Instead of a knighthood, Tony Blair should be up on charges for starting an illegal, unnecessary war

https://www.democracynow.org/2022/1/6/headlines/750_000_sign_petition_to_strip_tony_blair_of_knighthood
#Iraq #warcrimes

750,000 Sign Petition to Strip Tony Blair of Knighthood

Outcry is growing over former Prime Minister Tony Blair becoming a knight with the highest possible ranking. More than 750,000 people have signed a petition calling for his knighthood to be rescinded due to his key support for the 2003 invasion of...

Dean Yates ~ Assange redaction

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4903189099743739&id=100001580918459

' #Assange, #redaction, my #failure to get the #facts right and who really put lives in #danger'
"I read the #submissions #Julian’s #legal #team made at his #extradition #hearings and #transcripts of #witness #testimony. I soon realised how #mistaken I was."

#deanyates #yates #julianassange #truthteller #iraq #war #us #military #journalism #wikileaks #freepress #freespeech #dropthecharges #freeassangenow #bringassangehome #weareallassange

Iraqi Minister Sacks Babylon Police Chief after Deadly Operation | Asharq AL-awsat ⚓ https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3389551/iraqi-minister-sacks-babylon-police-chief-after-deadly-operation ䷉ #iraq

Iraqi Minister Sacks Babylon Police Chief after Deadly Operation

Iraq's interior minister dismissed Babylon province's police chief on Friday and several officers were called for questioning following an operation that reportedly led to the deaths of 20 members of the same family. The operation, details of which r

● NEWS ● #France24 ☞ #Mosul museum restores artefacts destroyed by Islamic State jihadists in #Iraq https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20211220-mosul-museum-restores-artefacts-destroyed-by-islamic-state-jihadists-in-iraq

Mosul museum restores artefacts destroyed by Islamic State jihadists in Iraq

Left in ruins by jihadists, Iraq's once-celebrated Mosul museum and its 2,500-year-old treasures are being given a second life thanks to restoration efforts backed by French experts. 

● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Iraq ☞ Is There Rule of Law in Iraq? https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/08/is-there-rule-of-law-in-iraq/

Is There Rule of Law in Iraq?

“Armed groups,” “paramilitary forces,” “groups following the orders of another country.” Human rights advocates in Iraq use these descriptions all the

● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Iraq ☞ The West Helped Create the Conditions That Force Iraqis, Iranians and Syrians to Cross the Channel https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/07/the-west-helped-create-the-conditions-that-force-iraqis-iranians-and-syrians-to-cross-the-channel/

The West Helped Create the Conditions That Force Iraqis, Iranians and Syrians to Cross the Channel

This is a Government, more than any in British history, that thinks in terms of slogans and headlines. The silliness and impracticality of its proposals to stop desperate people crossing the Channel in overcrowded dinghies is the latest proof of...

Gilgamesh Dream Tablet: #Iraq puts looted artefact on display https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-59561151

Gilgamesh Dream Tablet: Iraq puts looted artefact on display

The 3,500-year-old clay tablet was stolen three decades ago and ended up at a museum in the US.

https://twitter.com/NoBorder_Berlin/status/1467847349250965504

#IRAQ #StopDeportation

"Iraqi President Barham Salih condemned on Sunday the failed assassination attempt against Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi." https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3290176/iraqi-president-slams-assassination-attempt-against-pm-warns-coup-against but US assassinating people in #iraq (from the sky) is OK? Even public officials??

Iraqi President Slams Assassination Attempt against PM, Warns of Coup against Constitution

Iraqi President Barham Salih condemned on Sunday the failed assassination attempt against Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi. In a tweet, he said: “The terrorist attack that targeted the prime minister is a dangerous violation and heinous crime agains

The Most Important Battle for Press Freedom in Our Time

https://scheerpost.com/2021/10/28/hedges-the-most-important-battle-for-press-freedom-in-our-time/

'He exposed the #truth. He exposed it over and over and over until there was no question of the #endemic #illegality, #corruption and #mendacity that defines the #global #ruling #elite. And for these #truths alone he is guilty.'

"A #society that #prohibits the capacity to #speak in #truth #extinguishes the capacity to #live in #justice. The battle for #Assange’s #liberty has always been much more than the #persecution of a #publisher."

#chrishedges #battle #press #freedom #julianassange #cia #collateral-damage #drone-wars #obama #gwbush #iraq #war #terrorism #yemen #war-crimes #prison #sams #extradition #media #vault7 #civil-rights #freeassange #freespeech #freepress #journalismisnotacrime #weareallassange

Hedges: The Most Important Battle for Press Freedom in Our Time

Julian Assange hearings in London are hugely important. A society that prohibits the capacity to speak in truth extinguishes the capacity to live in justice.

● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ #Psychology of the #Iraq #War https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/10/29/psychology-of-the-iraq-war/

Psychology of the Iraq War

The recent death of Colin Powell, who at first was an advocate of the Iraq war -perhaps one of the most damaging foreign policy decisions by a U.S.

A reminder - the consequences of political lies

While the corporate media has never taken a close look at this record, we can go through Powell’s presentation line by line to demonstrate the chasm between what he knew and what he told the world. As you’ll see, there’s quite a lot to say about it.

#Powell #evidence #war #Iraq

https://theintercept.com/2018/02/06/lie-after-lie-what-colin-powell-knew-about-iraq-fifteen-years-ago-and-what-he-told-the-un/

"None of the information #Assange released hurt anybody, and a lot of it needed to be revealed: war crimes in #Iraq and #Afghanistan and government #surveillance of tens of millions of US citizens" https://www.thenorthlines.com/destroy-the-whistleblowers/

Destroy the WhistleBlowers! - Northlines

Gwynne Dyer Intelligence can be useful in war, but the bulk of what it does in peacetime is pointless A long time ago now I was asked to do a television series about the world's intelligence services - and I turned it down flat. My main reason was...

Register for the Belmarsh Tribunal: Free Julian Assange

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7rBuTphpcM
https://act.progressive.international/belmarsh-tribunal/

The #HighCourt will hear the #appeal on #October27-28 in #London, which will decide #JulianAssange's immediate fate. He remains #imprisoned in #maximum #security #Belmarsh #prison for two and a half years, despite #winning his #extradition #battle in the UK’s #DistrictCourt last January. For now all eyes must be focused on the appeal at the High Court at the end of October. #Public #pressure is the only thing that can end the deliberate, punitive #incarceration of #Assange. This is, when all is said and done, the most #important #press #freedom #case of the 21st century.

Just a few days before the extradition #hearing in Julian’s case (October 27-28) and inspired by the #Russell-Sartre #Tribunal that put the US government’s #war-crimes in #Vietnam on trial, we are bringing together leading #lawyers, #politicians and #journalists to put the US government on trial for its crimes in the 21st century — from #atrocities in #Iraq, to #torture in #GuantánamoBay, and the country’s huge #surveillance program.
Talking about the Russell-Sartre Tribunal, #Russel said that the tribunal “represented no state power; it had no capacity to sentence the accused”. But he added something important: “I believe that these apparent limitations are, in fact, #virtues. We are free to conduct a solemn and #historic #investigation, presented to the #conscience of #mankind”.
You are already part of the conscience of #humankind. Become part of the #struggle to #free Julian Assange and #protect other #whistleblowers and #journalists. Protect what is #right and #fight what is so obviously wrong.
Members of the Belmarsh Tribunal, named after the prison where Assange has been imprisoned for more than two years, include #DanielEllsberg, #YanisVaroufakis, #RafaelCorrea, #StefaniaMaurizi, #RenataÁvila, #JeremyCorbyn, #KenLoach, #TariqAli, #SelayGhaffar and many others.

#SrećkoHorvat, cabinet member of the #Progressive #International and one of the founders of the #BelmarshTribunal, said:
“After the #revelations about the #murderous #CIA #plans to #kill a #publisher and #journalist on #British soil, not only the current #US #government but also the #UK government must be held responsible for still keeping Assange in #prison.The #Biden administration should #dropthecharges against Assange and the UK government should #free him immediately and end the #suffering and #torture of a #courageous #man who has #committed #no #crime. In a #society in which telling the #truth becomes a crime, we are all #accomplices of crime as long as Assange is in prison.”

#join #mobilize #organize

#Organized by #TheProgressiveInternational the tribunal will hold its first #physical #proceedings in #London at the #ConvocationHall, #ChurchHouse, #Westminster at 3pm BST, #22October. #register #attend-online

“If wars can be started by lies, peace can be started by truth." - Julian Assange.

#freejulianassange #diem25 #noextradition #weareallassange #23october-marchforassange

● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #Iraq ☞ Iraqi Journalist: Amid Low Election Turnout, “Iraq’s Streets Littered with the Memories of Our Dead” https://www.democracynow.org/2021/10/12/iraq

Voter Turnout in Iraq Hits All-Time Low as Faith in Democratic Process Falters

Iraqi journalist Nabil Salih says the election has little to do with responding to the demands of the people.

● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Voter Turnout in #Iraq Hits All-Time Low as Faith in Democratic Process Falters https://truthout.org/video/voter-turnout-in-iraq-hits-all-time-low-as-faith-in-democratic-process-falters/

Voter Turnout in Iraq Hits All-Time Low as Faith in Democratic Process Falters

Iraqi journalist Nabil Salih says the election has little to do with responding to the demands of the people.

#Iraq #elections must not be tainted by internet shutdowns - Access Now ⚓ https://www.accessnow.org/iraq-elections-internet-shutdowns/ ䷉ #accessnow

Iraq’s elections must not be tainted by internet shutdowns - Access Now

No to internet shutdowns in Iraq these elections — Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition demand an open, accessible, and secure internet for all.

3,000 Yazidis Are Still Missing. Their Families Know Where Some of Them Are.

#yazidireligioussect #humantrafficking #kidnappingandhostages #warcrimesgenocideandcrimesagainsthumanity #missingpersons #islamicstateiniraqandsyriaisis #iraq #syria #turkey #womenandgirls #news

3,000 Yazidis Are Still Missing. Their Families Know Where Some of Them Are.

Seven years after they were captured by the Islamic State, some members of the Iraqi religious minority are still being held captive by fighters in Syria. Others are with families of ISIS militants.

The ‘Dream Tablet’ Nears the End of a Long Journey Home

#artsandantiquitieslooting #museums #art #hobbylobbystoresinc #homelandsecuritydepartment #museumofthebible #greensteve #iraq #artanddesign #news

The ‘Dream Tablet’ Nears the End of a Long Journey Home

The ancient artifact, which contains a portion of the Gilgamesh epic, is going back to Iraq after having been stolen from there some 30 years ago.

Talk of Iraq Recognizing Israel Prompts Threats of Arrest or Death

#kurds #internationalrelations #jewsandjudaism #sunnimuslims #erbiliraq #israel #iraq #threatsandthreateningmessages #braudejoseph #news

Talk of Iraq Recognizing Israel Prompts Threats of Arrest or Death

A conference promoting normalization, organized by a little-known American group, prompted a furor, pointing to the volatility and danger in Iraqi politics.