John Galtung just said

[jmatthan]

just a few moments ago that there is no way the Americans would win against the Iraqis. He then went on to say the the Iraqi resistance is fighting not only for Iraqis but also for the entire world against American Imperialism.

One startling figure he stated that was that the American Empire has been responsible for between 12 to 16 million deaths - putting it on par with the Nazis.

This was the final speech for today at the War Tribunal on Iraq being held at Istanbul,

Tomorrow will be even more interesting.

Here is the programme for tomorrow and day after (you can hear and see it live on the internet - go to http://www.worldtribunal.org/main/?b=1):

THIRD DAY, 26 JUNE 2005

09:00 – 09:10 Summary of the Previous Day

Fifth Session / Cultural Heritage, Environment and World Resources (Moderator: Hilal Elver)

09:10 – 09:20 Hilal Elver: The Framework of the Session
09:20 – 09:40 Gül Pulhan: The Destruction of Cultural Heritage: A Report from the Istanbul Initiative
09:40 – 10:00 Witness - Amal Al Khedairy: Testimony on the Destruction of Cultural Heritage
10:00 – 10:20 Joel Kovel: The Ecological Implications of the War
10:20 – 10:40 Witness - Souad Naji Al-Azzawi: Tes. on Radioactive Contamination in Iraq
10:40 – 11:00 Questions from the Jury

Sixth Session / Global Security Environment and Future Alternatives (Moderator: Ay?e Gül Alt?nay)

11:20 – 11:40 Ay?e Gül Alt?nay: Militarism and the Culture of Violence
11:40 – 12:00 Nadje Al-Ali: Gender and War: The Plight of Iraqi Women
12:00 – 12:20 Liz Fekete: Creating Racism and Intolerance
12:20 – 12:40 Samir Amin: The Economy of Militarization
12:40 – 13:00 Ahmad Mohamed Al-Jaradat Relationship between Iraq, Palestine and Israel.
13:00 – 13:20 Questions from the Jury

Sixth Session / Cont.

14:30 – 14:50 Wamidh Nadhmi: Polarization and the Narrowing Scope of Political Alternatives
14:50 – 15:10 John Ross: Collateral Damage: The Mexican Example
15:10 – 15:30 Christine Chinkin: Human Security versus State Security
15:30 – 15:50 Ken Coates: The Future of the Peace Movement
15:50 – 16:10 Corrine Kumar: Towards a New Political Imaginary
16:10 – 16:30 Biju Matthew: Alternatives for an Alternative Future
16:30 – 17:00 WTI ?stanbul Coordination: The WTI as an Alternative: An Experimental Assertion
17:00 – 17:20 Questions from the Jury

17:40 – 18:00 Richard Falk - Closing Speech on Behalf of the Panel of Advocates
18:00 – 18:20 Arundhati Roy - Closing Speech on Behalf of the Jury of Conscience
18:20 – 18:30 The Closing of the World Tribunal on Iraq, Istanbul.

27 JUNE 2005
11.00 Press conference announcing the decision of the Jury of Conscience at Hotel Armada

Jacob Matthan
http://MoveTheUN.blogspot.com
Oulu, Finland

[annabanana]

1. aw heck... What do they care

what a bunch of furriner's has to say...

[jmatthan]

2. Then you should have heard the outstanding speech

by Barbarara Olshansky: Covert Practices in the U.S. War on Terror and the Implications for International Law: The Guantanamo Example (Not a furriner!!)

Barbara Olshansky is the Assistant Legal Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. Barbara's current docket at the Center includes class action lawsuits concerning immigrants' rights, race discrimination in employment and education, environmental justice and public health, prisoners' rights, and Native American rights.

Today, she showed the link between Guantanamo and the way the Bush malAdmnistration manipulated and took action within "hours" of September 11 in rounding up and disapperaring illegally over 1500 innocent Middle Easterners (but, of course, not those furriner Saudis who said bye bye and flew back to Saudi Arabia) , and more.

Jacob Matthan
http://MoveThe UN.blogspot.com
Oulu, Finland