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By John Hendren The Los Angeles Times
The Pentagon’s higher figure for Iraq and Afghanistan includes at least eight unresolved homicide cases that may have involved assaults.
WASHINGTON — Pentagon officials on Friday increased to 37 the number of detainee deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan that have prompted investigations, including at least eight unresolved homicides that may have involved assaults before or during interrogation.
Earlier this month, defense officials detailed 25 (…)

By Brian Ross and Alexandra Salomon ABC News
A witness who told ABCNEWS he believed the military was covering up the extent of abuse at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison was today stripped of his security clearance and told he may face prosecution because his comments were "not in the national interest."
Sgt. Samuel Provance said in addition to his revoked security clearance, he was transferred to a different platoon, and his record was officially "flagged," meaning he cannot be promoted or (…)

Remarks by Al Gore MoveOn.org
George W. Bush promised us a foreign policy with humility. Instead, he has brought us humiliation in the eyes of the world.
He promised to "restore honor and integrity to the White House." Instead, he has brought deep dishonor to our country and built a durable reputation as the most dishonest President since Richard Nixon.
Honor? He decided not to honor the Geneva Convention. Just as he would not honor the United Nations, international (…)

European and Latin American leaders condemned the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. troops on Friday and pushed Washington to work with the United Nations rather than go it alone in its war on terror.
Despite initial opposition from Britain, dozens of leaders at a summit in Mexico agreed to condemn the sexual abuse and humiliation of inmates by American soldiers at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad.
Videotapes and photographs of the abuse have battered President Bush’s (…)

Several U.S. guards allege they witnessed military intelligence operatives encouraging the abuse of Iraqi prison inmates at four prisons other than Abu Ghraib, investigative documents show.
Court transcripts and Army investigator interviews provide the broadest view of evidence that abuses, from forcing inmates to stand in hoods in 120-degree heat to punching them, occurred at a Marine detention camp and three Army prison sites in Iraq besides Abu Ghraib.
That is the prison outside (…)

This Sunday, May 30th, nearly a million World War II veterans and their families will join President Bush for the dedication of the new World War II memorial in Washington, DC.
As part of a coalition of veterans groups and human rights organizations, Oxfam America is respectfully calling on President Bush to take this opportunity to rededicate our nation to international humanitarian and human rights law—the humane rules of war that arose from the ashes of World War II and (…)

On 30th June the US is supposed to be handing over "full sovereignty"to a so-called Iraqi Interim Government. The propaganda is that the occupation is "ending". The reality is that the occupation will continue, as will the corporate invasion of Iraq and the killings and human rights abuses by ’coalition’ forces (see Voices briefing below for details).
Take action! - including information on training day
Resources for activists including a DIY guide to occupations
Briefing (…)

Attendance
Dave Timms (World Development Movement), Hannah Griffiths (Friends of the Earth), David Hillman, Lily Grimes (Tobin Tax Network), Steve Tibbett, Tom Marchbanks (War on Want), Alison Cairns (Oxfam), Atieno Ndomo (Bretton Woods Project), Kim Trathen (Jubilee Debt Campaign), Sam Goddard (Action Aid), Hannah Morley (Peru Support Group), Jenny Ricks (Trade Justice Movement), Martin Gordon (Christian Aid), Jennifer Hadley (CAFOD), Patricia Gilbert (Development Education (…)

CALL TO ACTION
Speak Truth to Power on Saturday, June 5
In Washington DC: Gather 12 noon at the White House March to Donald Rumsfeld’s house
All foreign troops OUT of Iraq
End the Colonial Occupation of Palestine Support the Right of Return
U.S. OUT of Haiti, Korea, Afghanistan, Philippines, Colombia, Cuba, Venezuela
Money for Jobs, Education, Housing & Healthcare - Not for War! Defend Civil Liberties & Civil Rights
Call initiated by the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
The (…)

During the period of 1965-1973 more than 50,000 draft-age Americans made their way to Canada, refusing to participate in an immoral war. At the time, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau said: "Those who make the conscientious judgment that they must not participate in this war... have my complete sympathy, and indeed our political approach has been to give them access to Canada. Canada should be a refuge from militarism."
Thirty years later, Canada is faced with the same moral choice to give (…)