Death by Remote: But Is It Legal?
By William Fisher
A 1998 report from the United Nations Special Rapporteur that noted, "extrajudicial executions can never be justified under any circumstances, not even in time of war. Willful killing is a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions, punishable as a war crime under the U.S. War Crimes Act."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25873.htm
Some Thoughts on "Patriotism"
By William Blum
The Japanese pilots who bombed Pearl Harbor were being patriotic. The German people who supported Hitler and his conquests were being patriotic, fighting for the Fatherland. All the Latin American military dictators who overthrew democratically-elected governments and routinely tortured people were being patriotic - saving their beloved country from "communism".
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25888.htm
Extrajudicial Killing: US attack kills 18 people in Pakistan
Two separate US attacks in one day in North and South Waziristan have killed 18 people, Geo News reported on Sunday.
http://www.pakistantimes.net/pt/detail.php?newsId=13248
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Can the Obama Administration Learn from the Death of Ayatollah Fadlallah?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/07/09
From Information Clearing House
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Obama: Judge, jury, and executioner in chief
The Liberty Papers
by Stephen Littau
08/12/10
Even though I did not vote for Obama in 2008 and was very critical of his policy positions at the time, I thought he would at least be an improvement in the area of civil liberties. I couldn’t have been more wrong. It seems that rather than rolling back these Bush era unconstitutional power grabs, Obama has grown accustomed to them and decided to take these powers to the next level: killing Americans he believes to be enemies of the state...
http://tinyurl.com/24eoax4
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Pakistan
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Waziristan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=extrajudicial
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=assassin
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=drone
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=power+grab
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=unconstitutional
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=civil+liberties
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Geneva+Convention
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=war+crime
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=War+Crimes+Act
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=patriotism
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=William+Fisher
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=William+Blum
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Reese+Erlich
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Stephen+Littau
A 1998 report from the United Nations Special Rapporteur that noted, "extrajudicial executions can never be justified under any circumstances, not even in time of war. Willful killing is a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions, punishable as a war crime under the U.S. War Crimes Act."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25873.htm
Some Thoughts on "Patriotism"
By William Blum
The Japanese pilots who bombed Pearl Harbor were being patriotic. The German people who supported Hitler and his conquests were being patriotic, fighting for the Fatherland. All the Latin American military dictators who overthrew democratically-elected governments and routinely tortured people were being patriotic - saving their beloved country from "communism".
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25888.htm
Extrajudicial Killing: US attack kills 18 people in Pakistan
Two separate US attacks in one day in North and South Waziristan have killed 18 people, Geo News reported on Sunday.
http://www.pakistantimes.net/pt/detail.php?newsId=13248
--------
Can the Obama Administration Learn from the Death of Ayatollah Fadlallah?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/07/09
From Information Clearing House
--------
Obama: Judge, jury, and executioner in chief
The Liberty Papers
by Stephen Littau
08/12/10
Even though I did not vote for Obama in 2008 and was very critical of his policy positions at the time, I thought he would at least be an improvement in the area of civil liberties. I couldn’t have been more wrong. It seems that rather than rolling back these Bush era unconstitutional power grabs, Obama has grown accustomed to them and decided to take these powers to the next level: killing Americans he believes to be enemies of the state...
http://tinyurl.com/24eoax4
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Pakistan
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Waziristan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=extrajudicial
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=assassin
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=drone
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=power+grab
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=unconstitutional
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=civil+liberties
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Geneva+Convention
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=war+crime
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=War+Crimes+Act
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=patriotism
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=William+Fisher
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=William+Blum
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Reese+Erlich
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Stephen+Littau
rudkla - 6. Jul, 08:48
