[CTRL] Twist of faith movie, Guantanamo
-Caveat Lector- scroll "When he was a teenager 20 years ago, Tony Comes says a Catholic priest in his Ohio hometown sexually abused him. Humiliated and ashamed, Tony carried the secret with him into adulthood, even as he married, had two kids and became a firefighter. He shared the truth only with his parents and wife. But when Tony recently learned that the same priest now lived down the street, he decided to take action -- even if it meant going public. Premieres Tuesday, June 28 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. " http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/twistoffaith/ this one fwd from Lynne Moss Sharman http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendlyc=Articlecid=1119522976732call_pageid=968332188492DPL=IvsNDS%2f7ChAXtacodalogin=yes Jun. 23, 2005. 02:04 PM UN experts say they have reports of Guantanamo torture ASSOCIATED PRESS GENEVA — Citing what they call reliable accounts of detainees being tortured at the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, human rights experts from the United Nations today accused Washington of stalling on their request to visit detainees. "The time is up," said one official, who complained of the Bush administration's failure to agree to the world body's longstanding request to visit the detainees. U.S. officials so far have allowed only the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit Guantanamo detainees. The ICRC keeps its findings confidential, reporting them solely to the detaining power, although some of the reports have been leaked by what the ICRC says were third parties. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=""ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fwd: [ctrl] Independent World TV!Jeff Cohen, founder of FAIR
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message:From: Elvo Him [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: June 27, 2005 7:36:58 AM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [ctrl] Independent World TV!Jeff Cohen, founder of FAIRReply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]About Us Our Mission Our Team FAQ Contact Us Our Plan Programming Videos Resources Press Downloads Links BlogAbout IWTnews Independent World Television is building the world’s first global independent news network. Online and on TV, IWTnews will deliver independent news and real debate from professional and citizen journalists -?without funding from governments, corporations or commercial advertising. Using the web to organize and raise funds across borders, IWTnews is building an international movement for democracy. read more IWTnews takes L.A.Posted by IWTnews Staff on Jun 22, 1:58pm. IWTnews played to a packed house in L.A. Monday night, with what was meant to be a small gathering turning into a major event that drew over 200 Hollywood activists, actor and producers. Supporters squeezed in to see Birth of a Network and hear Gore Vidal and Paul Jay talk about news, democracy, and building the world's first global independent news network. 56 comments | read more Take Action! Support IWTnews! Recent blog postsAIDS coverage still missing from TV news IWTnews takes L.A. Jon Stewart vs. CNN's melting popsicle Sinking morale in the newsroom The Guardian on IWTnews rss | more Features?005 Independent World Television empowered by echoditto contact us "Never Surrender" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri Jun 24, 2005 11:08 pm Subject: Independent World Television!! dcinelli1 Offline Send EmailMessage- Original Message -From: Jeff CohenTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 13:08Subject: Independent World Television!!Friends,This is a project I've been working on since the election -- an effort to build the world's first indepedent global news channel... independent ofcorporations and government... sponsored only by its viewers...an alternative to Fox News and CNN. Check out the new website http://www.iwtnews.com/ and newvideo. Spread the word to your lists. Let me know what you think.-- jeff cohen, founder of FAIRYahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == ctrl is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis-directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, ctrl gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. ctrl gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. There are two list running, [EMAIL PROTECTED] and CTRL@listserv.aol.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] has unlimited posting and is more for discussion. CTRL@listserv.aol.com is more for informational exchange and has limited posting abilities. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Omimited posting abilities. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Om YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "ctrl" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=""ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] kaygriggstalks.com
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[CTRL] U.S. doctors linked to POW `torture'
-Caveat Lector- http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m12999l=isize=1hd=0 U.S. doctors linked to POW `torture' TANYA TALAGA AND KAREN PALMER, The Star Guantanamo medical records misused Basis of interrogators' strategy: Report June 24, 2005 - Medical records compiled by doctors caring for prisoners at the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay are being tapped to design more effective interrogation techniques, says an explosive new report. Doctors, nurses and medics caring for the approximately 600 prisoners at the U.S. naval base in Cuba are required to provide health information to military and CIA interrogators, according to the report in the respected New England Journal of Medicine. Since late 2003, psychiatrists and psychologists (at Guantanamo) have been part of a strategy that employs extreme stress, combined with behaviour-shaping rewards, to extract actionable intelligence from resistant captives, it states. Such tactics are considered torture by many authorities, the authors note. Medical personnel belonging to the U.S. military's Southern Command have also been told to volunteer to interrogators information they believe may be valuable, the report adds. The report was published ahead of schedule last night on the journal's website because of current public interest in this topic, the journal says. The report's authors Dr. Gregg Bloche, a physician who is also a law professor at Georgetown University in Washington, and Jonathan Marks, a London lawyer who is currently a fellow in bioethics at Georgetown's law centre say that while Guantanamo veterans are ordered not to discuss what goes on there, making it difficult to know how, exactly, military intelligence personnel have used medical information for interrogation, they've been able to assemble part of the picture. They suggest that interrogators at the camp, set up in 2001 to detain prisoners captured in Afghanistan and later Iraq, have had access to prisoners' medical records since early 2003. That contradicts Pentagon statements that there is a separation between intelligence-gathering and patient care. William Winkenwerder, U.S. assistant secretary of defence for health affairs, said in a memo made public in May that Guantanamo prisoners' medical records are considered private as are American citizens'. However, this claim, our inquiry has determined, is sharply at odds with orders given to military medical personnel and with actual practice at Guantanamo, the authors write. Using medical records to devise interrogation protocols crosses an ethical line, said Peter Singer, director of the University of Toronto's Joint Centre for Bioethics. The goal for the physician is to care for the sick, not to aid an interrogation, he said. Patients are patients and prisoners are prisoners and mixing those two things on the part of physicians who work in prisons is actually quite dangerous. Physicians are there for the benefit of patients and if they are seen to be there for some other purpose, it really blurs what they're doing. An Amnesty International Canada spokesman said the report gives serious pause to anyone who is following what happens at Guantanamo. This reinforces the necessity for a full, independent commission of inquiry into the detentions. What is going on and what rules are being violated, John Tackaberry said from Ottawa. The American government needs to accept its responsibility to expose what is actually happening and show the world they are following standards that are acceptable in terms of international law, he said. According to the authors, a previously unreported U.S. Southern Command policy statement dated Aug. 6, 2002, instructs health-care providers that communications from enemy persons under U.S. control at Guantanamo are not confidential and are not subject to the assertion of privileges by detainees. That policy memorandum also tells medical personnel they should convey any information concerning ... the accomplishment of a military or national security mission ... obtained from detainees in the course of treatment to non-medical military or other U.S. personnel who have an apparent need to know the information, the authors found. The only limit on the policy is that caregivers cannot themselves act as interrogators, the authors say. But since the policy calls on caregivers to hand over information they think might be valuable, they are, in effect, part of Guantanamo's surveillance network and dissolving the Pentagon's purported separation between intelligence gathering and patient care, they write. An internal, May 24, 2005, memo from the Army Medical Command, offering guidance to caregivers responsible for detainees, refers to the `interpretation of relevant excerpts from medical records' for the purpose of `assistance with the interrogation process.' The authors obtained the memo from a military source. The article states that at Guantanamo, the fear-and-anxiety approach to interrogation was often
[CTRL] crude petroleum at 60.29/bbl.....
-Caveat Lector- Yes another record! Lets start using resources the North american Continenet has! Check out my Energy web page at http://www.info-quest.org/Energy.html for more information Remember:More people have died in Ted Kennedy's car than have died in United States Commercial Nuclear Power plant operations visit my web site at http://www.info-quest.org Visit my energy page at http://www.info-quest.org/Energy.html Check out the latest on the anwr drilling project http://www.anwr.org visit my blog at http://info-spectrum.blogspot.com My ICQ# is 79071904 See the Pledge of alleginace to the flag that the 9th circuit court of appeals doesn't want you to say. for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.info-quest.org/Enumerated.html www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] representative touts anwr development
-Caveat Lector- House Committee Chairman Stresses Need for ANWR Development It's time for America to get as serious about energy as China appears to be, stated House Resources Committee Chairman Richard Pombo in response to the Chinese government's recent bid to buy U.S. owned energy company, Unocal. In an interview on Bloomberg Television yesterday, Chairman Pombo stated Perhaps most importantly, the United States must double its efforts to increase production here at home in places like the northern coastal plain of ANWR. Doing so will create good jobs, strengthen our economy and lessen the national security risk associated with foreign dependence and tight global supplies. :: posted on June 24, 2005 :: Remember:More people have died in Ted Kennedy's car than have died in United States Commercial Nuclear Power plant operations visit my web site at http://www.info-quest.org Visit my energy page at http://www.info-quest.org/Energy.html Check out the latest on the anwr drilling project http://www.anwr.org visit my blog at http://info-spectrum.blogspot.com My ICQ# is 79071904 See the Pledge of alleginace to the flag that the 9th circuit court of appeals doesn't want you to say. for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.info-quest.org/Enumerated.html www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fwd: Gerald Ford forced to admit the Warren Report Fictionalized
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Begin forwarded message:From: "Sardar" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: June 27, 2005 6:46:13 PM PDTTo: "Sardar" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Gerald Ford forced to admit the Warren Report Fictionalized Gerald Ford forced to admit the Warren Report fictionalized(Posted: February 23, 2004)Cited under "fair use".By MIKE FEINSILBERThe Associated PressWASHINGTON (July 2) - Thirty-three years ago, Gerald R. Ford took pen inhand and changed - ever so slightly - the Warren Commission's key sentenceon the place where a bullet entered John F. Kennedy's body when he waskilled in Dallas.The effect of Ford's change was to strengthen the commission's conclusionthat a single bullet passed through Kennedy and severely wounded TexasGov. John Connally - a crucial element in its finding that Lee HarveyOswald was the sole gunman.A small change, said Ford on Wednesday when it came to light, one intendedto clarify meaning, not alter history.''My changes had nothing to do with a conspiracy theory,'' he said in atelephone interview from Beaver Creek, Colo. ''My changes were only anattempt to be more precise.''But still, his editing was seized upon by members of the conspiracycommunity, which rejects the commission's conclusion that Oswald actedalone.''This is the most significant lie in the whole Warren Commissionreport,'' said Robert D. Morningstar, a computer systems specialist in NewYork City who said he has studied the assassination since it occurred andwritten an Internet book about it.The effect of Ford's editing, Morningstar said, was to suggest that abullet struck Kennedy in the neck, ''raising the wound two or threeinches. Without that alteration, they could never have hoodwinked thepublic as to the true number of assassins.''If the bullet had hit Kennedy in the back, it could not have struckConnolly in the way the commission said it did, he said.The Warren Commission concluded in 1964 that a single bullet - fired by a''discontented'' Oswald - passed through Kennedy's body and wounded hisfellow motorcade passenger, Connally, and that a second, fatal bullet,fired from the same place, tore through Kennedy's head.The assassination of the president occurred Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas;Oswald was arrested that day but was shot and killed two days later as hewas being transferred from the city jail to the county jail.Conspiracy theorists reject the idea that a single bullet could have hitboth Kennedy and Connally and done such damage. Thus they argue that asecond gunman must have been involved.Ford's changes tend to support the single-bullet theory by making aspecific point that the bullet entered Kennedy's body ''at the back of hisneck'' rather than in his uppermost back, as the commission stafforiginally wrote.Ford's handwritten notes were contained in 40,000 pages of records kept byJ. Lee Rankin, chief counsel of the Warren Commission.They were made public Wednesday by the Assassination Record Review Board,an agency created by Congress to amass all relevant evidence in the case.The documents will be available to the public in the National Archives.The staff of the commission had written: ''A bullet had entered his backat a point slightly above the shoulder and to the right of the spine.''Ford suggested changing that to read: ''A bullet had entered the back ofhis neck at a point slightly to the right of the spine.''The final report said: ''A bullet had entered the base of the back of hisneck slightly to the right of the spine.''Ford, then House Republican leader and later elevated to the presidencywith the 1974 resignation of Richard Nixon, is the sole surviving memberof the seven-member commission chaired by Chief Justice Earl Warren.{snip}AP-NY-07-02-97 1826EDTNote bullet hole lower down on back. Had the bullet which entered at thispoint been the same bullet which the Warren Report claims then exitedthrough the knot of JFK's tie, it would have passed well above JohnConnally's head.One thing is clear. That hole is nowhere near where JFK's neck was. It wasin his back. Photo of JFK's suit coat, showing that the bullet hole in the shirt andsuit coat line up, discrediting the Warren Commission claim that the shirthad "bunched up" around JFK's neck when the bullet hit.Updated/Revised: Monday, February 23, 2004 03:21:50 -0800|| Home | Current Updates | The U.S. Constitution | The Shadow Governmenta.k.a. the Illuminati | Secret Societies | The New World Order | Occultism |Banking Paper Money | Politics | Business | Technology | Media Control |Government Mind Control | Microchipping | Drugs | Nazism Today In ThePast | The War on Terrorism | Religions Religious Wars | Wars Towards aNew World Order | U.S. Patents to Control Us | Surveillance | Health |Miscellaneous | Articles by Wes Penre |
Re: [CTRL] U.S. doctors linked to POW `torture'
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 6/27/2005 4:35:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Physicians are there for thebenefit of patients and if they are seen to be there for some otherpurpose, it really blurs what they're doing." Let's see now. Has it become the "hipocritical oath" administeredin honor of Dr. Mengele? How do they say that? MEDICINE ON THE CUTTING EDGE! Prudy www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=""ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Human rights experts demand access to Guantanamo, US admits torture of people
-Caveat Lector- http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2005/s1399783.htm Human rights experts demand access to Guantanamo AM - Friday, 24 June , 2005 08:16:00 Reporter: Alison Caldwell TONY EASTLEY: The Bush administration is coming under increasing pressure to open its base at Guantanamo Bay to United Nations Human Rights experts. The four independent experts claim to have reliable accounts of detainees being tortured at the US base. They say Washington hasn't responded to their repeated requests to visit the facility to check on the conditions, and they're threatening to file their report regardless of whether or not they get access to the base. Alison Caldwell reports UN human rights investigators have accused the US of stalling on their request to visit foreign terror suspects at the base. ALISON CALDWELL: The UN's independent human rights investigators have been trying to visit Guantanamo Bay since early 2002, and they say the United States has yet to respond to their requests. MANFRED NOWAK: We don't have a definite no, we have not been told you are not allowed to visit Guantanamo Bay, but we have also have not received a definite yes. ALISON CALDWELL: Manfred Nowak is the UN's special investigator on torture. He says his team needs full access to the facilities at Guantanamo Bay and the detainees who are being held there. But the US has refused to guarantee him the right to speak to the terror suspects in private. MANFRED NOWAK: We are very disappointed that a country that always was very, very strong and positive about high human rights standards all over the world, and which is also reminding other states that they should actually cooperate fully with the special mechanisms of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, itself is not living up to these standards. PAUL HUNT: The writ of international human rights does not stop at the gates of Guantanamo Bay ALISON CALDWELL: Paul Hunt monitors physical and mental health. He says many of the torture allegations have come to light through declassified US Government documents. PAUL HUNT: It is alleged that there are dozens of suicide attempts reportedly medical staff have assisted in the design of interrogation strategies, including sleep deprivation and other coercive interrogation methods. The best way for me to check the accuracy of these and other allegations concerning the health of detainees is of course to visit, to see the conditions for myself, to talk privately with detainees, and to discuss on site with medical staff and others. ALISON CALDWELL: US officials have allowed only the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit Guantanamo Bay detainees. The ICRC's findings are confidential. Only the detaining authority receives its report. But the UN's experts would be expected to make a public report. A US spokeswoman said the UN's request was being reviewed in Washington. The Bush administration has repeatedly denied allegations of torture at Guantanamo Bay. The Australian terror-suspect David Hicks has been held at Guantanamo Bay for three-and-a-half years. He's yet to be tried by the special military commission. TONY EASTLEY: Alison Caldwell. http://www.tios.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=2598788fSectionId=1014fSetId= US admits using torture June 25, 2005 Geneva: Washington has for the first time acknowledged to the United Nations that prisoners have been tortured at US detention centres in Guantanamo Bay, as well as in Afghanistan and Iraq. The acknowledgement was made in a report submitted yesterday to the UN Committee against Torture, said a member of the 10-person panel. The US mission to the UN institutions in Geneva was unavailable for comment on the report. They are no longer trying to duck this, and have respected their obligation to inform the UN, the committee member said anonymously, adding that the US described the incidents as isolated acts carried out by low-ranking members of the military who were being punished. They will have to explain themselves to the committee, the member said. Nothing should be kept in the dark. UN sources said it was the first time the world body had received such a frank statement on torture from US authorities. The committee is gathering information from the US ahead of hearings next May. Four UN human rights experts slammed the US this week for stalling on a request to allow visits to terrorism suspects held at its Guantanamo base in Cuba. - Sapa-AFP www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be
[CTRL] Israel Bill Seeks to Breeds More Terrorists, Cruelty
-Caveat Lector- http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/HRW/aeec0a3d796ea33d0204581e124af242.htm Israel: Bill Would Deny Compensation for Rights Abuses 27 Jun 2005 13:55:28 GMT Source: Human Rights Watch (Jerusalem, June 26, 2005)-Members of the Israeli Knesset are debating a bill that would prohibit residents in the Occupied Palestinian Territories from seeking compensation for death or injury at the hands of Israeli soldiers, even if the soldiers are found to have acted unlawfully. Human Rights Watch said that Israel has not upheld its obligation under international law to provide an effective remedy to victims of human rights abuses in the Territories, and this bill is yet further evidence of that. On Thursday, Human Rights Watch attended the hearing of the Knesset's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee in which members of parliament debated an amendment to the Civil Wrongs (Liability of State) Law, 5712-1952. The proposed amendment would prohibit a national of an enemy state or a resident of a conflict zone from bringing claims for compensation against the state in an Israeli court for harm inflicted by Israeli forces. This would apply even if Israeli forces have clearly acted wrongfully and regardless of whether the harm occurs in the Occupied Palestinian Territories or beyond. The bill would give the minister of defense the authority to define all of the Occupied Palestinian Territories as a conflict zone, thus precluding compensation for all Palestinians in the territories. The government has stated that it will exclude settlements from the conflict zone, thus preserving compensation rights for Israeli citizens. The bill seeks to expand an already problematic Israeli law that prohibits compensation for war operations, which are defined to include any action combating terror, hostile acts or insurrection, and also an action intended to prevent terror, hostile acts, or insurrection that is taken in a situation endangering life or limb. This would prohibit all residents of a conflict zone from seeking compensation whether or not the harm they have suffered is related to any specific operation. If implemented, this bill would prohibit Palestinians under occupation from seeking compensation even if an Israeli soldier is found guilty of killing a civilian without any justification at all, said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. It sends the message that Israel will offer no remedy to certain victims, no matter how wrong or unlawful the conduct of its soldiers. Under international human rights law, every state is obliged to provide effective remedies to victims of human rights violations. That requirement includes the obligation to provide victims and their relatives with fair and adequate compensation. In addition, Israel is obligated to investigate, prosecute and punish those responsible for the abuses. Although Israel disputes that its international human rights obligations apply to the Occupied Territories, this view has been rejected definitively by the international bodies responsible for monitoring state compliance under these treaties. Israel is a party to five international human rights treaties that require the state to ensure a remedy to persons whose human rights are violated. (See http://www.hrw.org/reports/2005/iopt0605/4.htm#_Toc106249172.) The Knesset should respect Israel's international legal obligation to provide victims of human rights abuses with compensation, said Whitson. The Israeli government maintains that it has no duty under international law to pay compensation to civilians during a time of armed conflict. The government also claims that there is a permanent state of armed conflict in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. However, as the occupying power, much of the time Israel is policing and performing law enforcement duties instead, Human Rights Watch said. More than 1,600 civilians have been killed in the territories in situations outside of armed conflict since September 2000. But if implemented as the government has suggested, this bill would preclude compensation for any of the victims of unlawful conduct even in cases outside armed conflict. Even a situation of actual armed conflict does not preempt all human rights obligations, Whitson said. Israel still has an obligation to ensure remedies for serious violations. In addition, the Israeli government has claimed that lawsuits filed by Palestinians for compensation would place an undue burden on the state and on reservists who would have to testify. The government also argued that such cases may require it to disclose classified military intelligence regarding the conduct of military operations. Inconvenience to state agencies and actors, however, is no justification for denying certain victims their rights under international law, Human Rights Watch said. Furthermore, claims for compensation raise no greater need for disclosure of sensitive information than already
[CTRL] Detentions Disgrace Britain
-Caveat Lector- http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/21/stories/2005062104451600.htm U.K. illegally detaining asylum-seekers, charges Amnesty International Hasan Suroor Children, pregnants and victims of torture were held in detention centres last year Criteria is so broad that literally'' anybody could be taken into detention LONDON: Amnesty International has accused the British Government of illegally'' locking up too many asylum-seekers in detention centres while their applications are considered. In a report on Monday to mark the Refugee Week,'' it said an estimated 25,000 asylum-seekers, including children, pregnant women and victims of torture, were held in detention centres last year. Detained for years Some of them had been locked up for upto two years though there was no evidence that, if allowed to move around freely, they would abscond, it claimed. Kate Allen, director of Amnesty International (U.K.), questioned the criteria for detaining people in this manner saying it was so broad that literally'' anybody could be taken into detention. All the people we talked to and met in the duration of our research were abiding by Home Office reporting restrictions they had no intention of absconding. There were families with young children, there were pregnant women, there were women who had been raped. There were people who'd been in the most appalling of situations, and there was no evidence that these people were about to abscond,'' she said. Even as the Government defended the policy, Amnesty's findings were supported by other rights groups, including the Refugee Council which said that people were being detained arbitrarily'' and without appropriate consideration''. It can't be right to lock people up simply because they have asked for safety here seeking asylum is not a crime, said a spokesperson for the Council. Home Office Minister Tony McNulty disputed Amnesty's figures in a BBC interview but acknowledged that the detention period should be as short as possible. Action defended A Home Office spokesperson described detention as an essential part of protecting the integrity and effectiveness of our immigration controls. However, it was also essential that who were detained should be treated with humanity and dignity'', he said adding that the Government was committed to ensuring that. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Iraq Torture Investigators Reveal Scores of New Cases
-Caveat Lector- http://newstandardnews.net/content/?action=show_itemitemid=1359 Iraq Torture Investigators Reveal Scores of New Cases by Lisa Ashkenaz Croke (bio) A legal team looking for evidence of involvement by US corporations in the torture, abuse, rape in US-run prisons in Iraq continue to uncover indications that the mistreatment is profound and systemic. Dec 31, 2004 - An American legal team interviewing men and women formerly held in US-run prisons throughout Iraq says new cases of abuse and torture have continued to stream in since an initial fact-finding mission to the country in August. Michigan-based attorney Shereef Akeel told The NewStandard that he has not had time to count up each separate allegation of abuse since returning from a December trip to Amman, Jordan, where he met with released detainees, but said there were absolutely now at least 100 cases. He said he expected to compile as many as 300 after sorting out survivors' statements and coordinating them with witnesses' accounts. The newer cases also appear to substantiate earlier evidence gathered implicating a widespread policy of insult and assault committed against Iraqis charged of no crimes, as well as the systematic targeting of prisoners with particularly strong religious convictions. The team had already recorded testimony from over 50 former detainees, detailing severe abuse, rape, torture, humiliation, and religious degradation allegedly committed throughout the network of US-run detention centers and prisons in Iraq. In August, Akeel and his investigative partner, Mohammed Alomari, also revealed what appears to be the systematic targeting of religious inmates, as well as the rape of a 15-year-old boy by his captors as late as July 2004. After two more rounds of interviews with former detainees, one in October and another earlier this month, the team has at least doubled the number of abuse cases their office is officially handling. The growing chaos in Iraq kept Akeels team out of the country, so Iraqis were bussed into Jordan and put up in a hotel, giving them a brief respite from the war even as they were asked to show their prison-issued documentation, including release papers, and to tell their horrific stories. Were only speaking with people who have been released. They were released without charges. They were held without charges, stressed Akeel. One day you get a form -- your time is up and youre served with a blanket release. The newer cases also appear to substantiate earlier evidence gathered implicating a widespread policy of insult and assault committed against Iraqis charged of no crimes, as well as the systematic targeting of prisoners with particularly strong religious convictions. Clerics and other community leaders apparently comprise a significant number of the teams documented cases. Akeel said he was surprised by how many Iraqi professionals and clergy were among the detainees interviewed in building the case. The stature of these people -- lawyers, doctors, pharmacists -- all they're trying to do is help Iraq, said Akeel, who is particularly concerned with the number and nature of abuse claims brought by imams and tribal leaders. When you're torturing imams, making naked women serve them food... what do you think they're going to tell their followers about Americans? Akeel said. Akeel cited one instance in which a man engaging in a religious fast during the day said he was denied food throughout the night, only to have it served minutes before he was required to resume his fast. Akeel said this treatment went on for days. One of the teams most unexpected initial discoveries in reviewing the release papers was that former detainees were alleging illegal activities in as many as two dozen different US-run prisons in Iraq, challenging the US governments official position that the scandal at Abu Ghraib prison was limited to a single facility. Akeel says they have now documented cases from over 25 prisons. The more people we meet, the more detention centers we find out about, said Alomari, Akeel's partner. The vast majority of claimants in the case are men. Aside from one lost client who killed herself upon discovering she was pregnant, Akeel said only about ten women have come forward, though suspicion of sexual and other abuses committed against Iraqi women by American captors is widespread. It's very, very difficult for them, said Akeel, explaining that while a man may be ostracized following sexual abuse, a woman could very well face death at the hands of her family or at the very least, be shunned and never allowed to marry. Akeel charges that interrogators took advantage of the culture, knowing the women would be unlikely to talk. He described one case where captors reportedly raped a female detainee from behind in a cell directly across from a male prisoner. Investigators learned of the crime from the witness, who stated that the woman stared at him during the ordeal with dead
[CTRL] US To Resume Plutonium Production
-Caveat Lector- Scoop Link: US To Resume Plutonium Production Tuesday, 28 June 2005, 12:37 pm Article: Scoop Link SCOOP LINK: US Has Plans to Again Make Own Plutonium By William J. Broad The New York Times Monday 27 June 2005 See full story here http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/062705Y.shtml or http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/27/politics/27nuke.html?hpex=1119931200 The Bush administration is planning the government's first production of plutonium 238 since the cold war, stirring debate over the risks and benefits of the deadly material. The substance, valued as a power source, is so radioactive that a speck can cause cancer. Federal officials say the program would produce a total of 330 pounds over 30 years at the Idaho National Laboratory, a sprawling site outside Idaho Falls some 100 miles to the west and upwind of Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. Officials say the program could cost $1.5 billion and generate more than 50,000 drums of hazardous and radioactive waste. Project managers say that most if not all of the new plutonium is intended for secret missions and they declined to divulge any details. But in the past, it has powered espionage devices. The real reason we're starting production is for national security, Timothy A. Frazier, head of radioisotope power systems at the Energy Department, said in a recent interview. See full story here http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/062705Y.shtml or http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/27/politics/27nuke.html?hpex=1119931200 www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/;ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Bush Calls Water Boarding, Torture by Drowning, Humane
-Caveat Lector- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00241.htm Sonia Nettnin: Abuse of U.S. Prisoners Abroad Friday, 17 June 2005, 12:44 pm Article: Sonia Nettnin Abuse of U.S. Prisoners Abroad By Sonia Nettnin Important Note: the following article is not intended for readers under 18 years of age or for sensitive readers. (Chicago) Human rights lawyer and Unitarian Universalist Service Committees Stop Torture Permanently Campaign Director Jennifer Harbury spoke about U.S. prisoners abroad and their experiences with abuse and torture. For the last 20 years Harbury worked for reforms in human rights violations committed by the United States. She wrote about her first-hand experiences in the book, Searching for Everardo, which chronicles her efforts to save the life of her late husband, Mayan resistance leader Efrain (Everardo) Bamaca Velasquez in the early 90s. Moreover, she is the author of Bridge of Courage. Her forthcoming third book documents the Central Intelligence Agencys involvement with torture in Latin America and the Middle East. According to the UUSC web site, the organization initiated the STOP Campaign in 2004 in response to the human rights crisis created by the U.S. torture and abuse of detainees in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay. In her introduction Harbury said: Anyonewho believes in the basic value system of our (American) society were horrified by the torture practices that occurred in Abu Ghraib, that maybe somehow we would lose our national conscience. In the past, whenever she gave talks to Americans throughout the U.S., the universal reaction she experienced from audience members was outrage. Some Republican voters expressed to her that they voted for a particular candidate, but not for torture. We are facing a moral crisis, Harbury said, who believes many high-level officials decided to de facto legalized torture. Her lecture focused on the U.S. Governments responses to the political, legal and national security issues surrounding the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. She summarized the governments responses as follows: it was a few, rogue operators; second, the abuses within U.S. prisons were just short of the legal limits of torture, but protected by the established guidelines; and finally, in the aftermath of 09/11 U.S. administrative officials want to keep Americans safe. First, Harbury answered with a rhetorical question: are these explanations provoking the entire world and creating anti-American sentiment? The official response from U.S. officials that the torture at Abu Ghraib happened as a result of a few contractors and Military Personnel, a few bad apples, is false. The Abu Ghraib photographs exhibited some of the torture practices, as well as the use of cruel and degrading treatment. The UUSC web site references the Abu Ghraib photograph of a hooded Iraqi with wires attached to his fingers. They call this pose the Vietnam position, hence the phrase has warfare meaning associated with it. According to Harbury the abuse and torture practices used in prisons, like Abu Ghraib, are methods refined by different intelligence agencies over decades. Torture Methods Procedures What is the definition of torture? According to the U.N. Convention Against Torture (as explained on the UUSC web site), torture is any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether mental or physical, is intentionally inflicted on a person by any government official or agent. This includes acts of torture inflicted at the request of, or with the consent of, government officials as well. For instance, in a water-boarding session, they tie up the person, submerge him in water then drown him into convulsions and unconsciousness. Immediately after they use cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), until they revive him into consciousness. Some other examples are denial of toilet privileges, prolonged exposure to hot and cold by clothing removal and/or water, loud music, sleep deprivation, stress and duress positions, and solitary confinement. Usually, detainees subjected to torture will experience these practices in combinations. She described one case where a man sat naked, short-bolted to a floor for 24 hours. With the exception of solitary confinement, they subjected him to these torture practices to the point he pulled out clumps of his hair. The fact he acted on his distress demonstrates that torture practices may cause mental breakdowns. In Afghanistan a warlord threw a bomb at a U.S. military base. U.S. Forces captured a man who had nothing to do with the incident. While imprisoned they hit the mans leg over 100 times. As a result of his pulpification, the man developed a blood clot in his leg and it killed him. When they slam prisoners heads into walls, it is not uncommon for the prisoners to die from it. During gang rapes they film the victim, and then tell her they will show it to her parents, and/or air the tape in her hometowns public square. The verbal threats terrorize the
[CTRL] Call For Prosecutions Of Officials For Torture
-Caveat Lector- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0506/S00080.htm AI Call For Prosecutions Of Officials For Torture Tuesday, 7 June 2005, 11:59 am Article: Between The Lines Between the Lines QA A weekly column featuring progressive viewpoints on national and international issues under-reported in mainstream media for release June 6, 2005 http://www.btlonline.org/btl061005.html Amnesty International Calls for Prosecutions of U.S. Officials Who Violated Geneva Conventions and U.N. Convention Against Torture - Interview with Joshua Rubenstein, northeast regional director with Amnesty International USA, conducted by Scott Harris Listen in RealAudio: http://www.btlonline.org/rubenstein061005.ram (Needs RealOne player or RealPlayer) In a severe condemnation of U.S. conduct in its war against terrorism, Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan charged that the Bush administration had abdicated its responsibility to set a global example in upholding human rights. Speaking at a May 25th news conference in London unveiling the group's annual human rights report, Khan said, the American-run prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has become the gulag of our time. Amnesty International is calling for the closing of the Guantanamo detention facility, which currently holds some 540 prisoners from 40 nations -- many detained without charge, and some held more than three years. Over the past year, investigations by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the FBI have documented cases of abuse and torture at the hands of U.S. personnel at Guantanamo and prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan. William Schultz, executive director of Amnesty International USA, called on foreign governments to investigate and prosecute all senior U.S. officials who have violated the Geneva Conventions and the U.N. Convention Against Torture. Among those he named were President Bush, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Joshua Rubenstein, northeast regional director of Amnesty International USA, who summarizes his group's condemnation of Bush administration policies that have condoned torture. JOSHUA RUBENSTEIN: Amnesty issues what we call our annual report every spring. As in all these years there are reports on over a 140 countries. So, we highlight the ongoing crisis in Darfur where nearly 2 million refugees have been created -- many of them are staying in camps on both sides of the border with Chad. We talk about the ongoing crisis in Congo where more than 3 million casualties have taken place. We talk about Chechnya and Russia. So this is a report that covers the whole globe. But of course, we have focused on the United States this year because of this scandal regarding torture. It was just a year ago that the world was alerted to the mistreatment and torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq. And what we've learned since then has really reinforced our concerns. It turns out that leading officials in the government, in the Pentagon, in the White House, in the Department of Justice were drafting memorandums not only justifying the use of torture, but coming up with contrived arguments in order to protect American personnel from being accused of using torture. So these are very contrived legal arguments, and we believe they genuinely reinforce the mistreatment and the torture that we're now finding out about in Afghanistan, in Guantanamo (Bay U.S. Naval base in Cuba) and in Iraq. Plus we're now focusing on this policy of extraordinary rendition, where the United States takes prisoners either from the United States or different countries, say in Europe, and sends them to Syria or Egypt or Jordan for interrogation. Now why would they do that? We believe it's because they rely on those countries to interrogate these prisoners using torture and the U.S. wants to keep somewhat of a distance to keep its hands clean, while it has surrogates carry this kind of interrogation. In a sense, we call it outsourcing torture. So this is what is focused on in the report. BETWEEN THE LINES: Could you be specific about the kinds of torture that you believe are linked directly to official U.S. policy rather than the actions of rogue or sadistic guards or interrogators? Because the idea that lower-level soldiers are responsible for this abuse, is really the essence of how the White House has responded to this scandal. JOSHUA RUBENSTEIN: Well, we feel there has been a real whitewash by blaming all of these lower down personnel and trying to keep the investigations away from people in the command structure. Approximately 125 members of the U.S armed forces have either been court-martialed or received nonjudicial punishment or other administrative action. But to date, no one in the extended chain of command, including those who formulated policies on the treatment and interrogation of prisoners has been held accountable. So, for example, we now
