USA - Torture & War-Crimes

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Washingtoner Scheinheiligkeiten
Die Regierung der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika ist der zweitschlimmste Verletzer der Menschenrechte auf dem Planeten und der einzige Wegbereiter des schlimmsten – Israel. Das hält Washington jedoch nicht ab, mit dem Finger auf andere zu zeigen.
http://antikrieg.com/aktuell/2012_05_26_washingtoner.htm

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Trials Of Henry Kissinger 1:19:41
Some of the major crimes of this famous international criminal are revealed within.

Trials Of Henry Kissinger

Angeklagt: Henry Kissinger. Dokumentation, Frankreich 2002, 80 Min., Buch und Regie: Alex Gibney, Eugene Jarecki, Produktion: BBC, arte u. a., Erstausstrahlung: 9. April 2003, Inhaltsangabe von arte http://archives.arte-tv.com/de/archive_232787.html

Angeklagt Henry Kissinger - Arte Dokumentation über den Geostrategen Henry Kissinger (1/8)

Angeklagt Henry Kissinger - Arte Dokumentation über den Geostrategen Henry Kissinger (2/8)

Angeklagt Henry Kissinger - Arte Dokumentation über den Geostrategen Henry Kissinger (3/8)

Angeklagt Henry Kissinger - Arte Dokumentation über den Geostrategen Henry Kissinger (4/8)

Angeklagt Henry Kissinger - Arte Dokumentation über den Geostrategen Henry Kissinger (5/8)

Angeklagt Henry Kissinger - Arte Dokumentation über den Geostrategen Henry Kissinger (6/8)

Angeklagt Henry Kissinger - Arte Dokumentation über den Geostrategen Henry Kissinger (7/8)

Angeklagt Henry Kissinger - Arte Dokumentation über den Geostrategen Henry Kissinger (8/8)

http://www.youtube.com/user/Erkenntnisquelle/videos?query=Angeklagt+Henry+Kissinger+-+Arte+Dokumentation+über+den+Geostrategen+Henry+Kissinger

An einem 11. September ändern Flugzeuge plötzlich ihren Kurs, jagen aufs Stadtzentrum zu. Kurz darauf Explosionen, berstende Fassaden, Tote, Fliehende, Staub. Die Medien übertragen die Tragödie. New York, 2001? Nein, Santiago de Chile, 1973.

Mit tatkräftiger Hilfe der USA putscht General Augusto Pinochet gegen den gewählten sozialistischen Staatschef Salvador Allende und lässt die Luftwaffe den Präsidentenpalast angreifen. Es ist der Beginn einer 17 Jahre währenden Militärdiktatur, in der Tausende von Menschen gejagt, gefoltert, getötet werden. Unterstützer und Befürworter des Staatsstreiches: Henry Kissinger, damals frisch ernannter US-Außenminister. Darauf weisen zumindest Dokumente hin, die erst vor wenigen Jahren freigegeben wurden. Und es ist nicht die einzige Menschenrechtsverletzung, in die der Politiker verwickelt gewesen sein soll.

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Body Counts - The Human Cost of the War on Terror JUNE 8-10, 2012 by M. REZA PIRBHAI
In the early days of the ‘War on Terror,’ US General Tommy Franks declared, “We don’t do body counts.”  He was referring, of course, to the dead of Afghanistan. That the names of 9/11 victims have been appropriately written in stone, only makes it doubly striking that the war waged in their names generates little interest on non-US or NATO civilian deaths. In fact, a war now in its 11th year, comprising the invasion and occupation of two countries, as well as the ongoing bombing of at least three more, has not produced any holistic studies on its direct and indirect casualties.

That a global war can rage so long with no official will to ascertain the number of ‘others’ killed is indicative of the manner in which the cost of war is calculated by those states prosecuting it. Non-US and NATO dead, maimed, disappeared or displaced can’t be part of the equation if official policy is not to count. That there appears to be little public will to change that policy speaks of a more broadly worrying attitude toward ‘others,’ particularly Muslims. The UN and some NGO’s are attempting to count, however, mostly in the variety of local contexts engulfed in the conflict. Despite the hurdles of official obfuscation and public indifference, a catalogue of deadly consequences has begun to emerge..
http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/06/08/body-counts/

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Be A Real Humanitarian- Don’t Cry For Syrian Children
                   
Saman Mohammadi
Prisonplanet.com
June 15, 2012

Getting rid of Assad and bombing Syria with U.S. drones is the new pet cause of warm-hearted “humanitarians.” But don’t get it twisted: militarily intervening in Syria is a more anti-humanitarian act than letting Syria survive intact under its current government.
I don’t like Assad or the pro-war “humanitarians.” I hate war, instability, and insecurity. If that puts me on the side of evil, then so be it. I’d rather be evil and anti-war than good and pro-war. Strange, right? As many others have said, it’s like we entered a warped universe after 9/11 where evil is good, truth is a conspiracy theory, up is down, and dark is light.
Calling Assad the big bad wolf is clever and cute, but the imagery only sticks in the mind if you’re a little schoolboy. Did people learn anything from the Iraq war and Al-Qaeda propaganda? The vilification of Assad is so 2001. What, is every Middle Eastern dictator Moby Dick now? Is America supposed to slay every dragon in the world?
America has done enough dragon-slaying. We get it. America is a nation of heroes. Thank you, America. You are a brave and mighty nation. There is no sarcasm in these words. Humanity is indebted to America forever. But, America, please, stop being a nation of heroes and humanitarians. There are no more dragons to slay in the foreign woods. The place to look for new dragons to slay is in the heart of the city, inside the government, the media, the war corporations, and the banks.
Unfortunately for Assad, though, America’s dragon-killing days are not yet over. Osama Bin Laden wasn’t Obama’s last fake dragon corpse. Playing superhero and a humanitarian war icon is what Obama has in mind. But destroying Syria in the name of saving it is an idea that preceded the Obama administration. Reducing Syria to absolute rubble is part of Washington’s long-established political vision to remake the Middle East in its own image, secure world hegemony, and lay the foundations for a Greater Israel.
Their insane and evil vision can only be fulfilled if there are mass graves of Palestinians, Syrians, Iraqis, Afghans, Lebanese, Yemenis, Pakistanis, and Iranians.... http://www.prisonplanet.com/be-a-real-humanitarian-dont-cry-for-syrian-children.html

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Why is Gitmo still open?
                   
RT
June 17, 2012
Open for more than ten years, the Guantanamo Bay detention camp appears to be in limbo. The deadline set by President Obama to close it came and went two years ago, but no detainee has left in a year. Next, our very own New York resident is out and about, seeking opinion on the streets.

Why is Gitmo still open?