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Trump: True to His Promise of Extermination
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Chris,
Trump: True to His Promise of Extermination
May 29, 2017 on RefuseFascism.org (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=WrtnC6TimL35n7BFurup9WBfN%2FNkIgIE)
“The other thing with the terrorists is you have to take out their families, when you get these terrorists, you have to take out their families. They care about their lives, don’t kid yourself. When they say they don’t care about their lives, you have to take out their families,” Donald Trump, December 2015
The Trump regime is sticking true to their promise and going beyond “their families” to include whole regions, escalating death tolls in Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. What we are beginning to see is the manifestation of his commitment to “bomb the shit out of” the Middle East. He is doing precisely what he said he would do in his pledge that US “military dominance must be unquestioned, and I mean unquestioned, by anybody and everybody.” His plan for predominately Muslim nations is nothing short of extermination. It is a genocidal program and can only be stopped through independent mass resistance.
Villagers Say Yemeni Child Was Shot as He Tried to Flee Navy SEAL Raid (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=RnH9k2eJv1SDvGSF9t5nNGBfN%2FNkIgIE)
Iona Craig at the Intercept shares eyewitness accounts from villagers that five civilians were killed (including a 15 year old) and another five were injured (including a 12 year old) in the latest U.S. Navy SEAL raid in Yemen:
“College student Murad al Adhal, 22, the elder brother of 15-year-old Abudullah who was shot and killed, described how he woke to the sound of gunfire around 1:30 a.m. as the SEALs took control of buildings on the mountainside overlooking the village.
I walked out of my house and I saw the nearby hills were filled with the American soldiers,” he said. When Apache helicopter gunships began firing into buildings, women and children started running out of their homes. “My little brother Abdullah ran for his life with the other women and children. They killed him as he was running.” Murad was shot in the leg.” Read on... (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rEDr2I1BQoLr8nQ%2Bv265vWBfN%2FNkIgIE)
Deadliest Month In Syria
U.S. led airstrikes continue to kill those who are fleeing, including children. Just this weekend reports have come out that the U.S. led coalition attacked a convoy of civilians killing at least 20 people trying to escape Raqqa (ISIS capital).
On Tuesday, the Observatory reported (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qQWx3MztX0%2Fk8fZhV9s3GmBfN%2FNkIgIE) that 235 civilians, including 44 children and 36 women, were killed in U.S. airstrikes from April 23 to May 23, making it the deadliest month on record.
Since that report the civilian death toll continues to mount, as Lauren McCauley from Common Dream recounts:
• An early morning airstrike in the town of Mayadeen on Friday killed more than “80 relatives of Islamic State (ISIS) group fighters,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=o%2B56qApRKvIKApRDYPhOoWBfN%2FNkIgIE) AFP. According to Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the monitoring group, this toll “includes 33 children. They were families seeking refuge in the town’s municipal building.
• Friday’s strike followed a coalition raid Thursday night during which 37 additional civilians were killed, including 13 children, according to the U.K.-based group. Coalition airstrikes on Wednesday killed another 15. Read more... (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=DNTr2nMTwv%2BcWZ8h%2B1xe3mBfN%2FNkIgIE)
There is nothing humanitarian about bombing Syria and fanning the flames of a widening war. Trump’s actions here are not about protecting people but protecting empire. The Trump agenda in Syria is continued bombings of a nation at civil war where none of the warring partiers offer a future for the 23 million Syrians. This can and will only kill more innocent people, polarize the situation further and invite more intervention and weapons into the country.
Largest Single Incident of Civilian Deaths in Iraq (since 2014)
Joshua Keating in his piece More Bad News on Civilian Casualties in Iraq and Syria (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=gGzzoM1a1CpQj1AOaZxkTJWJQAS1cCe4) reports “On Thursday, the Pentagon released the results of an investigation (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1BRVaUM9txsTDFpdvGSzgGBfN%2FNkIgIE), finding that more than 100 civilians were killed when the U.S. dropped a bomb on a building in Mosul, Iraq, in March, the largest single incident of civilian deaths since the campaign began in 2014…The UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights today warned (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=WRmkdoi7mRYr1Qd%2BKa%2FV5mBfN%2FNkIgIE) that civilians are increasingly victimized by both the intensified airstrikes, and the retaliatory attacks by ISIS.”
War Is Afghanistan Is Killing Children in Record Numbers in 2017 by Ruchi Kamar (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=FUvgoMeN5TD2%2B4B3J9krJWBfN%2FNkIgIE)
“The little girls squabbled over who would get to play with it first, and Alisina won the rights to the deadly weapon, which minutes later exploded in her hands as she attempted to lift it….According to the latest report, the first four months of 2017 have already been the worst ones yet documented for Afghan children. “[UNAMA] witnessed the highest recorded number of child civilian casualties resulting from conflict-related incidents in Afghanistan, including the highest number of children killed, for the same comparable period since the Mission began documenting cases [in 2009],” a statement by the UN agency read. Between January and April 2017, UNAMA preliminarily recorded 987 child casualties (283 deaths and 704 injured), a 21 percent increase in child deaths compared to the same period in 2016…” Read on... (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=CAQQSt%2BceEnmTpbCUCJ%2FVJWJQAS1cCe4)
*****
The Trump/Pence Regime must be driven out before this program is further consolidated. We must do this not just for ourselves but for the people of the world, especially our Muslim sisters and brothers who sit squarely in this regime’s crosshairs. Now is the time to manifest the NO! and stand with the people of the world.
https://www.leftforum.org/sites/default/files/LF2017/Graphics/themeandlogobanner.jpg (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=PpwKCkx4H7JtJyAooPfkxGBfN%2FNkIgIE)
Join us at Left Forum this weekend
World Can't Wait will be presenting three panels dealing with on-going US wars against the world and how the Trump/Pence regime is taking these to an even higher level: June 2-4 in New York City.
Stop Refugees' Desperation; Stop Bombing Their Countries
SATURDAY June 3 Session 1: 10:00 am - 11:50 am, Room 1.73
In year three of the largest world refugee crisis since WW II, The Trump/Pence regime has targeted refugees as a dangerous immigrant grouping. As was said by the presidential candidate himself: “Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” Stepping back to the previous administrations, Bush launched an illegitimate, unjust, immoral "war on terror" to last generations. Obama expanded the targeted countries beyond Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq to Pakistan, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and Sudan. What are the connections between U.S. wars of aggression and mass migrations from war?
Moderator: Debra Sweet (Director, World Can't Wait)
Panelists: Ed Kinane (Anti-Militarist Activist), Sallie Latch (Artist, volunteer with refugees in Greece)
“War on Terror” Veterans Dialog with High School & College Students
SATURDAY June 3 Session 2: 12:00 pm - 1:50 pm, Room 1.101
Veterans with the We Are Not Your Soldiers project of World Can't Wait present what they do in high school and college classrooms where students have grown up under continual wars, know very little about them and may be considering joining the U.S. military with no first-hand knowledge of what it really entails. Iraq and Afghanistan-era veterans relate their experiences in boot camp, occupying countries and post-military, honestly and forthrightly sharing what happened to them and the people in the countries under attack by the US. Based on the class curriculum, we also can provide a historical presentation with a Vietnam military resister and/or veteran. Students are provided with information military recruiters don’t give them on PTSD, suicide, medical/psychological issues, homelessness and the danger of losing their humanity. Students freely raise issues, ideas and questions and engage in critical thinking.
Moderator: Stephanie Rugoff (Coordinator, We Are Not Your Soldiers)
Panelists: Lyle Rubin (Afghanistan veteran), Joe Urgo (Vietnam veteran)
War on the World, Trump Style
SUNDAY June 4 Session 6: 12:00 pm - 1:50 pm, Room 1.101
Donald Trump brags, stating in his inauguration speech: “We assembled here today are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city, in every foreign capital and in every hall of power. From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. From this day forward, it's going to be only America first -- America first.” He says he will "fill up" Guantánamo with "bad guys" and may direct the military to openly torture. He promises HUGE increases in military spending, and expansion of the military. Since Trump has been Commander in Chief civilian casualties have spiked. And now, Trump is threatening North Korea, and the entire planet, with nuclear war. How should we respond and resist?
Moderator: Debra Sweet (Director, World Can't Wait)
Panelists: Ed Kinane (Anti-Militarist Activist), Nick Mottern (Coordinator, KnowDrones.com), Elsa Rassbach (German-American co-founder German Drone Campaign)
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We unite with WAT's decision to demand full closure of the torture center at Guantanamo, and the removal of both "cleared" prisoners and the small number the U.S. says they will charge. Follow Witness Against Torture's campaign on witnesstorture.com (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6rVWDMttIZGCgi5GoPMNAmBfN%2FNkIgIE) where you can sign up to be part of the ongoing fast, or on Facebook (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LK%2BYaT6K5mrlJLqUDMTB8mBfN%2FNkIgIE) or Twitter (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=AvcigM3w717K%2F25hx6w9JmBfN%2FNkIgIE)
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Muieen Adeen al Sattar (ISN309), a 41 year old man of unclear national origins, is cleared for release, but remains held. The Guantanamo Review Task Force in January 2010 recommended him for transfer. He has been held for 15 years 3 months. Andy Worthington has described the circumstances surrounding his capture. “[Al Sattar’s] Unclassified Summary ...states that he “has a Pakistani passport and originally went to Pakistan on vacation in September 2001.” All that is known of this man — listed by the US authorities as Muieen A Deen Jamal A Deen Abd Al Fusal Abd Al Sattar — is contained in this slim document, released in September 2007, but it makes clear that al-Sattar taught at the Private Holy Koran School in Mecca, that he paid for his own travel, that he was “convinced by a friend to go to Afghanistan and teach the Five Pillars of Islam,” and that he “thought if he traveled to Afghanistan that he would get credit from God and that, since the trip was only going to be for a week, there would be no harm in going.”
See further details on andyworthington.co.uk (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GtsMlw%2Bjgl07Q%2BRI%2FxZqjmBfN%2FNkIgIE)
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Chris,
Trump: True to His Promise of Extermination
May 29, 2017 on RefuseFascism.org (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=WrtnC6TimL35n7BFurup9WBfN%2FNkIgIE)
“The other thing with the terrorists is you have to take out their families, when you get these terrorists, you have to take out their families. They care about their lives, don’t kid yourself. When they say they don’t care about their lives, you have to take out their families,” Donald Trump, December 2015
The Trump regime is sticking true to their promise and going beyond “their families” to include whole regions, escalating death tolls in Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. What we are beginning to see is the manifestation of his commitment to “bomb the shit out of” the Middle East. He is doing precisely what he said he would do in his pledge that US “military dominance must be unquestioned, and I mean unquestioned, by anybody and everybody.” His plan for predominately Muslim nations is nothing short of extermination. It is a genocidal program and can only be stopped through independent mass resistance.
Villagers Say Yemeni Child Was Shot as He Tried to Flee Navy SEAL Raid (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=RnH9k2eJv1SDvGSF9t5nNGBfN%2FNkIgIE)
Iona Craig at the Intercept shares eyewitness accounts from villagers that five civilians were killed (including a 15 year old) and another five were injured (including a 12 year old) in the latest U.S. Navy SEAL raid in Yemen:
“College student Murad al Adhal, 22, the elder brother of 15-year-old Abudullah who was shot and killed, described how he woke to the sound of gunfire around 1:30 a.m. as the SEALs took control of buildings on the mountainside overlooking the village.
I walked out of my house and I saw the nearby hills were filled with the American soldiers,” he said. When Apache helicopter gunships began firing into buildings, women and children started running out of their homes. “My little brother Abdullah ran for his life with the other women and children. They killed him as he was running.” Murad was shot in the leg.” Read on... (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rEDr2I1BQoLr8nQ%2Bv265vWBfN%2FNkIgIE)
Deadliest Month In Syria
U.S. led airstrikes continue to kill those who are fleeing, including children. Just this weekend reports have come out that the U.S. led coalition attacked a convoy of civilians killing at least 20 people trying to escape Raqqa (ISIS capital).
On Tuesday, the Observatory reported (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qQWx3MztX0%2Fk8fZhV9s3GmBfN%2FNkIgIE) that 235 civilians, including 44 children and 36 women, were killed in U.S. airstrikes from April 23 to May 23, making it the deadliest month on record.
Since that report the civilian death toll continues to mount, as Lauren McCauley from Common Dream recounts:
• An early morning airstrike in the town of Mayadeen on Friday killed more than “80 relatives of Islamic State (ISIS) group fighters,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=o%2B56qApRKvIKApRDYPhOoWBfN%2FNkIgIE) AFP. According to Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the monitoring group, this toll “includes 33 children. They were families seeking refuge in the town’s municipal building.
• Friday’s strike followed a coalition raid Thursday night during which 37 additional civilians were killed, including 13 children, according to the U.K.-based group. Coalition airstrikes on Wednesday killed another 15. Read more... (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=DNTr2nMTwv%2BcWZ8h%2B1xe3mBfN%2FNkIgIE)
There is nothing humanitarian about bombing Syria and fanning the flames of a widening war. Trump’s actions here are not about protecting people but protecting empire. The Trump agenda in Syria is continued bombings of a nation at civil war where none of the warring partiers offer a future for the 23 million Syrians. This can and will only kill more innocent people, polarize the situation further and invite more intervention and weapons into the country.
Largest Single Incident of Civilian Deaths in Iraq (since 2014)
Joshua Keating in his piece More Bad News on Civilian Casualties in Iraq and Syria (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=gGzzoM1a1CpQj1AOaZxkTJWJQAS1cCe4) reports “On Thursday, the Pentagon released the results of an investigation (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1BRVaUM9txsTDFpdvGSzgGBfN%2FNkIgIE), finding that more than 100 civilians were killed when the U.S. dropped a bomb on a building in Mosul, Iraq, in March, the largest single incident of civilian deaths since the campaign began in 2014…The UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights today warned (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=WRmkdoi7mRYr1Qd%2BKa%2FV5mBfN%2FNkIgIE) that civilians are increasingly victimized by both the intensified airstrikes, and the retaliatory attacks by ISIS.”
War Is Afghanistan Is Killing Children in Record Numbers in 2017 by Ruchi Kamar (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=FUvgoMeN5TD2%2B4B3J9krJWBfN%2FNkIgIE)
“The little girls squabbled over who would get to play with it first, and Alisina won the rights to the deadly weapon, which minutes later exploded in her hands as she attempted to lift it….According to the latest report, the first four months of 2017 have already been the worst ones yet documented for Afghan children. “[UNAMA] witnessed the highest recorded number of child civilian casualties resulting from conflict-related incidents in Afghanistan, including the highest number of children killed, for the same comparable period since the Mission began documenting cases [in 2009],” a statement by the UN agency read. Between January and April 2017, UNAMA preliminarily recorded 987 child casualties (283 deaths and 704 injured), a 21 percent increase in child deaths compared to the same period in 2016…” Read on... (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=CAQQSt%2BceEnmTpbCUCJ%2FVJWJQAS1cCe4)
*****
The Trump/Pence Regime must be driven out before this program is further consolidated. We must do this not just for ourselves but for the people of the world, especially our Muslim sisters and brothers who sit squarely in this regime’s crosshairs. Now is the time to manifest the NO! and stand with the people of the world.
https://www.leftforum.org/sites/default/files/LF2017/Graphics/themeandlogobanner.jpg (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=PpwKCkx4H7JtJyAooPfkxGBfN%2FNkIgIE)
Join us at Left Forum this weekend
World Can't Wait will be presenting three panels dealing with on-going US wars against the world and how the Trump/Pence regime is taking these to an even higher level: June 2-4 in New York City.
Stop Refugees' Desperation; Stop Bombing Their Countries
SATURDAY June 3 Session 1: 10:00 am - 11:50 am, Room 1.73
In year three of the largest world refugee crisis since WW II, The Trump/Pence regime has targeted refugees as a dangerous immigrant grouping. As was said by the presidential candidate himself: “Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” Stepping back to the previous administrations, Bush launched an illegitimate, unjust, immoral "war on terror" to last generations. Obama expanded the targeted countries beyond Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq to Pakistan, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and Sudan. What are the connections between U.S. wars of aggression and mass migrations from war?
Moderator: Debra Sweet (Director, World Can't Wait)
Panelists: Ed Kinane (Anti-Militarist Activist), Sallie Latch (Artist, volunteer with refugees in Greece)
“War on Terror” Veterans Dialog with High School & College Students
SATURDAY June 3 Session 2: 12:00 pm - 1:50 pm, Room 1.101
Veterans with the We Are Not Your Soldiers project of World Can't Wait present what they do in high school and college classrooms where students have grown up under continual wars, know very little about them and may be considering joining the U.S. military with no first-hand knowledge of what it really entails. Iraq and Afghanistan-era veterans relate their experiences in boot camp, occupying countries and post-military, honestly and forthrightly sharing what happened to them and the people in the countries under attack by the US. Based on the class curriculum, we also can provide a historical presentation with a Vietnam military resister and/or veteran. Students are provided with information military recruiters don’t give them on PTSD, suicide, medical/psychological issues, homelessness and the danger of losing their humanity. Students freely raise issues, ideas and questions and engage in critical thinking.
Moderator: Stephanie Rugoff (Coordinator, We Are Not Your Soldiers)
Panelists: Lyle Rubin (Afghanistan veteran), Joe Urgo (Vietnam veteran)
War on the World, Trump Style
SUNDAY June 4 Session 6: 12:00 pm - 1:50 pm, Room 1.101
Donald Trump brags, stating in his inauguration speech: “We assembled here today are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city, in every foreign capital and in every hall of power. From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. From this day forward, it's going to be only America first -- America first.” He says he will "fill up" Guantánamo with "bad guys" and may direct the military to openly torture. He promises HUGE increases in military spending, and expansion of the military. Since Trump has been Commander in Chief civilian casualties have spiked. And now, Trump is threatening North Korea, and the entire planet, with nuclear war. How should we respond and resist?
Moderator: Debra Sweet (Director, World Can't Wait)
Panelists: Ed Kinane (Anti-Militarist Activist), Nick Mottern (Coordinator, KnowDrones.com), Elsa Rassbach (German-American co-founder German Drone Campaign)
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Support The Witness Against Torture campaign: #ForeverHumanBeings #41menatGitmo to Close Guantanamo Forever
On the eve of Ramadan, May 26, Witness Against Torture began its #ForeverHumanBeings & #41MenAtGitmo campaign, which is dedicated to renewing calls to close Guantanamo prison as well as uplifting the stories of the 41 men who remain imprisoned behind its walls. Video on the first prisoner profile – Sufyian Barhoumi – (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=IMIT8Yd37K9GAzZOZ7WMRGBfN%2FNkIgIE) was released in collaboration with the Center for Constitutional Rights.
We unite with WAT's decision to demand full closure of the torture center at Guantanamo, and the removal of both "cleared" prisoners and the small number the U.S. says they will charge. Follow Witness Against Torture's campaign on witnesstorture.com (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6rVWDMttIZGCgi5GoPMNAmBfN%2FNkIgIE) where you can sign up to be part of the ongoing fast, or on Facebook (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LK%2BYaT6K5mrlJLqUDMTB8mBfN%2FNkIgIE) or Twitter (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=AvcigM3w717K%2F25hx6w9JmBfN%2FNkIgIE)
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Muieen Adeen al Sattar (ISN309), a 41 year old man of unclear national origins, is cleared for release, but remains held. The Guantanamo Review Task Force in January 2010 recommended him for transfer. He has been held for 15 years 3 months. Andy Worthington has described the circumstances surrounding his capture. “[Al Sattar’s] Unclassified Summary ...states that he “has a Pakistani passport and originally went to Pakistan on vacation in September 2001.” All that is known of this man — listed by the US authorities as Muieen A Deen Jamal A Deen Abd Al Fusal Abd Al Sattar — is contained in this slim document, released in September 2007, but it makes clear that al-Sattar taught at the Private Holy Koran School in Mecca, that he paid for his own travel, that he was “convinced by a friend to go to Afghanistan and teach the Five Pillars of Islam,” and that he “thought if he traveled to Afghanistan that he would get credit from God and that, since the trip was only going to be for a week, there would be no harm in going.”
See further details on andyworthington.co.uk (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GtsMlw%2Bjgl07Q%2BRI%2FxZqjmBfN%2FNkIgIE)
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