Stop The Killing - Veterans' Group To Members: Multiply Resistance By Any Peaceful Means Possible

By Mike Ferner

October 28, 2009 "Information Clearing House" -- In a statement directed to the U.S. House of Representatives, President Obama and its membership, Veterans For Peace urged its chapters to demonstrate opposition to the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan by doing two things:

1) Take the actions listed below within the next… Continue

Added by Marklar on October 28, 2009 at 5:35pm — No Comments

R.E.M., Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails Join Campaign To Close Guantanamo Bay

Thu, 22 Oct 2009

The list of musicians is very impressive. Many of them are in the Rock&Roll hall of fame in Cleveland. Unfortunately this list and the artists’ music is associated with one of the blackest marks in American history- the torturing of prisoners at Guantanamo.

Their songs are played at ear bleeding high volume to prisoners there. Many of the artists, who have supported progressive causes throughout their… Continue

Added by Marklar on October 24, 2009 at 2:32pm — 1 Comment

Peace Day Dove

Added by Marklar on September 30, 2009 at 10:26pm — 1 Comment

Bush-Cheney administration pushed for "Nuremberg defense"

By Scott Horton

Special to the Huffington Post

September 09, 2009

Two newly-obtained documents show how American diplomats during the Bush administration worked tenaciously to incorporate what is commonly known as the Nuremberg Defense into a new international convention addressing enforced… Continue

Added by Marklar on September 10, 2009 at 1:20am — 1 Comment