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05/24/2004:

"War Crimes in the name of Democracy and Freedom"

War Crimes in the name of Democracy and Freedom
The US is supposed to represent the apex of 'democracy' and 'freedom'; hence, those terms have become as ugly as the US. Just hearing the terms makes ones stomach turn, feeling revulsion, as does looking at the faces of Rumsfeld, Rice, Wolfwitz, Cheney, Powell, Blair and Sharon. All of them are vile war criminals and state terrorists from their own definitions and actions. www.paknews.com

Professor Denounced for POW Memo for Bush
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Some graduating University of California law students used their commencement Saturday to denounce a professor who helped the Bush administration develop a legal framework that critics say led to the abuse of Iraqi prisoners.

The Jan. 9, 2002, memo, first reported by Newsweek magazine Monday, laid out the legal reasons why the United States didn't have to comply with international treaties governing prisoner rights. It argued that the normal laws of armed conflict didn't apply to al-Qaida and Taliban militia prisoners because they didn't belong to a state. www.guardian.co.uk

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Monday, May 24th, News Update posted:

Bush is a war criminal, Livingstone tells rally
Gaby Hinsliff
Ken Livingstone yesterday demanded that President Bush be prosecuted for war crimes over Iraq in an outburst bound to embarrass Tony Blair.

The intervention from Labour's candidate for the London mayoralty - less than three weeks before the capital votes - will be seen as a sign of alarm in his camp that hostility to Labour over Iraq is now damaging him.

Livingstone told a cheering crowd in Trafalgar Square he hoped Bush would be 'consigned to the dustbin of history' in November's presidential elections. If Bush was defeated he should lose his diplomatic immunity and be 'prosecuted for the war crimes he has overseen and unleashed'. Guardian UK

Monday, May 24th, News Update posted:

Rumsfeld bans camera phones
MOBILE phones fitted with digital cameras have been banned in US army installations in Iraq on orders from Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, The Business newspaper reported today.

"Digital cameras, camcorders and cellphones with cameras have been prohibited in military compounds in Iraq," it said, adding that a "total ban throughout the US military" is in the works. news.com.au