Invasion of Iraq: Human Rights Watch says Iraq war was not humanitarian

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2004 Jan 28 - 10:48am 

   [Themes:  | Great Britain (UK) | Iraq | USA | •Crime vs Peace (invasion) | •Untruthful Propaganda | •Protection Duty ]

Human Rights Watch—London, Jan. 26, 2004
New Global Survey Analyzes War and Human Rights

:: No humanitarian case for Iraq war, says rights group By Kim Sengupta (The Independent; London, Jan. 27 2004).
The United States and Britain had no justification for invading Iraq either on the grounds of alleged threats from illicit weapons and terrorism, or as a humanitarian mission, an international civil rights group said yesterday.  “Humanitarianism, even understood broadly as a concern for the welfare of people, was at best a subsidiary motive for the invasion of Iraq.”  

:: Iraq war was not humanitarian, says HRW report (The Daily Times; Pakistan, Jan. 27 2004).
“The Bush administration cannot justify the war in Iraq as a humanitarian intervention, and neither can (British Prime Minister) Tony Blair,” said the group’s Executive Director Kenneth Roth.

 AP: Le ministère irakien de la Santé a ordonné l'arrêt du décompte des victimes civiles de la guerre, selon une responsable

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2003 Dec 10 - 9:27pm 

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

Jeudi 11 décembre 2003, 3h27
Source :

http://fr.news.yahoo.com/031211/5/3jl9e.html

BAGDAD (AP) – Le ministère irakien de la Santé a ordonné l’arrêt du décompte des civils tués pendant la guerre et a exigé de son département statistiques qu’il ne publie pas les chiffres obtenus jusqu’ici, a déclaré mercredi à l’Associated Press la responsable du décompte.

AP: Iraq to Stop Counting Civilian Dead, 10 dec. 2003

 AP: Iraq to Stop Counting Civilian Dead

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2003 Dec 10 - 8:17am 

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

By NIKO PRICE, Associated Press Writer
Wed Dec 10, 2:17 PM ET —Source: http://story.news.yahoo.com

BAGHDAD, Iraq Dec. 10 — Iraq’s Health Ministry has ordered a halt to a count of civilians killed during the war and told its statistics department not to release figures compiled so far, the official who oversaw the count told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
(click on ‘Source’ or ‘Read more’ for the rest…)

AP: Le ministère irakien de la Santé a ordonné l’arrêt du décompte des victimes civiles de la guerre, selon une responsable, 11 dec. 2003

 Blair/Uzbekistan: moral case for war – but backs a dictator who boils prisoners to death

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2003 Oct 28 - 2:04pm 

   [Themes:  | Great Britain (UK) | Uzbekistan | USA | •Imperialism & Neocon. | •Untruthful Propaganda | •Personal Freedoms ]

Tony Blair’s New Friend
He made the moral case for war – but backs a dictator who boils prisoners to death
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 28th Oct. 2003.
:: To read the original article
Or the author’s web site : www.monbiot.com

The British and US governments gave three reasons for going to war with Iraq. The first was to extend the war on terrorism. The second was to destroy its weapons of mass destruction before they could be deployed. The third was to remove a brutal regime, which had tortured and murdered its people.

 Quelle paix au Proche Orient ?

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2003 Oct 17 - 12:58pm 

   [Themes:  | Israel | Palestine | •Causes & solutions | •Untruthful Propaganda | •Soc: Associations | ::World Relations:: ]

Taïeb Moalla – L’auteur est journaliste (ex. correspondant en Tunisie du journal Le Soir belge), étudiant en maîtrise en Communication Publique à l’Université Laval, membre de l’Association pour les Droits de la Personne au Maghreb (ADPM) et responsable des relations avec les médias au sein de la Coalition Québec/Palestine(1)

Il y a 2 ans, jour pour jour, éclatait la deuxième Intifada dans les territoires occupés. Quel bilan pouvons-nous faire de ce soulèvement populaire ? A quoi ressemble la vie des palestiniens, aujourd’hui ? Est-il encore réaliste de parler de paix dans cette région du monde ? Même si cet article n’a pas la prétention de répondre en totalité à ces questions qui font quotidiennement les manchettes des journaux à travers le monde, nous tenterons d’exposer un point de vue pacifique, résolument opposé aux massacres et solidaire des revendications légitimes du peuple palestinien.

 Howard Zinn, "An Occupied Country," The Progressive (Editorial column), Oct. 2003

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2003 Sep 30 - 7:00pm 

   [Themes: Global issue | | Iraq | USA | •Causes & solutions | •Democracy | •Imperialism & Neocon. | •Untruthful Propaganda | ::Justice & Human Rights:: ]

It Seems to Me by Howard Zinn

Human beings do not naturally support violence and terror. They do so only when they believe their lives or country are at stake. These were not at stake in the Iraq War. Bush lied to the American people about Saddam and his weapons. And when people learn the truth —as happened in the course of the Vietnam War— they will turn against the government. We who are for peace have the support of the rest of the world. The United States cannot indefinitely ignore the ten million people who protested around the world on February 15. The power of government —whatever weapons it possesses, whatever money it has at its disposal— is fragile. When it loses its legitimacy in the eyes of its people, its days are numbered.

We need to engage in whatever nonviolent actions appeal to us. There is no act too small, no act too bold. (...)

Full article on line at:

www.progressive.org/oct03/zinn1003.html

 Waves of Chaos, by Alain Gresh (Le Monde Diplomatique, Sept. 2003)

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2003 Sep 1 - 1:21pm 

   [Themes:  | Afghanistan | Iraq | •Imperialism & Neocon. | •Untruthful Propaganda | ::Justice & Human Rights:: ]

Version française

An excellent summary, very informative and honest, especially about the situation in Iraq (but of elsewhere also) and about the effects of the unilateral and violent policies pushed by the Bush II administration.

:: Excerpts and link to the article here >

 L'onde du chaos, par Alain Gresh (Le Monde Diplomatique, Sept. 2003)

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2003 Aug 29 - 1:13pm 

   [Themes:  | Afghanistan | Iraq | •Imperialism & Neocon. | •Untruthful Propaganda | ::Justice & Human Rights:: ]

Une excellente synthèse, très informative et honnête, surtout de la situation en Irak (mais ailleurs aussi) et des effets des politiques unilatérales et violentes de l’administration Bush II.

An excellent summary, very informative and honest, especially about the situation in Iraq (but of elsewhere also) and about the effects of the unilateral and violent policies pushed by the Bush II administration.
:: English version

:: Extraits et version française ci-dessous…

 Experts believed no Iraqi WMDs in 2001: analysts

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2003 Jul 18 - 2:02pm 

   [Themes:  | Canada & Quebec | Iraq | USA | •Imperialism & Neocon. | •Untruthful Propaganda ]

Comment (En): I would like to take advantage of this quality article to reaffirm that people who knew the Iraqi reality also know Iraq was not a military threat and that President George W. Bush lied to his own people, to the peoples of the world and to the United Nations.

Commentaire (Fr): Je profite de cet article de qualité pour réaffirmer que les gens qui connaissaient bien la réalité irakienne savaient que l’Irak n’était pas une menace militaire et que le Président George W. Bush a menti à son propre peuple, aux peuples du monde entier et aux Nations unies.

Michael Lessard – L’ennemi, c’est la peur / Fear, is the ennemy

Experts believed no Iraqi WMDs in 2001: analysts
By ROGER WARD - Canadian Press

 Instant-Mix Imperial Democracy (Buy One, Get One Free)

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2003 Jun 6 - 1:19am 

   [Themes:  | Iraq | Italy | South Africa | USA | •Democracy | •Imperialism & Neocon. | •Untruthful Propaganda ]

by Arundhati Roy

Presented in New York City at The Riverside Church, May 13, 2003
A conference hosted by the Center for Economic and Social Rights

A strong and truthful speech about the fact that we are facing an empire that cares little about truth. It contains quality information that US news most probably did not tell us.

Excerpt :
I don t care what the facts are. What a perfect maxim for the New American Empire. Perhaps a slight variation on the theme would be more apposite: The facts can be whatever we want them to be.

www.cesr.org/roy/royspeech.htm