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If This Is Freedom and Democracy, What Is Tyranny?

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Source: If This Is Freedom and Democracy, What Is Tyranny?

9/11 clearly, without any doubt, destroyed American liberty. Even if you are so brainwashed as to believe an obviously false story of the event, even if you believe that a few Saudi Arabians without government or intelligence service support outwitted all 16 US intelligence agencies, the National Security Council, all intelligence agencies of Washington’s vassals abroad, outwitted Israel’s Mossad, US Air Traffic Control, caused US Airport Security to fail four times in one hour on the same day, and prevented for the first time in history the US Air Force from sending fighters to intercept off course airliners, the fact remains the same: the US government used 9/11 to destroy the constitutional protections of US liberty.

UK attorney general in bid to block case against Tony Blair over Iraq war

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In his 2003 memo on the legality of the Iraq war, Goldsmith, then attorney general, appeared to concede the key point of those now seeking his prosecution. “Aggression is a crime under customary international law which automatically forms part of domestic law,” he wrote.

Source: UK attorney general in bid to block case against Tony Blair over Iraq war – qghanem2@gmail.com – Gmail

The Gassing Game in Syria: Regime Change and Beyond | Global Research – Centre for Research on Globalization

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It is only after the panel’s findings are made public that action should be taken under the provisions of the UN Charter. By firing a barrage of cruise missiles at a Syrian airbase on the 7th of April, the US has not only violated international law but has also committed aggression against a sovereign state.

Source: The Gassing Game in Syria: Regime Change and Beyond | Global Research – Centre for Research on Globalization

Poodle Trump Runs With Dogs of War by Finian Cunningham + Chris Hedges: MSM ‘Kneejerk Cheerleading’ After Syria Strike Nothing New

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the US has been waging wars regardless of international law for decades based on concocted pretexts, as in Serbia (1999), Afghanistan (2001), Iraq (2003), Libya (2011), and now Syria.Trump has finally bought into the US war agenda in Syria – despite mouthing off against such an intervention as far back as 2013 – in order to keep his seat in the Oval Office.

Source: Poodle Trump Runs With Dogs of War by Finian Cunningham + Chris Hedges: MSM ‘Kneejerk Cheerleading’ After Syria Strike Nothing New – Dandelion Salad

Why do we think ‘only wars make presidents?’: Syrian priest Nadim Nassar responds to U.S. air strikes

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This week, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered air strikes on a Syrian government air base in response to a chemical attack that killed at least 70 people, including children. Syrian priest Father Nadim Nassar has an angry message for President Trump.

Source: Why do we think ‘only wars make presidents?’: Syrian priest Nadim Nassar responds to U.S. air strikes – Home | The Sunday Edition | CBC Radio

Dubai lawyer takes ex-British PM to court over war crimes in Iraq

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advocate Nasser Hashem, and his partners in London, will register the criminal case in October at the International Criminal Court and British courts.They decided to take legal action against after the publication of Chilcot’s report in July which was commissioned by former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in 2009.Hashem told the newspaper that Blair had falsely and unfoundedly told the House of Commons that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and biological weapons before the war was launched.

Source: Dubai lawyer takes ex-British PM to court over war crimes in Iraq – ArabianBusiness.com

When Are We Going to Answer for Torture?

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The men, who were released to Tunisian custody in 2015, described being threatened with placement in an electric chair at a black site prison in Afghanistan in 2002; being beaten with metal batons while their arms were suspended by a bar above their heads; and having their heads pushed into barrels of water. One of the men, Ridha al-Najjar, was a pivotal detainee for the CIA, which believed him to be a bodyguard for Osama bin Laden. Najjar was the first man taken by the CIA to the black site, which was code-named Cobalt and was where at least one detainee is known to have died. His interrogation became a template for others at the site, according to the CIA inspector general. Najjar said the interrogators forcibly inserted something into his anus.

Source: When Are We Going to Answer for Torture?

‘Bad Apples’ John Oliver Argues Against

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Seventy-seven officers have been charged with murder or manslaughter since 2005, and only 26 to date have been convicted, according to CNN. Oliver hypothesized why so few police officers are held accountable when they break the law: a lack of substantial data, internal police pressure and the automatic positive perception cops have in the courtroom. “Even when cases go to trial, officers have a major advantage, which is juries tend to have a natural predisposition to trust them,” Oliver said.The comedian ended the segment by focusing on ways to weed out these so-called “bad apples,” such as implementing wider usage of body cameras, which “have increased trust and transparency in many places,” he said.

Source: Watch John Oliver Argue Against ‘Bad Apples’ Police Defense

Ottawa Cannot Continue To Deny Dangers Of Saudi Arms Deal

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It didn’t matter whether or not the vehicles in these particular videos were made in Canada. The videos documented the proclivity of the Saudi regime to use force — and, specifically, armoured vehicles — against civilians. And let this be clear: the threshold established by Canada’s export controls was never proof that Canadian-made goods had been involved in human rights violations. The threshold is a reasonable ‎risk that they might be so used.

Source: Ottawa Cannot Continue To Deny Dangers Of Saudi Arms Deal | Cesar Jaramillo