War criminals: Arrest warrants requested

By Timothy Bancroft--Hinchey, Pravda

International arrest warrants have been requested for George W. Bush, Richard (Dick) Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, George Tenet, Condoleeza Rice and Alberto Gonzales at the International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands.

Professor of Law Francis A. Boyle of the University of Illinois College of Law in Champain, United States of America, has issued a Complaint with the Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court against the above-mentioned for their practice of “extraordinary rendition” (forced disappearance of persons and subsequent torture) in Iraq and for criminal policy which constitutes Crimes against Humanity in violation of the Rome Statute which set up the ICC.

As such, the Accused (mentioned above) are deemed responsible for the commission of crimes within the territories of many States signatories of the Rome Statute, in violation of Rome Statute Articles 5 (1)(b), 7 (1)(a), 7 (1)(e), 7 (1)(g), 7(1)(h), 7(1)8i) and 7(1)(k). Despite the fact that the USA is not a signatory State, the ICC has the jurisdiction to prosecute under Article 12 (2)(a) of the Rome Statute.

This Article stipulates that the Court may exercise its jurisdiction if one or more States in which the conduct in question occurred has accepted the jurisdiction of the Court. Furthermore, the forced disappearance of persons and torture in deemed by the Rome Statute as a Crime against Humanity, one which is still ongoing.

The Exercise of Jurisdiction may be activated under Article 13, with respect to a crime committed under Article 5 if the Prosecutor has initiated an investigation. Professor Boyle, in his issue of complaint, respectfully requested that such an investigation be initiated.

The issue of complaint states “about 100 human beings have been subjected to enforced disappearances and subsequent torture by the Accused”, adds that some of them could still be alive today, and that an investigation could save these lives. Regarding those whose enforced disappearances led to their deaths, the Complaint requests a process of explanation and clarification for what would be a murder investigation.

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Eretz Nehederet in Haiti

A skit from satire show Eretz Nehederet. Tal Friedman as Channel 2's Roni Daniel right-wing mmilitary correspondent, reporting on the Israeli aid mission to Haiti.
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"The yes men" - satirical hit on World Economic Forum

 After much-publicized satires that infuriated the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Canada's federal government, pranksters of "The Yes Men" have found a new target -- the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

An official-looking World Economic Forum press release carried video links to world leaders - e.g., Queen Elizabeth II, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper and a very convincing Bill Clinton - delivering "pre-interview policy statements" on how to end "injustices that perpetuate poverty and create conditions that threaten the survival of our species."

The satire carried solemn but ersatz quotes from a bevy of political and economic plutocrats, including:

# World Economic Forum chair Klaus Schwab, saying: "In light of the recent tragedy in Haiti, which was already on the brink due to free-market policies, it is clear that taking a new tack to end poverty is morally necessary."
# Lloyd Blankfein, chair of the New York Financial Caucus and CEO at Goldman Sachs: "It is by now universally understood that many of our institutions were directly responsible for the collapse of housing value, not to mention massive unemployment and misery, in the United States and much of the rich world."

(The Yes Men made an error in the spelling of Blankfein's name.)

The video presentations featured dubbed voices.

The CEO of agribusiness conglomerate Archer Daniels Midland, Patricia Woertz, appeared to be saying: "As a co-chair of the annual meeting, part of my focus will be on agriculture's role in today's economic savagery, and the broader long-term issue of robbing whole groups for the greed of the food industry."

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Psychiatry: An industry of death

Part 1 of 9


Psychiatry: An Industry of Death is a controversial documentary on the horrors of psychiatry, of punishing and persecuting of the innocent and promoting Fascism, racism and atheism.

It was the foundation for the Holocaust, apartheid, for Jim Crow and for Communism. It has lead to many deaths. It denies God, the giver of life and freedom. It stands against the values of freedom, life, liberty and dignity.

There have been allegations that this is a Scientology propaganda film. Although the church of Scientology has had influence on the production of this film, the evil inherant in psychiatry should be of great concern to all people of all faiths especially Christians and Jews.

Psychiatrists in Nazi Germany basically branded innocent people as mentally ill including Jews. The concentration camps of Auschwitz and elsewhere were nothing more than psychiatric hospitals for those the Nazi State deemed mentally unfit. IE: Jews Gypsies, Christians, Dissidents, ETC.

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Protester restrained trying to 'arrest' Blair

An anti-war protester has been restrained by police after trying to perform a citizen's arrest on Tony Blair at the Iraq Inquiry.

Grace McCann was held back by police as the former prime minister left the QEII Centre, after a day of giving evidence to the inquiry panel.

She was inspired by a website, arrestblair.org, offering a reward to people "attempting a peaceful citizen's arrest" on Mr Blair "for crimes against peace".

Ms McCann told Sky News: "I believe very strongly that the Iraq war was illegal.

"I agree with the Stop The War Coalition that he is a war criminal and that is the basis on which I would have arrested him."

Earlier, demonstrators paraded a coffin, wore handcuffs and displayed fake blood on their hands, as they named soldiers killed in the conflict and called for Mr Blair to be arrested.

Families of some of the soldiers killed in Iraq were inside the building during Mr Blair's evidence to the Chilcot Inquiry.

A row erupted over where the protesters were allowed to hold their demonstration, with activists claiming they were being kept away from the immediate vicinity of the QEII Centre in Westminster.

Anti-war groups from cities across the UK were among the demonstrators with many holding banners and placards calling Mr Blair "Bliar".

Lindsey German, convenor of the Stop The War Coalition, said negotiations with the Metropolitan Police over where protesters could stand had broken down.

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