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

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 >>

By MIKE YOUDS, Daily News Staff Reporter, Feb. 14, 2008.
B.C. (Canada)

Winter-Dawn McNamer will join 35 American and Iraqi students in Amman, Jordan, this summer to discuss strategies on Iraq representing the aspirations of young people from the two countries.

Called the Youth Initiative for Progress in Iraq, the 11-day gathering will culminate in a proposed policy statement to international leaders.

151,000 civils irakiens seraient morts de manière violente durant les trois années qui ont suivi l’invasion de l’Irak par les Américains et les Britanniques en mars 2003, selon une vaste enquête effectuée par l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé et publiée mercredi. L’OMS, qui précise que plus de la moitié de ces morts violentes ont eu lieu à Bagdad, s’appuie sur des données obtenues dans le cadre d’une enquête effectuée auprès de 10,000 ménages, dans un millier de quartiers et de villages répartis sur l’ensemble du territoire irakien. Les chercheurs indiquent qu’en dépit de l’ampleur de leur enquête, le chiffre qu’ils obtiennent reste incertain et que le nombre de morts violentes en Irak de mars 2003 à juin 2006 doit se situer de ce fait quelque part entre 104,000 et 223,000.

– Cyberjournal de Radio Canada International, 10 janvier 2008.

“Bad” Women Raped and Killed (IPS)
By: Ali al-Fadhily, correspondent in Baghdad
Inter Press Service Dec. 18, 2007.

BAGHDAD, Dec 18 (IPS) – Women are being killed by militia groups in southern Iraq for not conforming to strict Islamic ways, the police say. And, increased threats from militia groups is driving many women away from their homes.

www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40510

In 2003, the United Nations Organization was tremendously dishonored when the UN “Security” Council (UNSC) declared the occupation of Iraq to be a Multinational Force supported by the UN (s/res/1511(2003)). The UNSC will soon consider re-authorization of the occupation.
- Michael Lessard, Siriel-Media admin

When will this happen: late 2007

The Global Policy Forum is calling for worldwide ACTION to demand the UN respect the will of the people of Iraq, namely a planned end to the occupation (this link is very recommended to spread this call to action).

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UN SECURITY COUNCIL MUST LISTEN TO IRAQ’S PEOPLE AND PARLIAMENT

TAKE ACTION !! ...

26 Oct. 2007

Lors de son séjour à Paris, une plainte pour torture et mauvais traitements à Guantanamo et à Abou Ghraib a été déposée contre l’ancien Secrétaire d’Etat à la Défense.

La Fédération internationale des ligues des droits de l’Homme (FIDH), le Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), l’European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) et la Ligue française des droits de l’Homme (LDH) viennent de déposer une plainte auprès du Procureur du Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris, contre l’ancien secrétaire d’Etat à la Défense, Donald Rumsfeld, pour avoir ordonné et autorisé la torture.

www.fidh.org/spip.php?article4829

Complaint Filed Against Former Defense Secretary for Torture, Abuse at Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib

Today, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) along with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), and the French League for Human Rights (LDH) filed a complaint with the Paris Prosecutor before the “Court of First Instance” (Tribunal de Grande Instance) charging former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld with ordering and authorizing torture.

www.fidh.org/spip.php?article4831

The War As We Saw It
By: Buddhika Jayamaha, Wesley D. Smith, Jeremy Roebuck, Omar Mora, Edward Sandmeier, Yance T. Gray and Jeremy A. Murphy.
The New York Times 19 August 2007.

After years in hell, these soldiers share to the people of America a political analysis of disconcerting lucidity.

Nous, soldats américains en Irak
Après plusieurs années en enfer, des soldats partagent une analyse politique d’une lucidité déconcertante.

Mayors for Peace, with 1,698 city members around the world, is actively campaigning to eliminate all nuclear weapons by 2020.

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Le 6 août est l’anniversaire de deux crimes contre l’Humanité
• le lancement d’une bombe atomique sur Hiroshima (1945)
• et l’imposition de sanctions économiques inhumaines contre le peuple irakien ayant causé la mort prématurée d’au moins 1 million d’êtres humains (1990-2003).

August 6th the anniversary of two crimes against Humanity
• the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (1945)
• and the imposition of inhuman economic sanctions against the people of Iraq which caused the premature death of at least 1 million human beings (1991-2003)

[dossier sur ce blocus / info on this blockade: Siriel-Média ou/or VitW (en anglais)]

Rappelons-nous de ces deux crimes contre l’humanité
Let us remember these two crimes against humanity

- Michaël Lessard, Siriel-Media