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    Re: Collateral Murder - 10 years on - report Archived Message

    Posted by Sir Michael Mouse on April 5, 2020, 6:58 pm, in reply to "Collateral Murder - 10 years on - Webinar 5pm today - link"



    Covid 19 restrictions in place – event streamed online

    Nozomi Hayaze documented emergence of Wikileaks in book ‘the Global Forth Estate’

    Kristinn Hrafnsson is Editor in Chief at Wikileaks

    Ann Wright hosting is a former US Army Colonel and whistleblower

    US military culture discussed..’Indian country’ often used to describe hostile or unknown terrain. ‘Apache’ is name given to attack helicopter. ‘Crazy horse’ call sign was referred to in the video. This illustrated the historical problem past deeds being whitewashed. Missiles are described as Peacemakers.

    Orwell quote cited – ‘Political language… is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.’

    KH – Reuters staff in Baghdad felt their employer was not pursuing the truth about the killing of one of their journalists with any determination.

    Julian Assange’s condition – Bail has been refused. He remains at risk.
    KH – COVID 19 is spreading in the UK prison system. 1 third of all uk prison staff are self -isolating. Prisoners not being released yet in UK.
    WikiLeaks are fighting for JA release. He is a remand prisoner not sentenced for any crime. It is criminal to keep him in prison. ie Beyond negligent.

    Chelsea Manning was released eventually after a suicide attempt. She was charged around 1,000 dollars a day for period of confinement because she refused to testify against Wikileaks. However the fines were paid through donations within 2 days.

    How to add your voice. Do anything you can to pressure politicians. Look at website for updates.

    https://dontextraditeassange.com/

    In 1 week he will have been in Belmarsh for 1 year.
    Representatives from Sam Adam’s award team including AW had dinner with JA in embassy. We need to keep supporting the whistleblowers.
    KH – We are on the right side of history

    DEA on twitter

    https://twitter.com/deacampaign?lang=en

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