Interview with the man that "shoed" George W. Bush in Iraq

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2010 May 24 - 4:44pm 

   [Themes:  | Iraq | USA | •Imperialism & Neocon. | ::Justice & Human Rights:: ]

Muntadhar al-Zaidi (Arabic: منتظر الزيدي‎ Muntaẓar az-Zaydī) was an Iraqi broadcast journalist who served as a correspondent for Iraqi-owned Al-Baghdadia TV. Al-Zaidi’s reports often focused on the plight of widows, orphans, and children in the Iraq War.

On November 16, 2007, al-Zaidi was kidnapped by unknown assailants in Baghdad. He was also previously twice arrested by the United States armed forces.

On December 14, 2008, al-Zaidi shouted “this is for the widows and orphans” and threw his shoes at then-US president George W. Bush during a Baghdad press conference.

Al-Zaidi suffered injuries as he was taken into custody and was tortured during his initial detention.

There were calls throughout the Middle East to place the shoes in an Iraqi museum, but the shoes were later destroyed by American and Iraqi security forces.

Al-Zaidi’s shoeing inspired many similar incidents of political protest around the world. On February 20, 2009, al-Zaidi received a 90-minute trial by the Central Criminal Court of Iraq. On March 12, 2009, he was sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting a foreign head of state during an official visit. On April 7 the sentence was reduced to one year from three years. He was released on 15 September 2009 for good behaviour, after serving nine months of the sentence.

 Torture made in USA, une enquête de Marie-Monique Robin

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2009 Oct 28 - 2:00pm 

   [Themes:  | Afghanistan | Iraq | USA | •Crime a. humanity | •Imperialism & Neocon. | •Untruthful Propaganda ]

À Guantanamo comme en Irak ou en Afghanistan, le gouvernement Bush a institutionnalisé la torture. Aujourd’hui ses représentant-es devraient-ils être poursuivis pour crimes de guerre? C’est à cette question que tente de répondre Torture made in USA (un documentaire en français) qui s’appuie sur des entrevues de témoins-clés et les archives des auditions parlementaires conduites en 2004 et 2008.

Diffusée en ligne par Mediapart du 19 octobre au 19 décembre, en partenariat avec Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch et l’Action des chrétiens pour l’abolition de la torture, cette enquête de la journaliste Marie-Monique Robin, auteure du Monde selon Monsanto, décortique la machine qui a conduit les États-Unis à légitimer et utiliser massivement et systématiquement la torture, pourtant aussi inefficace qu’indéfendable d’un point de vue éthique et moral. »»»
 
 
 
 

 6è anniversaire de l'invasion de l'Irak: à quand la fin de la mainmise étrangère

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2009 Mar 20 - 12:01pm 

   [Themes: Canada & Quebec | Iraq | USA | •Crime vs Peace (invasion) | •Untruthful Propaganda | ::Justice & Human Rights:: ]

Six ans après l’invasion illégale des États-Unis en Irak,
à quand la fin de la mainmise étrangère ?

Montréal, 19 mars 2009 — C’est dans la nuit du 19 au 20 mars 2003 que les États-Unis et quelques pays alliés ont lancé leur agression illégale contre l’Irak entraînant un mouvement de protestation mondial sans précédent.  Six ans plus tard, après avoir mis le pays à feu et à sang, voici qu’un nouveau gouvernement à Washington parle de retirer ses troupes et de « laisser l’Irak à son peuple ».  La fin de la mainmise étrangère – étasunienne – sur l’Irak serait-elle en vue ?  Le Collectif Échec à la guerre croit que non.

Rappelons d’abord que les États-Unis ont l’Irak dans leur mire depuis des décennies, soit depuis la nationalisation de l’industrie pétrolière, alors privée et étrangère, au début des années 1970.  Et que depuis 1990, lorsque le Koweït fut envahi par l’Irak, les États-Unis n’ont jamais cessé de déployer contre ce pays leur terrible arsenal de destruction alternant entre guerre, sanctions (que certains ont qualifié de génocidaires) et guerre encore.  L’annonce du retrait de leurs troupes est donc, en soi, une bonne nouvelle !  Mais qu’en est-il au juste ?

 Retour sur dix crises humanitaires en 2008 (Medecins sans frontières)

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2008 Dec 23 - 3:12pm 

   [Themes:  | Burma (Myanmar) | Congo-Kinshasa (RDC) | Ethiopia | Iraq | Pakistan | Somalia | Sudan | Zimbabwe | •Protection Duty | •Collective Rights ]

Déplacements massifs de population, violence et urgences médicales en République Démocratique du Congo, Somalie, Irak, Soudan et Pakistan, situation sanitaire désastreuse au Myanmar et au Zimbabwe, manque d’attention face à la prévalence croissante de la co-infection VIH-tuberculose, indigence de moyens pour prévenir et traiter la malnutrition infantile, malgré l’existence de produits efficaces…

Tels sont dix des contextes ou des problématiques sur lesquelles MSF s’est engagée cette année, et que l’ONG souhaite porter à l’attention du public.

RD Congo, novembre 2008. © Sven Torfinn

www.msf.fr/2008/12/18/1132/retour-sur-dix-crises-humanitaires-en-2008/

 Veterans For Peace: dramatic confrontation on impeachment

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2008 Jul 10 - 6:44pm 

   [Themes:  | Iraq | USA | •Democracy | •Imperialism & Neocon. ]

 Congressman and Veterans For Peace calls for Bush Impeachment! (theREALnews Network)

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2008 Jun 12 - 12:39pm 

   [Themes:  | Iraq | USA | •Activ. & Actions | •Crime vs Peace (invasion) | •Democracy | •Personal Freedoms ]

June 6, 2008, Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich, supported by Florida Congressman Robert Wexler, is calling for the impeachment of President Bush. The former presidential candidate and Ohio congressman accuses the president of misleading the American public into the Iraq war. The resolution contains thirty-five articles, including: Creating a secret propaganda campaign to manufacture a false cause for war against Iraq, providing immunity for criminal contractors in Iraq, imprisoning children, creating secret laws, and spying on American citizens without a court ordered warrant in violation of the law and the 4th amendment. The House voted to refer the matter to the House Judiciary Committee. [ Kucinich’s original speech without commentary: part I part 2 ]

Veterans For Peace presented 22,000 signatures calling for Bush impeachment to Rep. Conyers (D-MI)

 Testimonies of horror by veterans from the U.S. occupation of Iraq

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2008 Jun 2 - 8:19pm 

   [Themes:  | Iraq | USA | •Crime of War | •Crime a. humanity | •Imperialism & Neocon. | •Untruthful Propaganda ]

US/IRAQ: “Enough Is Enough, It’s Time to Get Out”
by Dahr Jamail

SEATTLE, Jun 2 (Inter Press Service) – Dozens of veterans from the U.S. occupation of Iraq converged in this west coast city over the weekend to share stories of atrocities being committed daily in Iraq, in a continuation of the “Winter Soldier” hearings held in Silver Spring, Maryland in March.

www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42622

 May Day 2008 Statement from the Iraqi Labour Movement

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2008 May 1 - 1:13pm 

   [Themes: Iraq | USA | •Crime a. humanity | •Crime vs Peace (invasion) | •Democracy | •Imperialism & Neocon. ]

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.
Read the statement»»
Shared be US Labor Against War

 CBC: The Lies That Led To War

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2008 Mar 24 - 10:16pm 

   [Themes:  | Iraq | USA | •Crime vs Peace (invasion) | •Imperialism & Neocon. | •Untruthful Propaganda ]

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.]

 Winter Soldier: An Iraqi perspective

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2008 Mar 16 - 12:06pm 

   [Themes: Iraq | USA | •Crime vs Peace (invasion) | •Untruthful Propaganda ]

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 >>