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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Reinhard,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When you click on web page i sent <A
href="http://www.worldtribunal.org/">http://www.worldtribunal.org/</A>, you
can see the outcome. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But in any case i am copying here for
you;</FONT></DIV>
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<H2>PRELIMINARY DECLARATION OF THE JURY OF CONSCIENCE WORLD TRIBUNAL ON IRAQ –
ISTANBUL 23RD -27TH JUNE 2005</H2><STRONG>27 Jun 2005</STRONG> <BR><BR>27th June
2005, İstanbul<BR><BR>Click <A
href="http://www.worldtribunal.org/main/docs/jurystatement.rtf">here</A> to
download rtf file.<BR><BR>In February 2003, weeks before war was declared on
Iraq, millions of people protested in the streets of the world. That call went
unheeded. No international institution had the courage or conscience to stand up
to the aggression of the US and UK governments. No one could stop them. It is
two years later now. Iraq has been invaded, occupied, and devastated. The attack
on Iraq is an attack on justice, on liberty, on our safety, on our future, on us
all. We the people of conscience decided to stand up. We formed the World
Tribunal on Iraq, to demand justice and a peaceful future. <BR>The legitimacy of
the World Tribunal on Iraq is located in the collective conscience of humanity.
This, the Istanbul session, was the culmination of a series of 20 hearings held
in different cities of the world focusing on the illegal invasion and occupation
of Iraq. <BR>We the Jury of Conscience, from 10 different countries, met in
Istanbul. We heard 54 testimonies from a panel of advocates and witnesses who
came from across the world, including from Iraq, the United States and the
United Kingdom.<BR>The World Tribunal on Iraq met in Istanbul from 24-26th of
June 2005. The principal objective of the WTI is to tell the truth about the
Iraq war as clearly as possible, and to draw conclusions that underscore the
accountability of those responsible and underline the significance of justice
for the Iraqi people. Saddam Hussein’s crimes against his people are not the
focus of this Tribunal. We believe it is up to the Iraqi people to investigate
these crimes in an independent and free trial.<BR><BR>I. Overview<BR>1. The
reasons given by the US and UK governments for the illegal invasion and
occupation of Iraq in March 2003 have proven to be false. The real motive was to
control and dominate the Middle East. Establishing hegemony over the Middle East
serves the goal of controlling the world’s largest reserves of oil and
strengthening the position of the US’s strategic ally Israel. <BR>2. Blatant
falsehoods about the presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and a link
between Al Qaeda terrorism and the Saddam Hussein régime were manufactured in
order to create public support for a “preemptive” assault upon a sovereign
independent nation. <BR>3. Iraq has been under siege for years. The imposition
of severe inhuman economic sanctions at the end of the first Gulf war in 1991;
the establishment of no-fly zones in the Northern and Southern parts of Iraq;
and the concomitant bombing of the country were all aimed at degrading and
weakening Iraq’s human and material resources and capacities in order to
facilitate its subsequent invasion and occupation. In this enterprise the US and
British leaderships had the endorsement of a complicit UN Security Council.
<BR>4. In pursuit of their agenda of empire, the Bush and Blair blatantly
ignored the massive opposition to the war expressed by millions of people around
the world. They embarked upon one of the most unjust, immoral, and cowardly wars
in history.<BR>5. The Anglo-American occupation of Iraq of the last 27 months
has led to the destruction and devastation of the Iraqi state and society. Law
and order have broken down completely, resulting in a pervasive lack of human
security; the physical infrastructure is in shambles; the health care delivery
system is a mess; the education system has ceased to function; there is massive
environmental and ecological devastation; and, the cultural and archeological
heritage of the Iraqi people has been desecrated.<BR>6. The occupation has
intentionally exacerbated ethnic and confessionnal divisions in Iraqi society,
with the aim of undermining Iraq’s identity and integrity as a nation. This is
in keeping with the fam liar imperial policy of divide and rule.<BR>7. The
imposition of the UN sanctions in 1991 caused untold suffering and thousands of
deaths. The situation has worsened after the occupation. At least 100,000
civilians have been killed; 60,000 are being held in US custody in inhuman
conditions, without charges; thousands have disappeared; and torture has become
virtually routine. <BR>8. The privatization, deregulation, and liberalization of
the Iraqi economy has transformed the country into a client economy that serves
the Washington Consensus. The occupying forces have also accomplished their
primary goal of acquired control over the nation’s oil. <BR>9. Any law or
institution created under the aegis of occupation is devoid of both legal and
moral authority. The recently concluded election, the Constituent Assembly, the
current government, and the drafting committee for the Constitution are
therefore all illegitimate.<BR>10. There is widespread opposition to the
occupation. Political, social, and civil resistance through peaceful means is
subjected to repression by the occupying forces. It is the brutality of the
occupation that has provoked a strong armed resistance and certain acts of
desperation. By the principles embodied in the UN Charter and in international
law, the popular national resistance to the occupation is legitimate and
justified. It deserves the support of people everywhere who care for justice and
freedom.<BR><BR>II. Findings and Charges<BR>On the basis of the preceding
findings and recalling the Charter of the United Nations and other legal
documents quoted in the appendix, the jury has established the following
charges. <BR>A. Against the Governments of the US and the UK<BR>1. Planning,
preparing, and waging the supreme crime of a war of aggression in contravention
of the United Nations Charter and the Nuremberg Principles.<BR>Evidence for this
can be found in the leaked Downing Street Memo of 23rd July, 2002 in which it
was revealed that: “military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to
remove Saddam through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism
and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were fixed around the policy.”
Intelligence was manufactured to willfully deceive the people of the US, the UK,
and their elected representatives. <BR>2. Targeting the civilian population of
Iraq and civilian infrastructure, by intentionally directing attacks upon
civilians and hospitals, medical centers, residential neighborhoods, electricity
stations, and water purification facilities in violation of the Geneva
Conventions of 1949 and the International Covenant for Civil and Political
Rights (“ICCPR”), Articles 7(1)(a), 8(2)(a)(i), and 8(2)(b)(i). The complete
destruction of the city of Falluja in itself constitutes a glaring example of
such crimes.<BR>3. Using disproportionate force and indiscriminate weapon
systems, such as cluster munitions, incendiary bombs, depleted uranium (DU), and
chemical weapons. Detailed evidence was presented to the Tribunal by expert
witnesses that leukemia had risen sharply in children under the age of five
residing in those areas which had been targeted by DU weapons.<BR>4. Failing to
safeguard the lives of civilians during military activities and during the
occupation period thereafter, in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention,
Articles 13 and 27, and the ICC Statute, Articles 7 (1)(a) and 8(2)(a)(i). This
is evidenced, for example, by “shock and awe” bombing techniques and the conduct
of occupying forces at checkpoints.<BR>5. Using deadly violence against peaceful
protestors, beginning with, among others, the April 2003 killing of more than a
dozen peaceful protestors in Falluja.<BR>6. Imposing punishments without charge
or trial, including collective punishment, on the people of Iraq, in violation
of the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), Geneva
Conventions, and customary international law requiring due process. Repeated
testimonies pointed to “snatch and grab” operations, disappearances, and
assassinations.<BR>7. Subjecting Iraqi soldiers and civilians to torture and
cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment in violation of the Geneva Conventions,
the ICCPR, other treaties and covenants, and customary international law.
Degrading treatment includes subjecting Iraqi soldiers and civilians to acts of
racial, ethnic, religious, and gender discrimination, as well as denying Iraqi
soldiers Prisoner of War status as required by the Geneva Convention. Abundant
testimony was provided of unlawful arrests and detentions, without due process
of law. Well known and egregious examples occurred in Abu Ghraib prison as well
as in Mosul, Camp Bucca, and Basra. <BR>The employment of mercenaries and
private contractors to carry out torture has served to undermine accountability.
<BR>8. Re-writing the laws of a country that has been illegally invaded and
occupied, in violation of international covenants on the responsibilities of
occupying powers, in order to amass illegal profits (through such measures as
Order 39, signed by L. Paul Bremer III for the Coalition Provisional Authority,
which allows foreign investors to buy and takeover Iraq’s state-owned
enterprises and to repatriate 100 percent of their profits and assets at any
point) and to control Iraq’s oil. Evidence listed a number of corporations that
had profited from such transactions.<BR>9. Willfully devastating the
environment, contaminating it by depleted uranium (DU) weapons, combined with
the plumes from burning oil wells, as well as huge oil spills, and destroying
agricultural lands. Deliberately disrupting the water and waste removal systems,
in a manner verging on biological-chemical warfare. Failing to prevent the
looting and dispersal of radioactive material from nuclear sites. Extensive
documentation is available on air, water pollution, land degradation, and
radiological pollution.<BR>10. Actively creating conditions under which the
status of Iraqi women has seriously been degraded contrary, to the repeated
claims of the leaders of the coalition forces. Women’s freedom of movement has
been severely limited, restricting their access to education, livelihood, and
social engagement. Testimony was provided that sexual violence and sex
trafficking have increased since the occupation of Iraq began.<BR>11. Failing to
protect humanity’s rich archaeological and cultural heritage in Iraq, by
allowing the looting of museums and established historical sites and positioning
military bases in culturally and archeologically sensitive locations. This took
place despite prior warnings from UNESCO and Iraqi museum officials. <BR>12.
Obstructing the right to information, including the censoring of Iraqi media,
such as newspapers (e.g., al-Hawza, al-Mashriq, and al-Mustaqila) and radio
stations (Baghdad Radio), targeting international journalists, imprisoning and
killing academics, intellectuals and scientists. <BR>13. Redefining torture in
violation of international law, to allow use of torture and illegal detentions,
including holding more than 500 people at Guantánamo Bay without charging them
or allowing them any access to legal protection, and using “extraordinary
renditions” to send people to torture in other countries known to commit human
rights abuses and torture prisoners.<BR><BR>B. Against the Security Council of
United Nations<BR>1. Failing to protect Iraq against a crime of
aggression.<BR>2. Imposing harsh economic sanctions on Iraq, despite knowledge
that sanctions were directly contributing to the massive loss of civilian lives
and harming innocent civilians. <BR>3. Allowing the United States and United
Kingdom to carry out illegal bombings in the no-fly zones, using false pretense
of enforcing UN resolutions, and at no point allowing discussion in the Security
Council of this violation, and thereby being complicit and responsible for loss
of civilian life and destruction of Iraqi infrastructure.<BR>4. Allowing the
United States to dominate the United Nations and hold itself above any
accountability by other member nations.<BR>5. Failure to stop war crimes and
crimes against humanity by the United States and its coalition partners in
Iraq.<BR>6. Failure to hold the United States and its coalition partners
accountable for violations of international law during the occupation, and
giving official recognition to the occupation, thereby legitimizing an illegal
invasion and becoming a collaborator in an illegal occupation.<BR>C. Against the
Governments of the Coalition of the Willing <BR>Collaborating in the invasion
and occupation of Iraq. <BR>D. Against the Governments of Other Countries
<BR>Allowing the use of military bases and air space, and providing other
logistical support, for the invasion and occupation. <BR>E. Against Private
Corporations <BR>Profiting from the war with complicity in the crimes described
above, of invasion and occupation.<BR>F. Against the Major Corporate Media
<BR>1. Disseminating the deliberate falsehoods spread by the governments of the
US and the UK and failing to adequately investigate this misinformation. This
even in the face of abundant evidence to the contrary. Among the corporate media
houses that bear special responsibility for promoting the lies about Iraq’s
weapons of mass destruction, we name the New York Times, in particular their
reporter Judith Miller, whose main source was on the payroll of the CIA. We also
name Fox News, CNN and the BBC.<BR>2. Failing to report the atrocities being
committed against Iraqi people by the occupying forces.<BR><BR>III.
<B>Recommendations</B><BR>Recognising the right of the Iraqi people to resist
the illegal occupation of their country and to develop independent institutions,
and affirming that the right to resist the occupation is the right to wage a
struggle for self-determination, freedom, and independence as derived from the
Charter of the United Nations, we the Jury of Conscience declare our solidarity
with the people of Iraq. <BR><BR>We recommend:<BR><BR>1. The immediate and
unconditional withdrawal of the coalition forces from Iraq;<BR>2. That coalition
governments make war reparations and pay compensation to Iraq for the
humanitarian, economic, ecological, and cultural devastation they have caused by
their illegal invasion and occupation; <BR>3. That all laws, contracts,
treaties, and institutions established under occupation which the Iraqi people
deem inimical to their interests, should be considered null and void; <BR>4.
That the Guantanamo Bay prison and all other offshore US military prisons be
closed immediately; that the names of the prisoners be disclosed, that they
receive POW status, and receive due process;<BR>5. That there be an exhaustive
investigation of those responsible for crimes of aggression and crimes against
humanity in Iraq, beginning with George W. Bush, President of the United States
of America; Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; and other
government officials from the coalition of the willing; <BR>6. That we initiate
a process of accountability to hold those morally and personally responsible for
their participation in this illegal war, such as journalists who deliberately
lied, corporate media outlets that promoted racial, ethnic and religious hatred,
and CEOs of multinational corporations that profited from this war; <BR>7. That
people throughout the world launch actions against US and UK corporations that
directly profit from this war. Examples of such corporations include
Halliburton, Bechtel, Carlyle, CACI Inc., Titan Corporation, Kellog, Brown and
Root (subsidiary of Halliburton), DynCorp, Boeing, ExxonMobil, Texaco, British
Petroleum. The following companies have sued Iraq and received “reparation
awards”: Toys R Us, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Shell, Nestlé, Pepsi, Phillip
Morris, Sheraton, Mobil. Such actions may take the form of direct actions such
as shutting down their offices, consumer boycotts, and pressure on shareholders
to divest.<BR>8. That soldiers exercise conscience and refuse to enlist and
participate in an illegal war. Also that countries provide conscientious
objectors political asylum. <BR>9. That the international campaign for
dismantling all US military bases abroad be reinforced.<BR>10. That people
around the world resist and reject any effort by any of their governments to
provide material, logistical, or moral support to the occupation of Iraq.
<BR><BR>We, the Jury of Conscience, hope that the specificity of these
recommendations will lay the groundwork required for a world where the
international institutions will be shaped and reshaped by the will of people and
not fear and self-interest, where journalists and intellectuals will not remain
mute, where the will of the people of the world will be central, and human
security will prevail over state security and corporate profits.
<BR><BR><BR>Appendix: List of Legal Documents<BR>The Universal Declaration of
Human Rights (1948)<BR>The Convention on the Political Rights of Women
(1952)<BR>The Declaration of the Rights of the Child (1959)<BR>The Declaration
on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1963)<BR>The
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)<BR>The Declaration
on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979)<BR>The
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment (1984)<BR>The Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)<BR>The
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998)<BR>The European
Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950)<BR>The American
Convention on Human Rights (1969) <BR>The Code of Conduct for the Armed Forces
of the United States of America (1963) </DIV></DIV>
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<A title=mail@visuelle-protokolle.de
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 28, 2005 1:44
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> AW: the world tribunal on
iraq</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=055484310-28062005><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>Funda,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=055484310-28062005><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=055484310-28062005><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>since the tribunal is over, could you inform us about the
outcome?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Mit freundlichen Gruessen<BR>Best
regards</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><SPAN class=055484310-28062005><FONT face=Verdana
size=2>Reinhard</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana size=2>VISUELLE PROTOKOLLE<BR>Kuchenmueller
& Dr.Stifel</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Munich Germany</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Tel: +49-89-202 447 48</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>Von:</B> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <B>Im Auftrag von </B>Funda
Oral<BR><B>Gesendet:</B> Dienstag, 28. Juni 2005 08:32<BR><B>An:</B>
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B>Betreff:</B> the world tribunal on
iraq<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>for anyone who might be interested;</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
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