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POPS US Refuses To Allow Monitoring Of WMD “I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today -- my own government. For the sake of those boys, for the sake of this government, for the sake of hundreds of thousands trembling under our violence, I cannot be silent.” – Martin Luther King in his speech: Beyond Vietnam: A time to break silence
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POPSUS Will Deliberately Endanger Britains, If Torture Evidence Is Revealed “The United States must understand the importance of an independent judiciary, and that one democracy cannot tell another how to administer its legal system. We sincerely hope Foreign Secretary David Miliband’s fears are misplaced or, if not, that Secretary Clinton will see sense and withdraw this shocking threat to ordinary British people,” she added. Wake up, UK. As Henry Kissinger once stated, "the US has no friends, only interests."
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POPSCongress Objects to CIA Lies But Not Torture and Murder? So what do you call a country if not a "tyranny" when its top officials dispatch their henchmen around the world to murder their enemies? That’s how the Soviet Union’s Joe Stalin worked. "No man, no problem." Stalin was no believer in respecting the sovereignty of other countries or bothering with their courts. Just go in and kill the guy. Apparently, Cheney worked the same way. And like Stalin, he authorized torture. This totalitarian streak runs deep both in the White House and CIA. The U.S. had been involved in the assassination or attempted assassination of 37 world leaders and more than 50 U.S. foreign interventions, mostly by the CIA, ranging from blackmail to armed overthrow. Blum also cites evidence of CIA meddling in 30 foreign elections. The crimes of our presidents and the CIA today represent everything America’s Founders despised.
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POPSThe Suppressed Fact: Deaths by U.S. Torture The record could not be clearer regarding the fact that we caused numerous detainee deaths, many of which have gone completely uninvestigated and thus unpunished. Instead, the media and political class have misleadingly caused the debate to consist of the myth that these tactics were limited and confined. We should never, as a policy, maltreat people under our control, detainees. We tortured people unmercifully. We probably murdered dozens of them during the course of that, both the armed forces and the C.I.A.
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POPSTorturing Democracy PART ONE From 9/11 to waterboarding PART TWO From the CIA to Guantanamo Copying harsh Communist interrogation methods PART THREE While hundreds of men remain imprisoned in Guantanamo, Congress grants immunity to U.S. officials who may have ordered torture http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/torturingdemocracy/program/
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POPSCIA Killings, Lies, and Cover-Ups Terrorism (noun) 1. The deliberate commission of an act of violence to create an emotional response from the victim in the furtherance of a political or social agenda. 2. Violence against civilians to achieve military or political objectives. 3. A psychological strategy of war for gaining political or religious ends by deliberately creating a climate of fear among the population of a state.
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POPSU.S. and Allies Torture Kids in Iraq Prisons Former President Carter wrote that the Red Cross, Amnesty International and the Pentagon “have gathered substantial testimony of torture of children, confirmed by soldiers who witnessed or participated in the abuse.” UNICEF was “profoundly disturbed” by reports of abuse of children in Iraq prisons. “Any mistreatment, sexual abuse, exploitation or torture of children in detention is a violation of international law,” UNICEF spokesman Damien Peronnaz said. Not surprisingly, “One of the biggest complaints (by Iraqis) is that the vast majority of (U.S.) detainees have not been charged with any crime,”
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POPSThis Election Was Personal - And Angry The elections were only the first step. A promise of change. Now, we wait... Obama was elected and that gives great hope, but the problems still remain. Unjust greed-driven wars, torture, economic turmoil etc. There is still a lot of anger out there, so please don't blow it, America. Don't let the world wait in vain for common sense and peace to prevail. Keep the pressure on for change. The world is sick and tired of war. Aren't you?
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POPSGuantanamo's SERE Standard Operating Procedures 1. Purpose. This SOP document promulgates procedures to be followed by I I P-GTMO personnel engaged in interrogation operations on detained persons. The premise behind this is that the interrogation tactics used at U.S. military SERE schools are appropriate for use in real-world interrogations. These tactics and techniques are used at SERE school to “break” SERE detainees. The same tactics and techniques can be used to break real detainees during interrogation operations. 2. Training. All interrogators will undergo training by certified SERE instructors prior to being approved for use of any of the techniques described in this document. Scope. Applicable to military and civilian interrogators assigned to JTF-GTMO, Cuba. Guantanamo Abu Ghraib
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POPSU.S. Perpetuates Mass Killings In Iraq
I couldn't care less who wins the elections. Looking at both candidates, it seems America isn't the least bit interested in real change. Is anyone asking the candidates about what they are going to do about the US' slow but steady slide into fascism? Or about limiting presidential power? Or about banning torture? Or about the return of Habeus Corpus? Or about extraordinary renditions and secret prisons? Or about preemptive aggression? Or about making your war criminals pay for their crimes? Hmm? Anyone? No. No. Let's just keep it entertaining, low key and unsubstantial. Let's talk about lipstick! Yeah! Blacks vs whites, Democrats vs Republicans, pro-life vs pro-choice, Christians vs atheists blah blah blah... "Divide and conquer!". The power elite working behind the scenes have that pat down and the US citizenry is blissfully (perhaps willingly) oblivious... *shaking my head in disbelief* Oops! No time to comment any more! The O'Reilly Factor's on! No spin! Really!
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POPSJudges With Guts Rule! :) "The concept of preemptive imprisonment, like that of preemptive war, should have no place in an open society."
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POPSTorture Inc. - America's Brutal Prisons Go to the site for the video. It's frightening to think this is going on in America. Check out the comments there too. There are lots of links and more info. It can be done, to clean up the corruption though. Hats off to James McDonough, who cleaned up the corruption at Florida's Department of Corrections. :) Drunken Orgies Tainted System
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POPSCheney Impeachment Gains Traction In House Judiciary Committee "Seventy percent of American voters think Cheney has abused his powers and 43 percent say he should be removed from office, according to a Nov. 13 poll by the American Research Group. Organizations, including the National Lawyers Guild, have called for the impeachment of Dick Cheney."
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POPSYou Get The Government You Deserve The elections don't just concern Americans. The whole world is in the murderous grasp of the evil American BushCo regime and their bogus "War on Terror". They have deceived their allies and they have murdered millions of innocent people around the world. They sure didn't deserve it! Everyone around the world is watching what you do now. Twice, you put Bush in office and twice, you let him stay there. Patriot Acts, MCA 2006, renditions, torture, secret prisons, lies, wars, surveillance, Gitmo... It has to change. The faces and names in office may change, but make sure the dictatorial laws change too. These elections, DEMAND change! If not, then the US really will get the government they deserve...
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POPSAnd On And On And On… • Challenge the lies about a nuclear buildup in Iran • Investigate official misconduct by Alberto Gonzalez • Investigate the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame • Charge those who allowed the torture of Iraqis • Close Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay Prisons • Challenge the abuse of signing statements by George Bush • Investigate the administration’s spying on Americans before 9/11 • Challenge the constitutionality of the Military Commissions Act • Challenge directives giving George Bush dictatorial powers • Demand accountability for billions misspent and ‘lost’ in Iraq • Demand accountability for billions paid to private contractors • Expose the influence of PNAC members on US foreign policy • Challenge the lies to minimize the dangers of global warming • Restore the constitutional division of church and state • Protect a woman’s right to privacy • Restore habeas corpus and the Fourth Amendment …and on and on and on…
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POPSKangaroo Abuser Cites Man's 'Dominion' A reward has been offered if anyone knows anything about Tyson's whereabouts. As for the laws, the defense and the cruelty itself? Where to begin? Zoos in Canada only have regulations for native animals such as bears or coyotes. Keepers have no rules for exotic animals, including lions, tigers or kangaroos. "McElroy was brought to court for her manner with native animals and unfortunately it has nothing to do with Tyson's well-being," she said.
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POPS The Pleasure of Finding Things Out I would see people building a bridge and I would say ‘they don’t understand’. I really believed that it was senseless to make anything because it would be destroyed very soon anyway, but they didn’t understand that and I had this very strange view of any construction that I would see, I would always think how foolish they are trying to make something. So I was really in a kind of depressive condition. I think a lot of troops coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan will have PTSD or depression, not just because of the dangers of combat, but perhaps also because of terrible things they have done, or witnessed others do. (Torture, abuse, rape etc) It's imperative we fight wars with as high a degree of dignity and respect for human life as possible, not just for the sake of our enemies and civilians caught up in the crossfire, but also for the long term sake and health of our own too. Guilt is a terrible thing to live with. Speak out against torture.
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POPSPioneering 'Heat Wave' Gun May Be Used In Iraq The aim was to spread the word that the device, nicknamed the Silent Guardian, is neither sinister nor dangerous. In an age when the US military has been dogged by allegations of torture at secret bases, such perceptions are crucial. I would think they are... though the thought of people being frazzled to ashes never even crossed my mind! :roll: The development of the weapon only became public after the Sunshine Project - a Texas-based group that campaigns against biological and chemical weapons - pushed for disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
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POPSBush On Torture Bush said he wouldn't discuss the techniques of torture because he doesn't want the enemy to adjust... Adjust?? How exactly do you adjust to waterboarding? To being hung in chains from the ceiling for hours and days on end? How do you adjust to sleep deprivation? Or sensory deprivation? Or being beaten with cables? Or hypothermia? Or murder? How exactly do you adjust Mr Bush? You are so FULL OF IT. As for the use of secret prisons, (which are against ALL common decency, not to mention International Law) Bush replies: "Yeah, so what?" Yeah, perhaps you're right Bush. By accepting torture and secret prisons, USA has sunken to such depths of moral depravity and stench, that the only way is up anyway... so who cares? Can't you come up with some other horrors and atrocities? Waterboarding is getting a little old, don't you think? How about some pulling of fingernails or hot irons? Or being eaten alive by ants! Be creative, Sir! Hmm... do they have ants in Afghanistan? :roll:
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POPSWe Are All The Enemy "For every killed child, woman or man, for all the permanent destruction and looting, hundreds of thousands of new people join the resistance everywhere." "People do not forget. They do not forget the death of their fellows, they do not forget torture and mutilation, they do not forget injustice, they do not forget oppression, they do not forget the terrorism of mighty powers. They not only don't forget: they also strike back."
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POPSPentagon Admits Use Of White Phosphorous Chemical weapons. How deep into the moral abyss can the US sink? There seems to be absolutely no limit. WARNING: The video contains very graphic images. Fallujah - The Hidden Massacre
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POPSIt's WORSE Than Guantanamo And Abu Ghraib The clip does not do the article justice. It was impossible to relay the horrors in such a short space. This is a two page article, that everyone with an iota of humanity left in them MUST read. The U.S Administration and the U.S Military are engaged in widespread, worldwide, systematic torture, abuse, imprisonment and murder!. This is the new USA and what is stands for. I am so sickened, disgusted, angry and I can't even begin to express the outrage I feel. It's sick!! Are you proud of yourself Mr Bush? How do you friggin' sleep at night?!? Geeez... Bush and his fellow partners in crime, have to be removed from power and if there's an ounce of decency left in the citizens of the USA, these people must be stopped and held accountable for all the atrocities and crimes against humanity they have and continue to commit! :mad:
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POPSYou Have No Rights An executive order was issued by the president, on the 17th of July, and it said, basically, that if you protest or threaten what he calls “stabilization efforts in Iraq,” your property can be seized and you can be detained. Hmm... long live King George!!
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POPSBoy Allegedly Buried In Horror Bullying Episode The alleged ringleader's mother told reporters her son was a sweet child and that she had lost faith in the justice system. A sweet boy?? Geeeez!! Her statement is almost as shocking as the incident itself! One can only imagine the immense fear and terror the poor victim must have felt. It's simply shocking and so hard to fathom, that kids so young can do something so heinous and horrific. Poor boy...I hope he'll be okay. :(
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POPSRumsfeld ‘Failed the Nation’ They must be held accountable. If they are allowed to get away with the atrocities they have committed, others will be ready to follow in their footsteps. These *people* have violated everything decent and honourable we are supposed to stand for. We are supposed to be the "good guys". They simply can't be allowed to get away with it.
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