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George Monbiot Attempts Citizen’s Arrest on John Bolton

31-05-2008 20:35 | Anti-militarism | Iraq | Terror War | World

John Bolton, the former US ambassador to the United Nations, escaped a citizen’s arrest Wednesday night as he addressed an audience in Britain. We speak to George Monbiot, the British activist and columnist who tried to arrest Bolton. Monbiot says Bolton is a war criminal for his role in helping to initiate the US invasion of Iraq.

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National demo against the arms trade and EDO MBM
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Smash EDO Press Release - Welcome to the Carnival Against the Arms Trade

28/05/08

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George Monbiot plans to arrest John Bolton

26-05-2008 16:43 | Iraq | Terror War | World

In the following article on the Guardian site George Monbiot says:

"I do not want to advocate something I am not prepared to do myself. I was planning to stay at home on Wednesday, but I now intend to come back, listen to Mr Bolton speak, and then carry out this arrest. I hope that others at Hay might join me."

Read on for the full article...

European Parliament passes new DU resolution in landslide vote

The European Parliament has passed its fourth and most far-reaching resolution yet against the use of uranium weapons. MEPs have called for an EU and NATO-wide moratorium and global ban.

FBI files indict Bush, Cheney and Co. as war criminals

24-05-2008 00:15 | Iraq | Repression | Terror War | World

The most stunning revelation in a 370-page Justice US Department Inspector General’s report released this week was that agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation had formally opened a “War Crimes” file, documenting torture they had witnessed at the Guantánamo Bay US prison camp, before being ordered by the administration to stop writing their reports.

Will General Petraeus betray us?

23-05-2008 14:47 | Analysis | Iraq | Terror War | World

We've all heard of the US 'Defcon' system of war readiness. But what about here in the UK, do we have a similar system or just do what the US tell us to? Come to think of it are we citizen/subjects even allowed to know what defence condition we are at? Is it considered an official secret covered up in the interests of 'National Security'? With the new boy nut case Petraeus in charge of the US Military.......

The White House is UNDER ATTACK! (by Latuff)

23-05-2008 14:11 | Iraq | Terror War | World

Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff.

Where Are Those Iranian Weapons in Iraq?

22-05-2008 20:03 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Iraq | World

"Bergner's refusal to address that question reflects a fundamental problem with the US claims about Iranian weapons in Iraq: if there are indeed any Iranian rockets and mortars, and RPGs in the Mahdi Army's arsenal of stand-off weapons, they represent an insignificant part of it.

Reports by the US command in Iraq over the past 15 months cited only a handful of Iranian weapons out of hundreds counted in caches found in Shiite areas. Nearly 700 mortars and rockets were reported by specific caliber size, along with a handful of RPGs, in nearly two dozen caches. Of that total, only four rockets were reported as being of Iranian origin, and another 15 were listed as possibly being Iranian."

FBI agents created “war crimes file” documenting US torture

22-05-2008 11:13 | Iraq | Repression | Terror War | World

FBI agents who witnessed the torture of detainees at the US prison camp in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba created what they called a “war crimes” file documenting what they had seen, according to a report released Tuesday by the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG).

Clive Stafford Smith: US Holding 27,000 in Secret Overseas Prisons

21-05-2008 09:12 | Iraq | Repression | Terror War | World

“There is a huge number of [secret prisoners] being held in Iraq, and one of the intriguing aspects of this that doesn’t get much reporting is that the US is bringing people into Iraq from elsewhere to hold them there, simply because that keeps [the media and lawyers] away from the prisoners so they can’t get any sort of legal rights,” reports British attorney Clive Stafford Smith.

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Anthony Charles Lynton Blair due on trial in the Hague

20-05-2008 06:19 | Anti-militarism | Iraq | Terror War | World

David Halpin looks at the litany of crimes for which former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will have to account sooner or later.

Captain Iraq versus George W. Bush (by Latuff)

20-05-2008 01:54 | Iraq | Social Struggles | Terror War | World

Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff.

"May we be forgiven for having participated in such a devastating conflict"

18-05-2008 16:57 | Anti-militarism | Iraq | Terror War | World

The following is testimony presented to Congress by Kristofer Shawn Goldsmith on May 15, 2008. While there were several powerful testimonies by several Iraq veterans, all worth watching [1], this one in particular provides a taste of what is actually happening in Iraq, and what soldiers of conscience face upon their return home.

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http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=205390-1&showVid=true

Church of Scotland move to urge UK and US against aggression towards Iran

18-05-2008 09:14 | Anti-militarism | Iraq | Terror War | World

The delegates to the Church of Scotland's general assembly gathered on 15 May were urged to support a resolution that calls on Britain and the United States to take no further action that could lead to an invasion of Iran.

"We will strongly urge the British government to do everything in its power to discourage the American government from undertaking any form of military strike against Iran. And if the Americans ignore that advice, then Britain must make clear its strong opposition for such a move" said Morag Mylne, convenor of the Church and Society Council of the Scottish Presbyterian church.

Public Meeting about the Carnival Against the Arms Trade this Wednesday

shut down the Brighton Bomb Builders...

Iraqi Democrats Demonstrate at London US Embassy

16-05-2008 21:40 | Iraq | London | World

Iraqi Democrats Against the Occupation and the Stop the War Coalition demonstrated outside the US Embassy in London on Thursday evening, 15 May 2008, calling for an end of actions against the Iraqi people and the withdrawal of occupying US and other forces.

So what did go wrong in Iraq?

16-05-2008 10:52 | Analysis | Iraq | World

An analysis of how Britain lost the propaganda war on the weapons of mass destruction.

Superman found dead in Iraq (by Latuff)

14-05-2008 14:18 | Iraq | Terror War | London | World

Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff.

Heavy bombardment on Sadr city despite ceasefire

11-05-2008 17:02 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Iraq | World

"Imperial USA never tells the truth. Just ask a native American what the white men said and what did they do? They never tell the truth. A lie is always appropriate if it will further their selfish, greedy ends. They knew no shame then. They know none now. Only a complete fool would believe otherwise."

World Iraq Newswire Archive

George Monbiot Attempts Citizen’s Arrest on John Bolton

Mask up for the carnival against the arms trade

Smash EDO Press Release - Welcome to the Carnival Against the Arms Trade

George Monbiot plans to arrest John Bolton

European Parliament passes new DU resolution in landslide vote

FBI files indict Bush, Cheney and Co. as war criminals

Will General Petraeus betray us?

The White House is UNDER ATTACK! (by Latuff)

Where Are Those Iranian Weapons in Iraq?

FBI agents created “war crimes file” documenting US torture

Clive Stafford Smith: US Holding 27,000 in Secret Overseas Prisons

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair due on trial in the Hague

Captain Iraq versus George W. Bush (by Latuff)

"May we be forgiven for having participated in such a devastating conflict"

Church of Scotland move to urge UK and US against aggression towards Iran

Public Meeting about the Carnival Against the Arms Trade this Wednesday

Iraqi Democrats Demonstrate at London US Embassy

So what did go wrong in Iraq?

Superman found dead in Iraq (by Latuff)

Heavy bombardment on Sadr city despite ceasefire

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