NION Statement on Capture of Saddam
The Bush administration, along with the corporate media, has heralded the recent capture of Saddam Hussein as a great victory. They will use this capture and attempt to further legitimize their occupation and to silence all criticism and opposition. However, one thing is unquestionably clear, the illegal occupation of Iraq still continues.
This "new development" in the "war on terrorism" does not change the fact that this war is immoral, unjust, and illegitimate. It does not change the violations of international law, the lies used to justify the war--like finding weapons of mass destruction or "liberating" the Iraqi people--or the tens of thousands of Iraqi lives stolen, or the hundreds of US lives lost. This will not end the Iraqi resistance, as the administration might have hoped; only a withdrawal of troops and an end to the occupation will do that.
And as they talk about finally seeking justice for the Iraqi people by putting Saddam on trial, they will conveniently leave out any mention of the crimes done to the Iraqi people by the United States. It was the US who supplied the dictator with the very weapons he used against his people. It was the US led sanctions that killed over half a million Iraqi children since 1990. Who will put the US administration on trial for war crimes?
The capture of Saddam Hussein does not mean freedom for the Iraqi people. Only the right to self-determination and self-governance will ensure their liberation. Resistance to this war and occupation is needed more than ever!
End the Occupation!
U.S. Troops Out of Iraq!
Iraqi Nation for the Iraqis Themselves!
NION National Office
No War on the World - No Detentions and Roundups - No Police State Restrictions
http://www.notinourname.net info@notinourname.net 212-969-8058
Please also see:
Aftermath - Jo Wilding
Reactions around Baghdad and beyond to the capture of Saddam.
“The Americans are using some kind of weapon, sort of small globes of white light that split into smaller lights and as they get nearer the ground it turns to gas. They’re thrown out by aircraft, a fighter plane rather than a helicopter. We don’t know what it is. People think it’s a polluted substance or something and some people think it’s some kind of sleeping drug to calm things down because they lost control of Fallujah and Ramadi yesterday. The aircraft has a very loud voice which is working on people’s nerves, it’s like sound bombs or something.
http://www.wildfirejo.org.uk/feature/display/57/index.php
Another Home Pillaged, More Illegal Detentions - Dahr Jamail
http://electroniciraq.net/news/1272.shtml
Cluster Bombs, Assassinations and Dead Children - Mike Whitney
"Newspaper coverage limited itself to vivid descriptions of America’s 'smart bombs', leading many Americans to believe that the entire affair was 'surgical' .." Saturday, December 13 2003 @ 11:45 PM EST
http://www.palestinechronicle.com/story.php?sid=20031213234538401
No More Mr. Nice Guy:
Bush Gets Serious About Killing Iraqis
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Articles9/Nimmo_Nice-Murderer.htm
US courts slam Bush's anti-terrorism policies
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=22&art_id=qw1071823322955B226&set_id=1
CIA and DoD Attempted To Plant WMDs in Iraq — and Failed http://www.envirosagainstwar.org/edit/index.php?op=view&itemid=331
Is It Really Hussein? Does It Matter?, by Heather Wokusch
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1218-02.htm
WORLD CONNED AS U.S. GRABS IRAQ SANTA
http://www.gulufuture.com/saddam-capture.htm
The Capture of Saddam, Is it Really Over? - Ramzy Baroud
http://www.palestinechronicle.com/story.php?sid=2003121617371526
Medical evacuations from Iraq near 11,000
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20031217-032344-8720r
The Trial of Saddam; Brought to You by CMM Corporate Mindless Media
http://www.blackcommentator.com/69/69_cover_media.html
Iraq: Annan seeks mid-January meeting with coalition, Governing Council
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=9263&Cr=iraq&Cr1=
The Saddam Doubles Theories
http://www.rense.com/general46/doub.htm
Iraq: Only justice can serve the future of Iraq http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engmde141832003
Iraq: No Political Show Trial for Saddam Hussein;
International Expert Participation Key to Trial http://www.hrw.org/press/2003/12/iraq121403.htm
Fear of Iraqi war crimes tribunal's credibility
Legal experts fear Iraqi war crimes tribunal could be seen as 'US puppet show', propose UN role in trials By Stephanie van den Berg - THE HAGUE, http://www.middle-east-online.com
The Bush administration, along with the corporate media, has heralded the recent capture of Saddam Hussein as a great victory. They will use this capture and attempt to further legitimize their occupation and to silence all criticism and opposition. However, one thing is unquestionably clear, the illegal occupation of Iraq still continues.
This "new development" in the "war on terrorism" does not change the fact that this war is immoral, unjust, and illegitimate. It does not change the violations of international law, the lies used to justify the war--like finding weapons of mass destruction or "liberating" the Iraqi people--or the tens of thousands of Iraqi lives stolen, or the hundreds of US lives lost. This will not end the Iraqi resistance, as the administration might have hoped; only a withdrawal of troops and an end to the occupation will do that.
And as they talk about finally seeking justice for the Iraqi people by putting Saddam on trial, they will conveniently leave out any mention of the crimes done to the Iraqi people by the United States. It was the US who supplied the dictator with the very weapons he used against his people. It was the US led sanctions that killed over half a million Iraqi children since 1990. Who will put the US administration on trial for war crimes?
The capture of Saddam Hussein does not mean freedom for the Iraqi people. Only the right to self-determination and self-governance will ensure their liberation. Resistance to this war and occupation is needed more than ever!
End the Occupation!
U.S. Troops Out of Iraq!
Iraqi Nation for the Iraqis Themselves!
NION National Office
No War on the World - No Detentions and Roundups - No Police State Restrictions
http://www.notinourname.net info@notinourname.net 212-969-8058
Please also see:
Aftermath - Jo Wilding
Reactions around Baghdad and beyond to the capture of Saddam.
“The Americans are using some kind of weapon, sort of small globes of white light that split into smaller lights and as they get nearer the ground it turns to gas. They’re thrown out by aircraft, a fighter plane rather than a helicopter. We don’t know what it is. People think it’s a polluted substance or something and some people think it’s some kind of sleeping drug to calm things down because they lost control of Fallujah and Ramadi yesterday. The aircraft has a very loud voice which is working on people’s nerves, it’s like sound bombs or something.
http://www.wildfirejo.org.uk/feature/display/57/index.php
Another Home Pillaged, More Illegal Detentions - Dahr Jamail
http://electroniciraq.net/news/1272.shtml
Cluster Bombs, Assassinations and Dead Children - Mike Whitney
"Newspaper coverage limited itself to vivid descriptions of America’s 'smart bombs', leading many Americans to believe that the entire affair was 'surgical' .." Saturday, December 13 2003 @ 11:45 PM EST
http://www.palestinechronicle.com/story.php?sid=20031213234538401
No More Mr. Nice Guy:
Bush Gets Serious About Killing Iraqis
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Articles9/Nimmo_Nice-Murderer.htm
US courts slam Bush's anti-terrorism policies
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=22&art_id=qw1071823322955B226&set_id=1
CIA and DoD Attempted To Plant WMDs in Iraq — and Failed http://www.envirosagainstwar.org/edit/index.php?op=view&itemid=331
Is It Really Hussein? Does It Matter?, by Heather Wokusch
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1218-02.htm
WORLD CONNED AS U.S. GRABS IRAQ SANTA
http://www.gulufuture.com/saddam-capture.htm
The Capture of Saddam, Is it Really Over? - Ramzy Baroud
http://www.palestinechronicle.com/story.php?sid=2003121617371526
Medical evacuations from Iraq near 11,000
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20031217-032344-8720r
The Trial of Saddam; Brought to You by CMM Corporate Mindless Media
http://www.blackcommentator.com/69/69_cover_media.html
Iraq: Annan seeks mid-January meeting with coalition, Governing Council
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=9263&Cr=iraq&Cr1=
The Saddam Doubles Theories
http://www.rense.com/general46/doub.htm
Iraq: Only justice can serve the future of Iraq http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engmde141832003
Iraq: No Political Show Trial for Saddam Hussein;
International Expert Participation Key to Trial http://www.hrw.org/press/2003/12/iraq121403.htm
Fear of Iraqi war crimes tribunal's credibility
Legal experts fear Iraqi war crimes tribunal could be seen as 'US puppet show', propose UN role in trials By Stephanie van den Berg - THE HAGUE, http://www.middle-east-online.com