[Vision2020] World Tribunal on War Crimes in Iraq

[donald toogood]

Is this about cutting people's heads off on video?



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  Subject: [Vision2020] World Tribunal on War Crimes in Iraq
  Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 00:50:04 EDT

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  Friday, June 17, 2005

  World Tribunal on War Crimes in Iraq

  TOLGA TEMUGE, tolga.temuge at worldtribunal.org,
  http://worldtribunal.org
  Temuge is the international media coordinator for the World Tribunal
  on Iraq modeled on the Bertrand Russell Vietnam War Tribunal of the
  late 1960s. Participants in the tribunal, which will take place in
  Istanbul from June 24-27, include Arundhati Roy, Richard Falk, Dennis
  Halliday, Hans von Sponeck, Walden Bello, Dahr Jamail, and Barbara
  Olshansky, as well as numerous witnesses from Iraq. [Deep Dish TV
  will provide live coverage; see below.]

  BRENDAN SMITH, smithb at lawnet.ucla.edu,
  http://www.fpif.org/papers/0506haltbush.html
  Brendan Smith is a lawyer and co-editor of the forthcoming book "In
  The Name Of Democracy: American War Crimes in Iraq and Beyond." He
  said today: "On May 17 a legal summons was delivered to U.S. and UK
  embassies in capitals around the world on behalf of the World
  Tribunal on Iraq (WTI). The summons requested the attendance of
  President Bush and Prime Minister Blair to defend charges that they
  are in 'violation of common values of humanity, international
  treaties, and international law' for waging war in Iraq. The Istanbul
  session to which Bush and Blair are invited is the culminating
  tribunal of WTI's held in Paris, Tokyo, New York, and elsewhere
  around the world. While the summons was signed by leading
  international figures, including international legal scholar Richard
  Falk and former UN Assistant Secretary General Dennis Halliday,
  President Bush's attendance is not anticipated."
  Smith added: "In 1967, the British philosopher Bertrand Russell
  convened the International War Crimes Tribunal. The Tribunal was
  charged with conducting 'a solemn and historic investigation' of U.S.
  war crimes in Vietnam in order to 'prevent the crime of silence.'
  Drawing on this tradition, the WTI -- composed of lawyers, former
  parliamentarians and judges, journalists, artists, and victims of
  U.S. aggression -- has held people's tribunals on multiple continents
  in order to compile 'a moral, political, and judicial record that
  contributes to build[ing] a world of peace and justice.'"

  ELLEN BRAUNE, ellenbraune at yahoo.com, http://www.deepdishtv.org
  Deep Dish TV will provide live coverage of the World Tribunal on Iraq
  from Istanbul via a global satellite uplink June 24-27, 2005. Deep
  Dish will uplink a one hour daily program from Istanbul featuring key
  presentations and evidence as well as in-depth interviews with the
  witnesses and presenters. The broadcast will be available for free
  downlink by radio and television stations throughout the world at
  2100 to 2200 hours GMT (5-6 PM U.S. Eastern Time). The programs will
  also be broadcast on Free Speech TV (Dish Network 9415) at 8 PM June
  24th through the 27th.

  DAVID MILLER, davidmiller at strath.ac.uk
  Miller is the editor of "Tell Me Lies: Propaganda and Media
  Distortion in the Attack on Iraq" and a member of the Stirling Media
  Research Institute. He will be testifying before the Tribunal.

  DAVID BARSAMIAN,barsamian at riseup.net, http://www.alternativeradio.org
  Co-author of "Terrorism: Theirs & Ours" (interviews with Eqbal Ahmad)
  and "Culture and Resistance" (interviews with Edward Said), Barsamian
  said today: "The tribunal is an important moral and legal judgement
  on Iraq. These initiatives cannot be underestimated in their impact.
  Ripples are set in motion that later become waves." Barsamian will be
  testifying before the Tribunal.

  SAUL LANDAU, slandau at csupomona.edu
  Landau is a fellow of the Institute of Policy Studies and director of
  the film "Syria: Between Iraq and a Hard Place." He will be
  testifying before the Tribunal.

  For more information, contact at the Institute for Public Accuracy:
  Sam Husseini, (202) 347-0020; or David Zupan, (541) 484-9167

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