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Pulitzer Peace Prize Winner and His Drone Massacre

It’s a strange ritual indeed that is performed daily by the Nobel Peace Prize winner. Every day in the Oval Office, Barack Obama ticks off the list of people to be assassinated: men, women, adolescents, children, “reveals” the New York Times. The height of cynicism! In a country where the military-industrial lobby is all-powerful and where appeasement is interpreted as a sign of weakness, it sometimes pays off when starting an electoral campaign to make it be known that one is a “killer”.

Assassin drones for the “Kill List”
by Manlio Dinucci – Voltaire Network – 27 June, 2012

The United States must defend themselves from those who attack them, says Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, rejecting the protests against the increase in U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan.

According to Panetta, Pakistanis must understand that the Predators are also there for their own good: They fly overhead, remote-controlled from the U.S. at a distance of more than 10,000 kilometers, to strike with their Hellfire missiles dangerous terrorists nestled inside Pakistan.

Opposite conclusion by Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, after a visit to Pakistan: The drone attacks, which occur on average every four days, “cause indiscriminate killings and injuries of civilians, which violate human rights.” Moreover, they also raise serious issues of international law, in that they are conducted “outside of any control mechanism, civil or military.” Pillay has therefore called for the opening of a formal investigation. A charge that was curtly rejected by President Obama, who affirmed that drone attacks – which are also carried out in Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia and other countries – “had not caused a huge number of civilian casualties.” They are in fact “under very tight control.” ….more

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Dear President Obama, never mind your not going to do anything but keep the murderers and assassins in power anyway…

Letter to President Obama regarding the June 22 attack on protesters in Bahrain
25 June, 2012 – Mary Fletcher Jones

Dear President Obama,

Thank you for your previous comments on human rights and your support for the people of Bahrain.

I am writing to you to respectfully request that you or one of your staff issue a White House statement condemning the unprovoked June 22, 2012 attack on protesters by Bahrain riot police, which was widely reported by the news media, including The Washington Post.

On this day, a small group of men faced riot police, stating that they came in peace and bearing roses. They were fired on with deadly force, even as they fled. They were shot in the back. Several members of Al Wefaq were injured, and one man has sustained serious brain injury and is in critical condition.

They committed no crime; the police say they were trying to “prevent traffic congestion.”

I understand the strategic alliance between the U.S. and Bahrain, and the challenges that presents, but as the leader of a country that respects human rights, I know you will not let this event pass without comment.

President Obama, you can see the video that portrays the attack on YouTube ” target=”_blank”>HERE

I know our State Dept. is trying to improve the situation in Bahrain — but this is beyond the pale, even given past events in that country.

I know what you say holds great weight with the Kingdom — please do what you can to help.

Sincerely,

Mary Fletcher Jones

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Choking on “gas” and daily protests, a way of life in Bahrain

Bahraini demonstrations against Al Khalifa continue in villages
27 June, 2012 – PressTV

Bahraini protesters have once again held demonstrations against the Al Khalifa regime in several villages across the country.

The protesters took to the streets in several villages near the capital, Manama, on Wednesday, blocking roads and setting fire to tires.

Anti-government protests continue in Bahrain despite the regime’s violent crackdown.

On June 24, the main Bahraini opposition group, al-Wefaq, said an anti-regime protester was injured during a demonstration in a village near Manama on June 22 and was in “critical condition.”

The opposition group stated that Ali Mohammed al-Muwali suffered a “broken skull, which was caused by a direct hit by a bullet” when he was “surrounding Sheikh Ali Salman,” the al-Wefaq leader.

Salman also sustained injuries from rubber bullets “in his shoulder and back” during the June 22 demonstration in the village of Bilad al-Qadeem, about four kilometers (2.5 miles) west of the capital.

The Bahraini demonstrators hold King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa responsible for the killing of protesters during the uprising that began in February 2011. …source

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