This video from Canada says about itself:
MPtv presents an exclusive interview with Hon. Irwin Cotler MP the Liberal Party critic for Human Rights.By John Cotter from Canada:
Wednesday, July 9, 2008Documents suggest Canadian Omar Khadr was sleep deprived, isolated in Cuba
THE CANADIAN PRESS
EDMONTON - Canadian officials knew in 2004 that a Canadian teen being held at a U.S. military base in Cuba was deprived of sleep for weeks to soften him up for interrogation, newly released documents say.
Department of Foreign Affairs reports say Canadian official Jim Gould visited Omar Khadr in Guantanamo Bay and was told by the American military that measures were taken to make the then-17-year-old more pliable for interviews.
The documents, released by Khadr’s lawyers Wednesday, are marked secret. Some parts are blacked out.
“In an effort to make him more amenable and willing to talk, (name omitted) has placed Umar (Omar) on the ‘frequent flyer program,”‘ reads one of the reports penned by Scott Heatherington, director of foreign intelligence for the Foreign Affairs Department.
“For the three weeks before Mr. Gould’s visit, Umar (Omar) has not been permitted more than three hours in any one location. At three-hour intervals he is moved to another cell block, thus denying him uninterrupted sleep and a continued change of neighbours.”
The report goes on to say that Khadr was to be placed in isolation for up to three weeks and then interviewed again.
Last month a Canadian Federal Court judge ruled that the U.S. military’s treatment of Khadr violated international laws against torture, but did not disclose details.
Judge Richard Mosley said the way the military prepared Khadr for interrogation with visiting Canadian government officials broke human rights laws, including the Geneva Conventions …
Khadr’s Edmonton-based lawyer Dennis Edney said the documents should prompt Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government to press Washington to release his client and to immediately send him back to Canada.
“We wish Canadians to know how this young boy has been abused,” Edney told The Canadian Press in a telephone interview. “The federal government, on behalf of Canadians, should bring this young man home.
“The Canadian government has for years lied to the Canadian people when it said time and time again that they had been assured by the Americans that this young man had been treated well.”
In addition to the Foreign Affairs Department documents there were also reports from the U.S. Air Force released. They show that Khadr’s interrogators included special agents from the FBI and the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
An Air Force report from February 2003 notes that Khadr had not received any mail from his family in Canada since he was detained.
When he was finally given a letter from his grandmother, agents watched him on a video camera and through one-way glass as he cried while reading her words. …
The U.S. military says it plans to prosecute about 80 detainees at Guantanamo, where it holds roughly 270 men on suspicion of terrorism or links to al-Qaida or the Taliban. So far none of the cases has gone to trial.
No War vs. Iran: call or email your Representative
Posted by: “Mike Hersh” mikehersh@mikehersh.com
Wed Jul 9, 2008 8:22 pm (PDT)
Attack on Iran Imminent! Stop HCR 362!
If there is a time this year that you are going to take action, this
should be it.
A new bill, House Concurrent Resolution 362, which essentially calls for
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a blockade of Iran, is steamrolling its way through the House. Please
call or email your Representative to urge a vote AGAINST HCR 362 the
Blockade of Iran bill
As an antidote, SUPPORT HCR 321 which calls for a comprehensive
with Iran
diplomatic engagement
and other Middle Eastern nations as a way to resolve disputes and
provide a responsible end to our occupation of Iraq.
Join PDA and other groups in a national call-in/email campaign beginning
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immediately. Read more details from the PDA web site
Call the Capitol switch board (202)-224-3121 and ask for your
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Representative, or click here for an email Action Alert
You can also use our action alert system
of your local newspaper(s) and national media outlets.
HCR 362 is a dangerous bill calling for severe sanctions–far beyond
those proposed by the Bush administration–and could be interpreted as
an act of war under international law. It would further alienate Iran
and could trigger retaliation against our troops in Iraq and
Afghanistan, blockage of oil shipments through the straits of Hormuz,
and potential involvement of other nations in the region. If we want
catastrophe in the Middle East, deeper recession and gas at $6 per
gallon, this would do it.
A much more effective alternative is HCR 321 which calls for a serious
and sustained diplomatic initiative involving Iraq, Iran, Syria, and
other neighboring states. This bill provides a responsible way out of
Iraq and an avenue for dispute resolution with Iran and other nations.
PDA supports HCR 321 as a major step toward returning to diplomacy not
war as our primary tool of foreign policy.
*PLEASE DO YOUR PART AND TAKE ACTION TODAY
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Thank you,
Howard Jennings
for the End the War, Redirect Funding Issue Organizing Team
Comment by Administrator — July 10, 2008 @ 1:35 pm
Posted by: “frankofbos” FrankOfBos@yahoo.com
Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:29 pm (PDT)
Terrorism:An Excuse to Help Big Pharma & Ignore Geneva Conventions-Bush
History,7/11
On this date: Using terrorism as yet another excuse to help big pharma
at the expense of the American people. Also, a conservative GOP
senator objects to Bush’s plan to throw decades of the US honoring the
Geneva Conventions into the waste bucket of history
Get the details at…
http://poorgeorgesalmanac.com/?p=333
Comment by Administrator — July 11, 2008 @ 1:36 pm