To the Workers and All Peace Loving People of the World
April 29th, 2008

On this day of international labour solidarity we call on our fellow trade unionists and all those worldwide who have stood against war and occupation to increase support for our struggle for freedom from occupation – both the military and economic. (...)

Five years of invasion, war and occupation have brought nothing but death, destruction, misery and suffering to our people. In the name of our “liberation,” the invaders have destroyed our nation’s infrastructure, bombed our neighbourhoods, broken into our homes, traumatized our children, assaulted and arrested many of our family members and neighbours, permitted the looting of our national treasures, and turned nearly twenty percent of our people into refugees.
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Shared be US Labor Against War

PAN, April 7, 2008 — Around 20 bodies had been dug out from the debris, saying most of the victims were women, children and old people. – Abdul Moeed Hashmi

Source: RAWA News, in Afghanistan.

See also : January 24, 2008 – U.S.-led air raid killed 11 in Afghanistan which sparked protests said.
Some 200 villagers marched toward Ghazni town to protest against the latest strike, witnesses.
— Reuters, relayed by RAWA News.

This documentary draws from some of the best reports from five The Fifth Estate documentaries and was aired by the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corp.) on March 2007 and March 2008.

There is a link to view it on line on the The Fifth Estate CBC web site (click the picture above).

“The Lies That Led To War” provides context to the events of the previous six years, showing how political, diplomatic, media spin – which sometimes crossed the line into outright lies – have been used by the those in power to further their own agendas.

[ All Copyrights © CBC 2007. The Siriel-Media is a free on-volunteer-basis blog and has the democratic right to promote and share this link.]

The REAL News Network, March 16th, 2008

Iraqi journalist Salam Talib describes the divide between the American and Iraqi perspective of the war

Salam Talib is an Iraqi citizen. He worked as a translator for US journalists after the war and started reporting from Iraq himself in 2005. He recently moved to San Francisco to study computer engineering.

:: View the interview >>

March 3, 2008
by Malalai Joya, an Afghan MP currently appealing her suspension from the country’s parliament. She spoke to rabble.ca editor Derrick O’Keefe.

After 9/11, unfortunately the United States and its allies like Canada pushed us from the frying pan into the fire, by putting in power the Northern Alliance criminals and warlords. As long as they follow this wrong policy, the situation in Afghanistan will become more disastrous.

www.rabble.ca/in_her_own_words.shtml?x=68242

Canada to take US, Israel off torture list
Real News Network (video), Jan. 22nd, 2008

Alex Neve from Amnesty says Canadian foreign policy interests trump human rights
Alex Neve has been Secretary-General of Amnesty International Canada since 2000. He has been a member of Amnesty in various roles for over fifteen years. Neve is a lawyer, with Master’s Degree in International Human Rights law. He has taught both international human rights and refugee law.

Did Canada cave under US Israeli pressure?
Real News Network (video), Jan. 22nd, 2008

Michael Ratner: Canada gave in to pressure from US ambassador
Michael Ratner is President of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in New York. He has taught at Yale Law School, lectured at Columbia Law School, and was President of the National Lawyers Guild.

A REAL News interview >>

Are assumptions about Iran wrong ?
Monday November 19th, 2007

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Vous pouvez faire tomber Guantanamo Bay une pixel à la fois!

En signant cette déclaration, vous retirer un pixel et avec 500,000 signatures nous pourrons faire tomber le véritable Guantanamo Bay…

www.tearitdown.org

Bruce Fein, former-Reagan administration official, gives an excellent speech (interview) on how the US culture and politicians have forgotten their Constitution and freedoms, and why Cheney should be impeached. Amongst many other duties, M. Fein is founder of the American Freedom Agenda, that works to restore constitutional checks and balances.

– by theREALnews network, November 8th, 2007

CONFLIT IRAN ÉTATS-UNIS

Bonne nouvelle !
Selon Fred Kaplan (de Slate Magazine), tant l’état-major général de l’armée américaine qu’au sein du commandement central, la plupart des chefs militaires américans ont exprimé au minimum leur réserve, sinon leur opposition catégorique, à une action armée contre l’Iran (17 oct. 2007).

N’attaquez pas l’Iran: lettre ouverte de personnalités publiques états-uniennes, appelant à refuser tout ordre d’attaquer l’Iran, à l’attention du Comité des chefs d’États-majors interarmes et à tout le personnel militaire des États-Unis. L’écrivain Gore Vidal, la pacifiste Cindy Sheehan, les journaliste Daniel Ellsberg Norman Solomon et Gareth porter, le chanteur Willie Nelson, le sénateur Eric Oemig et des dizaines de personnalités lancent un appel à l’insoumission. (8 oct. 2007)

« Nous, les citoyens des États-Unis, nous exhortons respectueusement, les hommes et les femmes courageux de notre armée, à refuser tout ordre d’attaquer de manière préventive l’Iran. »

Faut-il bombarder l’Iran ?, article qui résume la réalité militaire, par Martin Van Creveld, professeur à l’Université hébraïque de Jérusalem, spécialiste des questions stratégiques (dans Le Monde, 1er nov. 2007).