USA appoints & supports cold blooded murderer as “Police chief?”

US has been actively supporting a warlord in Afghanistan who not only is involved in drug running, corruption but also in COLD BLOODED MURDER OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS. US knows the credibility of the crimes of this murderer, but continues to support him as the Police Chief of Kandahar. What are his credentials? Well, he fights the Taliban; so the US is perfectly happy to turn a blind eye to his killing ways and other ‘transgressions’. About how he murdered his rivals in cold blood and then tried to stage it so that it appeared as if they were insurgents crossing from Pakistan. And that is the story of Afghan Army and Police and other institutions being touted by Americans as the future controlling bodies operating in Afghanistan. So, the US keeps harping about Taliban, human rights, terrorism, murder etc. But it is all a sham. As long as the murderers serve US interests and goals, there is no crime that can’t be ‘overlooked’.

Democracy Now’s interview about General Abdul Raziq,
U.S. Continues to Back Afghan Warlord Linked to 2006 Massacre and Torture of Prisoners

The story in The Atlantic,
Our Man in Kandahar
(includes graphic photos)

USA is demonizing Haqqani network, Pakistan and ISI. Pretty convenient fall guys. These are the same Haqqanis and mujahideen that were lauded by Charlie Wilson as “goodness personified” and you can find the pics of them being hosted in the White House by none other than President Ronald Reagan. Typical US strategy. When they were fighting soviet occupation, they were heores. But, resist against the US occupation and they are all terorists, a danger to the whole free world. As long as US interests are protected, then the Zardaris, Saddams … are pals and friends. When they have outlived their utility, then suddenly the US feels the need to talk about human rights and other crimes as if it has only now learned of these misdeeds.

These warlods and murderers are the ones running the Afghan Army/Police and they are being touted as the FUTURE of Afghanistan. Shame on USA. But oddly it is probably appropriate. Murderers and Killers being supported and propped by up the murdering American Govt. and Military. A fitting alliance. From top to bottom, from Karzai to such ‘police chiefs’, these are drug runners, murderers and criminals. But, then again when you look at the Bushes, Cheney, Obamas, the Mullens, the Petraeus, down to the soldiers collecting finger trophies and killing children for sport, then this unholy marriage makes perfect sense.

Shameful Sham of ‘UN?’ Gaza Flotilla Report

A 12 min interview of Michael Ratner by Paul Jay.

The debunking of the absolutely incorrect assertion that Gaza Blockade is legal. Human Right Crimes of the worst kind in the form of Collective Punishment. Who were the members of the commission? The answer might just shock you. If you answered neutral technocrats/experts/judges, sorry, you answered incorrectly. Watch the video and learn the identity of the four members of the commission.

India scared of truth about Kashmir! Deports US Journalist

India deports US journalist for reporting on Kashmir

NEW DELHI: As the Indian government scurried to deal with a growing outrage about unmarked mass graves unearthed in Kashmir, it deported an American journalist on Friday who was known for his critical reporting of human rights violations in the Himalayan region.

Airport sources said David Barsamian, a radio journalist who has worked closely with Noam Chomsky, Eqbal Ahmed and Edward Saeed, was deported on his arrival at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport
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Mr Barsamian has visited India regularly for more than three decades and speaks fluent Hindi and Urdu. He has reported extensively on the Kashmir resistance against Indian rule in their Himalayan homeland.

He is an accomplished sitar player.

Last November India deported Prof Richard Shapiro, an American academic, on charges of continued “political activism in the state while on a tourist visa”. More recently it has proactively blocked the entry of Indian journalists and human rights workers into Kashmir.
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Mass Graves in Indian Occupied KASHMIR confirmed

Inquiry confirms Kashmir unmarked graves
More than 2,000 bodies have been found buried in several unmarked graves in Kashmir, believed to be victims of the divided region’s separatist revolt, an Indian human rights commission said in a report.

“At 38 places visited in north Kashmir, there were 2,156 unidentified dead bodies buried in unmarked graves,” the inquiry report published on Saturday by the Indian government’s Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission (J&KSHRC) said.

Kashmir unmarked graves hold thousands of bodies
Though campaigners and community leaders in Kashmir have long said such graves exist – and often provided extensive documentary evidence to back up their claims – the report is the first official statement confirming their existence.

Indian Government Confirms Mass Graves in Kashmir

India commits 1600+ extra judicial killings in 2010: US State Dept.

Indian forces carried out 1,600 extra-judicial killings: US report

WASHINGTON, April 8: The Indian government and its agents have committed arbitrary or unlawful killings, including extrajudicial killings, in Jammu and Kashmir, says a US State Department report released on Friday. According to the department`s 2010 human rights reports, as many as 1,616 extrajudicial or unlawful killings were committed in India up to Oct 17 last year.
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On Sept 7, Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony ordered a new inquiry into the death of Capt Sumit Kohli. The army claimed Mr Kohli committed suicide while serving in Lolab Valley in Jammu and Kashmir in 2006, but family members claimed he had been killed because he had found out about an extrajudicial killing of four railway porters staged by his senior officers.The Public Safety Act, which applies only in Jammu and Kashmir, permits state authorities to detain persons without charge or judicial review for as long as two years. During this time family members do not have access to detainees, and detainees do not have access to legal counsel.
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Brave Woman defies Indian Army

On February 23, 1991, Indian Army committed mass rapes of many women in the village of Kunan Poshpora in Indian occupied Kashmir. See Wikipedia:Kunan Poshpora incident or Google Search:Kunan Poshpora rape to research the incident in more detail.
Tabish Naseer gives an account of a 50 year old mother Bhakti who stood up against the heinous perpetrators of the atrocities. See @ Courage has a face in Kunan-Poshpora

Bhakti says, “The officer had said to her that they had made an appeal which was granted and they were ready to pay compensation, provided villagers say that army has not done anything here.”

“Even if you give me money equaling the length and breadth of this house even then I won’t change my word. Till the judgment day the blood will ooze from our wounds,” was Bhakti’s reply.

How long will the world powers that speak of democracy, freedom and human rights remain silent on these and many worse atrocities being committed in Kashmir by India? How long will they stand silent on the subjugation and occupation of a people whose only demand is that they be given the right to determine their own future? A fair UN vote/plebiscite/ballot. The world powers/politicians/diplomats only pay lip service when they speak of freedom of oppressed people around the globe, but the Kashmiris are paying with their blood for their cherished dream of FREEDOM.

Wikileaks: Abuse ‘widespread’ in Kashmir jails

Abuse ‘widespread’ in Kashmir jails

Leaked cable suggests US diplomats were briefed by the Red Cross of continued torture in Indian-administered Kashmir.

Torture has been routinely used in prisons in Indian-administered Kashmir, a US cable released by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks has suggested.

The memo, titled “ICRC frustrated with the Indian government”
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Techniques included electric shock treatment, sexual and water torture and nearly 300 cases of “roller” abuse in which a round metal object is placed on the thighs of a sitting detainee and then sat on by guards to crush the muscles, according to the cable.

The memo added that since torture and ill-treatment continues unbated, “the ICRC is forced to conclude that the Government of India (GOI) condones torture”.
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The memo added that the ICRC reported that ill-treatment and torture “is regular and widespread” and “always takes place in the presence of officers” and that the ICRC “has raised these issues with the government of India for more than 10 years”.

israel guilty of ‘summary execution” of flotilla activists: UN

UN Human Rights council has found “clear evidence” of israel’s crimes in the flotilla massacre. Needless to say, israel’s biggest supporter United States of America yet again voted against the report & resolution (Partners in murder!).

UN backs damning report on Israel’s flotilla attack

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The inquiry said Israel broke international humanitarian and human rights law in the incident, and found “clear evidence to support prosecutions” for crimes including “willful killing; torture or inhuman treatment; willfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health.”Of the nine fatalities in the incident, the probe said that six were victims of actions “consistent with … summary execution.”
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UN Fact-Finding Mission Says Israelis “Executed” US Citizen Furkan Dogan

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The report reveals that Dogan, the 19-year-old US citizen of Turkish descent, was filming with a small video camera on the top deck of the Mavi Marmara when he was shot twice in the head, once in the back and in the left leg and foot and that he was shot in the face at point blank range while lying on the ground.

The report says Dogan had apparently been “lying on the deck in a conscious or semi-conscious, state for some time” before being shot in his face.

The forensic evidence that establishes that fact is “tattooing around the wound in his face,” indicating that the shot was “delivered at point blank range.” The report describes the forensic evidence as showing that “the trajectory of the wound, from bottom to top, together with a vital abrasion to the left shoulder that could be consistent with the bullet exit point, is compatible with the shot being received while he was lying on the ground on his back.”

Based on both “forensic and firearm evidence,” the fact-finding panel concluded that Dogan’s killing and that of five Turkish citizens by the Israeli troops on the Mavi Marmari May 31 “can be characterized as extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions.”
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Although the report’s revelations and conclusions about the killing of Dogan and the five other victims were widely reported in the Turkish media last week, not a single story on the report has appeared in US news media.

The administration has made it clear through its inaction and its explicit public posture that it has no intention of pressing the issue of the murder of a US citizen in cold blood by Israeli commandos.
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The account, provided by the OHCHR of the events on board the Mavi Marmara on its way to help break the economic siege of Gaza May 31 of this year, refutes the version of events aggressively pushed by the Israeli military and supports the testimony of passengers on board.
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Contrary to Israeli claims that one or more Israeli troops were wounded by firearms, the report says no medical evidence of a gunshot wound to an Israeli soldier was found.
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The fact-finding mission was chaired by Judge Karl T. Hudson-Phillips, Q.C., retired judge of the International Criminal Court and former attorney general of Trinidad and Tobago, and included Sir Desmond de Silva, Q.C. of the United Kingdom, former chief prosecutor of the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone and Ms. Mary Shanthi Dairiam of Malaysia, founding member of the board of directors of the International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific.
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Indian Military Criminals Not Welcome in Canada

Canada refused entry to retired Indian General Amrik Bahia due to his role in human right violations in Indian Occupied Kashmir. The incident came on the heels of a recent refusal to a member of the Indian BSF (Border Security Force)

for his association with what Toronto considers a “notoriously violent” force

Sources:
Canada bars Lt-Gen over J&K ‘record’
Canada humiliates Indian General over IHK abuses

Indian Commonwealth Games: Sorry State of Affairs

After New Delhi was awarded the 2010 Commonwealth Games (slotted to begin October 3), India was strutting about claiming the Games would set the stage for a subseqent successful Olympics bid. However, thanks to mismanagement and bungling preparations, the runup process will do anything but inspire confidence in the Olympics Committee. Things got so bad that Mike Hooper(chief executive of the London-based Commonwealth Games Federation publicly took the Indian organisers to task and berated them for inadequate preparations. After a public slanging match between him and Indian organisers, a truce of sorts seemed to have been managed between the two parties.