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POPSbush, cheney and the great escape well- from what history tells us- and then in light of the recent film i watched on the displacement of the people of Chagos (island) i believe it was...........this seems to be the norm- when it comes to doing business- er uh.....imposing our will on the world- and i doubt that anyone will be held accountable for doing business as usual- just another bump to sweep under the rug so to speak- we are deluded criminals- with no consciences - accountability never figures in for those without conscience
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POPSWhy we can't afford to let Obama give Bush's war criminals a free pass, by attorney/author Charlotte Dennett This post is by Charlotte Dennett, who is the author of the newly released The People v. Bush: One Lawyer’s Campaign to Bring the President to Justice and the National Grassroots Movement She Encounters Along the Way. Formerly a journalist reporting from the Middle East, she now practices law. If, indeed, the Iraq war was all about the oil, the Bush administration's choice to ignore or manipulate the rule of law makes perfect sense. That does not justify it, however. And that is just the point of her excellent piece.
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POPSShariah Finance, Criminal Wrongdoing in the AIG Takeover
First, the Shariah authorities themselves tell us that Shariah is a holistic and indivisible whole and that you cannot carve out “business law Shariah” from any other of its constituent parts, like the law of jihad. And, you can see this in that part of Shariah called civil law or fiqh al-muamalat. According to Shariah, AIG cannot invest its takaful funds in a business that might rent space to a church, because that would violate the principle of not supporting any religion other than Allah’s. Further, AIG may invest its funds in a military armament factory for Muslim armies but not US or infidel armies. In other words, these laws which seemingly have nothing to do with business concerns or ethics but rather everything to do with theo-political concerns apply as forcefully to Shariah-compliant finance as the laws on interest. And, of course the reason for this we know because the Shariah authorities tell us: Shariah makes no distinction between religion, law, politics
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POPSPressing Ashgabat on Refusniks
Apparently it is a Human Right to leave and return to your country and we have been fighting for this in Turkmenistan. But we're not fighting for this in the Gaza Strip. Thus: Realization #1 about USA whining about human rights -- it's part of the propaganda blather for our wars. Realization #2 starts with wondering Why? our government is funding students in Turkmenistan: Because we are training spies and promoting covert political and military agitation.(Like in Iran). Now that the War with Iran seems more inevitable (2-days ago Blair managed to spin a whole rap about it when he was instead suppose to be on the hot seat for Iraq -- an amazing achievement). 2-days ago President Obama warned of "dire consequences." in his State of the Union. Announced Today: New "defensive," (LOL) missiles moved into Arab states surrounding Iran & more missile warships to Persian Gulf. We're good to go, it seems. If we go through Iran and get to Ashgabat, we will ALL the Caspian S
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POPSAn eyewitness description of Blackwater's Nisoor Square shootings (Sept. 2007) The father of a nine-year-old boy, Ali Kinani, killed by Blackwater employees in September 2007 in what was apparently an unprovoked massacre of unarmed civilians, is now suing the Blackwater employees he thinks were responsible. This article provides a rundown of some of the currently available information, including Kinani's own eyewitness account of the incident. It makes pretty harrowing reading. The federal lawsuit against Blackwater was recently dismissed; the company attempted to settle with Kinani in the matter of his son's death for $20,000. (One official remarked that it was important to keep the settlements low, because otherwise Iraqis might try "to get killed by our guys to financially guarantee their family's future.")
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POPSBlair Testifies at Brit Iraq War Inquest The former PM of Great Britain, who helped start the Iraq War, Tony Blair, testified today. You don't know whether to laugh or to cry or to once againbe impressed by the British ability to get all dressed up, speak the Queen's English, look you straight in the eye and attempt to explain how Wrong is Right. Of course, there is the secrecy, too. In this clip Blair explains how events, 9/11, gave him insight and clarity and a stiff-upper lip and a determination to rid the world of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Only...uh, there were no weapons of Mass Destruction. 'Sorry about that, Old Chap." Yea...wind 'em up, crack the handle, and out pops the weasel. More Significantly - The Emperor Has No Clothes -- Not only were there no weapons of mass destruction but it was the Brits who first published that there were; it was the Brits who spread this lie! Knowing it was a deliberate lie! (search: Downing Street Memo). Good people. Just lied to and misled by their leaders, lik
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POPSRemember the Illegal Destruction of Iraq? The top British legal officer had concluded that the war would be illegal, only to change his mind under substantial pressure shortly before the invasion. Several weeks ago, a formal investigation in the Netherlands -- whose government had supported the invasion -- produced the first official adjudication of the legality of the war, and found it illegal, with "no basis in international law." all of this stands in stark and shameful contrast to the U.S., which pointedly refuses to "look back" or concern itself with whether it waged an illegal (and horribly destructive) war itical leaders must never be accountable for actions they take while in power; and (2) whether something they do is "illegal" -- especially the starting of wars -- is utterly irrelevant
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POPSBrits: Lord Goldsmith Approved Illegal War Oh my....now it appears there was, there IS and international conspiracy of evil warmongers and zionist sympathizers lying to promote wars. Humm...I think this is one of those ideas associated with racism -- but what to do, or say when today's news reveals it to be a 'fact on the ground." One of the Big Lies used in Good Old Great Britain and Home Sweet Home USA was that the war in Iraq was somehow approved by the UN. But the war was Not Approved by the UN. Not even close. (Well....Tony Blair and George Bush were certainly trying hard --- but 'no cigar.' - i.e. no UN approval). In fact, It's against the UN charter to approve the war in Iraq the way it unfolded. For the UN to approve it meant the UN would have to be in command and it would be UN troops....not British and USA troops deciding to appoint themselves Sheriff. Do the Brits still hang people for treason? Or is it still a crime against humanity to deliberately lie and cause the death of millions? That's the q
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