Fw: [Peace-discuss] Fwd: War is illegal - International Declaration

[Randall Cotton]

I'm not sure how I missed it when I first read this statement, but part of
it says "well documented evidence shows that the official explanation of
9/11 cannot be correct." This is in the context of calling for an
international investigation of the 9/11 events. I support an international
investigation but while I don't discount the possibility that this claim
is true, I haven't seriously considered the matter and can neither aver or
deny the truth of that claim. So I'm not sure I will propose AWARE become
signatory to this at tomorrow's meeting after all (maybe at a later
meeting instead). I may revoke my own personal signature to the statement
as well until I clarify this issue (being a well-executed project, one can
revoke one's signature simply through e-mail, according to information on
the website).

Can anyone provide or lead me to unassailable facts showing the truth or
falsehood of this claim?

R

PS We can speculate infinitely on this matter of course, but I don't think
that's useful - I'm definitely not suggesting anyone engage in that on
this list and hope folks will resist any such temptation. Just facts or
pointers to such, please.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randall Cotton" <recotton at earthlink.net>
To: "Peace-discuss" <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Fwd: War is illegal - International
Declaration


: Hear, Hear!
:
: An excellent statement and a serious, well-organized international
effort.
:
: I urge folks to take a moment, read the statement, go to the website and
: consider signing.
:
: I also plan to propose AWARE sign as a group at next week's meeting, so
: especially if you plan to attend, please have a look at the statement.
:
: R
:
: PS: One might ask oneself what good can a signature on a German website
: do? I happen to believe that in the future (however far), well-organized
: international peace efforts conducted electronically via the Internet
have
: the potential to profoundly transform grassroots activism into powerful
: global forces. Efforts like this in Germany I think offer the first
: glimmer of what's possible and so it should be supported on that
principle
: and not just on the value of its statement. Not every effort deserves
our
: attention, but this one seems particularly serious and well-executed.
:
: ----- Original Message ----- 
: From: "Brussel Morton K." <mkbrussel at comcast.net>
: To: "Peace-discuss" <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>
: Cc: <peace at anti-war.net>
: Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:55 PM
: Subject: [Peace-discuss] Fwd: War is illegal - International Declaration
:
:
: FYI. Perhaps AWARE should affix its name, as well as individuals.
:
: Begin forwarded message:
:
: > From: email at hbuecker.net
: > Date: April 23, 2008 10:21:07 PM CDT
: > To: brussel at uiuc.edu
: > Subject: War is illegal - International Declaration
: >
: >
: >  Please take a look at  war-is-illegal.org
: > an international declaration initiated by shops and international
: > artists in Berlin
: >
: > If you would like to have your name added to the list please reply
: > to this e-mail
: > send name or name of organisation - work or activity - city/country
: > - and a website address if you like
: >
: > Thank you very much
: > Heinrich Buecker
: > Coop Cafe,  Berlin, Rochstr.3
: >
: >
: >
: >
: >
: > War is illegal
: >
: > Against a background of escalating ecological crises, and the fact
: > that large parts of the world´s population are being exposed to
: > extreme poverty, inhuman working conditions and increasing social
: > tensions, the annual global military expenditure has risen to more
: > than 1000 billion dollars.
: > The military-industrial complex of just a few G8 countries is
: > responsible for the overwhelming part of this spending, causing
: > incalcuable social and ecological consequences.
: >
: > Unequal distribution of global resources, increasingly controlled
: > by large multinational companies, global debt policy and unfair
: > international trading practices ultimately could not be maintained
: > without military security. In many countries the military is used
: > to repress critical opposition.
: >
: > The terror attacks of September 11, 2001 are increasingly used to
: > justify systematic surveillance and the dismantling of
: > constitutional rights. Even European countries have helped to
: > establish Guantanomo-like secret prisons, where torture in all
: > probability takes place.
: >
: > Iraq was attacked based on falsified evidence causing the death of
: > hundreds of thousands of people, widespread destruction,
: > destabilization and contamination with cancer-causing depleted
: > uranium munitions.
: > Now plans to attack Iran and the possibility of a new World War
: > have been made public, meeting resistance even from moderate
: > elements within the military due to the unforeseeable consequences.
: >
: > Faced with the choice between a war, that according to some western
: > leaders, will last for many years or a possible peaceful
: > transformation we support the following demands:
: >
: > 1) Impeachment proceedings against US President Bush and US Vice
: > President Cheney before the 2008 election, a demand raised in
: > solidarity with large parts of the US public and some members of US
: > Congress. Furthermore prosecution by the International Court of
: > Justice of G. W. Bush, R. Cheney and other officials from various
: > countries for waging wars of aggression contrary to international
: > law and committing crimes against humanity.
: >
: > 2) International investigation of the September 11, 2001 terror
: > attacks. They are used as the central justification for the "War on
: > Terror", but well documented evidence shows that the official
: > explanation of 9/11 cannot be correct. International personalities
: > in science, politics, and culture, including high-ranking military
: > veterans, have called for a new investigation.
: >
: > 3) Immediate military withdrawal from Afghanistan and Iraq, and no
: > attack against Iran. International prohibition of war as a means of
: > conflict resolution. Military intervention and export of weapons
: > should be criminalized.
: > In a civilized society torture must be prohibited in any form.
: >
: > 4) Conversion of military industries to civilian purposes and the
: > development of ecological and sustainable energy resources.
: > According to the UN environmental agency, a fraction of the annual
: > global defence expenditure could ensure that all humans have access
: > to clean water and a basic supply of food and healthcare.
: >
: > This statement is based on a commitment to non-violence and
: > tolerance of all ethnic groups and religions. Two devastating World
: > Wars and historical catastrophes like the Nazi Holocaust must
: > always remind us of the worst consequences of nationalism, racism
: > and incitement to war.
: >
: > Sign this statement, pass it on, whatever we can do. It is up to us.
: >
: >
: >
: >
: >
: >
: >
: > signed by 1200 groups, businesses and individuals:
: >
: > to see websites of most signatories go to www.war-is-illegal.org
: >
: >
: > David Swanson - Co-founder Impeachment Coalition- USA
: > Nina Hagen - Musician - Berlin/Germany
: > Cynthia McKinney -US Presidential Candidate, Green Party 2008
: > CODEPINK Women for Peace - co-founder Gael Murphy- USA
: > Green Party of Washington State - Maryrose Asher, Chair - USA
: > Dr. Axel Troost - Member of German parliament - Bremen/Germany
: > Jonah House - Community/Nonviolence/Resistance - Baltimore/USA
: > Ko Un - Poet and Writer -Ansong/South Korea
: > Food Not Bombs - co-founder Keith McHenry- NM/USA
: > Eckart Spoo - Editor of biweekly magazine "Ossietzky"- Berlin/Germany
: > Felicia Langer - Alternative Nobel Prize Laureate - Tüb./Germany
: > Nebraskans for Peace-Statewide peace & justice organization-
: > Lincoln, NE/USA
: > Grassrootsamerica4us - Founder Tina Richards - USA -
: > grassrootsamerica4us.org
: > Dr. Motte - Founder Loveparade, Musician, DJ - Berlin/Germany
: > Michael Parenti Ph.D. - political author & scholar - Berkeley, Cal./
: > USA
: > Harold Barclay, PhD. - Prof. Anthropology University Alberta -
: > Edmonton/Canada
: > The Internationale of Military Draft Resisters- Berlin/Germany.
: > Combatants For Peace - Palestinian-Israeli Peace - Palestine
: > Renate Bahr - Co-Founder of Green Party Austria
: > Dr. Stefan Silber - spokesperson Pax Christi- Sailauf/Germany
: > Carsten Labudda -politician, DIE LINKE -Weinheim/Germany
: > Green Party of Delaware - David A. McCorquodale, Treasure - USA
: > Karin Gaulke - Projectsecretary Women Center Marie e.V. - Berlin/
: > Germany
: > Inge Keller - honorary member Deutsches Theater Berlin - Germany
: > Heike Haensel - Member of German parliament - Tüb./Germany
: > Seasolarstore - Energy Alternatives Inc. - Barrington, NH/USA
: > Ekkehard Sieker - TV-Journalist - Bad Hönningen/Germany
: > Peace Not War Japan -Raising awareness about peace -Tokyo/Japan
: > Freewayblogger - 3000 antiwar highway signs - California/USA
: > Phil Burk - Restoring Democracy - USA
: > Richard Sanders - Coalition to Oppose the Arms-Trade --Ottawa/Canada
: > Hedva Shemesh- Artist, Art Curator- Jerusalem/Israel
: > Coalition to Reaffirm and Extend the Geneva Conventions-Eugene, OR/USA
: > Anas Karzai, Ph.D - Professor of Sociology - Barrie, Ontario/Canada
: > Billionaires for Bush- Corporate Lobbyists - USA
: > Hans Boës - Futurologist - Berlin/Germany
: > Tom Santoni - Veterans For Peace - musician - Hastings, Florida/USA
: > Barbara Waschmann - Documentary Film Festival - Vienna/Austria
: > AlternaTees- Sweatshop-Free Tees for Peace - Brooklyn, NY/USA
: > Peace Movement Aotearoa - Peace Organisation - Aotearoa/New Zealand
: > Antinuclear.net - Christina Macpherson - Melbourne/Australia
: > Olaf Brühl - Film Director - Berlin/Germany
: > Querkopf e.V.- Homeless & Unemployed Newspaper Berlin/Germany
: > TUC Radio - Independent Radio - San Francisco/USA
: > Carlos Latuff - Cartoonist - Rio de Janeiro/Brazil
: > Indymedia Perth - Ray Grenfell, editor - Perth/Australia
: > Unite - Union of Workers - Auckland/New Zealand
: > Peace NO War Network - Lee Siu Hin - Los Angeles, CA/USA
: > Consumers for Peace - Peekskill, New York/USA
: > The Camp for Climate Action 2007- Leeds/UK
: > Ole Lehmann - Comedian, actor - Berlin/Germany
: > Charleston Peace - Anna Shockley - Charleston, SC, USA
: > Art Voices Against Poverty - Anne Radstaak - Germany
: > Wales Network for Peace & Nonviolence - Cardiff/UK
: > Peacetaxseven - No taxes for financing war - United Kingdom
: > SAWA - Support Association for the Women of Afghanistan - Australia
: > Midwest Independent Film Festival - Chicago, IL, USA
: >  agitart.org Artist/Activist collaborative - Los Angeles/Boston/USA
: > Dr. Maximilian C. Forte - Ass. Professor, Anthropology - Montreal/
: > Canada
: > Dr. Matthias Beier- Psychoanalyst, Scholar of Religion -NYC/USA
: > South Florida Raging Grannies-Promoting Peace, Justice, Equality-
: > Florida/USA
: > Murat Karabey -Actor - Berlin/German
: > Humanist Party of India -Sudhir Gandotra - Delhi/India
: > Brian Willson - USAF VN Vet, Veterans For Peace -Arcata, CA/USA
: > Permakultur Austria - Sustainable Living -Austria
: > Kolahstudio - Iranian Urban Art Movement - Teheran/Iran
: > Mondo Senza Guerre- Disarmo e Nonviolenza - Italy
: > Workers Solidarity- Antonio Rus Serrano- Madrid/Spain
: > Susan Dorothea White- Artist, Author - Sydney/Australia
: > Joe Kincheloe- Professor (McGill University) - Montreal/Canada
: > Kurt Daims- Vermont Town Petition to arrest Bush/Cheney -
: > Brattleboro, VT/USA
: > Environmentalists Against War- Gar Smith, co-founder - Berkeley, CA/
: > USA
: > Farah Notash- Artist, Left Unity - Vienna/Austria
: > Angie Zelter- Peace and environmental campaigner UK
: > Ukhampacha Bolivia- Indigenous Journalism - La Paz/Bolivia
: > Demokratische Linke - Landesverband Berlin/Germany
: > Global Coalition for Peace - Bethesda MD, USA
: > Elke Zwinge-Makamizile - documentary maker- Berlin/Germany
: > Café Zapata - Club, Café - Oranienburgerstr. 55 Berlin/Germany
: > Mohawk Nation News - Sovereignty for the Kanionke:haka
: > Sebastian Reuter- sounddesigner - Berlin/Germany
: > Ralf Mischnick - filmproduction - Berlin/Germany
: > Dirk Szuszies - film- & theatre director - Berlin/Germany
: > Middle East Children\'s Alliance - Barbara Lubin - Berkeley,CA/USA
: > Maryland United for Peace & Justice-Annual Peace Conference - USA
: > Norwich Stop the War Coalition- P. Offord - Norwich UK-
: > Zion Train - Dub/Reggae Band - London/UK
: > Dub Is A Weapon - Dave Hahn, musician- New York/USA
: > Portland Radio Authority - Alternative Radio - Portland, OR/USA
: > AVC Inc. -Trifon Haitas (Green Party) -Toronto/Canada
: > Curare e. V. - human rights organisation- Köln/Germany
: > Left Wing German Greens -Ralf Henze -Dannstadt/Germany
: > Elizabeth Barger-Artist for Peace-The Farm, Summertown, TN/USA
: > Hartford Catholic Worker Community -Christopher J. Doucot -Hartford
: > CT/USA
: > Thomas Reinert - steering committee B90/Green Party KV Coesfeld -
: > Dülmen/Germany
: > DAWN -DuPage Against War Now, Glen Ellyn-ClevelandIllinois/USA
: > United-For-Peace.org -Network for Peace -Germany
: > Malachy Kilbride -President  Wwashingtonpeacecenter.net
: > Jenny Watson - member of Pais (War Resisters International)
: > Netherlands
: > Vegan Society Austria -Felix Hnat -Vienna/Austria
: > People for Peace and Justice of Utah - grassroots movement - UT/USA
: > Carol Brouillet -Green Party candidate for Congress- Palo Alto, CA/USA
: > The July 7th Truth Campaign -London, UK
: > Else Tonke - Grandmothers against War - Berlin/Germany
: > Australian War Criminal Watch -Sydney, Australia-
: > australianwarcriminals.jitgede.com
: > SONAD- Organisation for Nonviolence & Development, Light Aganwa -
: > Khartoum/Sudan
: > Elfriede Krutsch - Medical Doctor, member of ATTAC and IPPNW. -
: > Berlin/Germany
: > Lynn Meadows - Green Party, Interfaith Council for Peace. -
: > Chelsea, MI, USA
: > Nepal Peace Party- Chair Bolaram Pandey - Kathmandu/Nepal
: > Robert Lewis - writer/filmmaker - Montreal, Canada
: > Campaign to Make War History -London/UK
: > Friendship and Peace Society - President Ellen Rosser -USA
: > Matthew Buechler - 2008 March On Ottawa-Ottawa/Canada
: > Bo Filter -Author, M.A., Psychology-Court.,  BC, Canada
: > Hermesse Julie -antropologist- Brussels, Belgium
: > Peter Bader- Verein der Deutsch-Balten Estlands - Tallinn,Estonia
: > Ralf Pandorf - Redakteur LabourNet Germany - Bochum/Germany
: > K. Bracken - Secretary Victoria Branch Maritime Union of Australia
: > Geoffrey Hagopian - Professor of Mathematics - Palm Desert, CA, USA
: > Mira Svartnes Thorsen - The Green Party Norway
: > Heidi Kloor - secretary ver.di Union - Berlin/Germany
: > Paul Craig Roberts -Former assistant editor, Wall St Journal - FL, USA
: > European Agency for Safety at Sea - Anders Björkman - Beausoleil,
: > France
: > Emmanuel Herchy - Professor for political science-Berlin, Germany
: > Fritz Vilmar- Professor for political science - Berlin/Germany
: > Women Against Military Madness - Polly Mann - MN, USA
: > Jean-Claude Englebert - ECOLO (Belgian Greens) - Brussels/Belgium
: > CONTEMPL8- Propaganda T-shirt Maker - MN, USA
: > Cristina Gay- Speaker UNE AUTRE GAUCHE - Belgium
: > Robert W. Halfhill- Green Party, Gay Activist-MN, USA
: > Sabine Schwenk - DIE LINKE Kreisverband Alzey-Worms
: > J. Benninger -Partner,  White Rose Coffeehouse - Canada
: > Gillian Norman- Dir./Prod. Avante Films - Sydney, Australia -
: > Will Thomas- Member of Veterans for Peace - Auburn, NH USA
: > Stefan Dolge - Koordination Attac Essen - Germany
: > Z-Bar - Bar, Art, Culture, Cinema  Berlin, Germany
: > Florian Gross - Co-Founder, Reopen 911 - Geneva, Switzerland
: > Robert Layton - Internat. Arbitrator - Lakeville, CT & NYC, USA
: > Dissident Voice- Kim Petersen, editor dissidentvoice.org - Anyang,
: > Korea
: > Marie Kullman - Coordinator for Buffalo War Resisters League - USA
: > Rev. Robert Mills - Minister Logos Institute of Spiritual Humanism
: > - Oakland Ca USA
: > Helene von Kolontay- DIE LINKE KV Daun - Germany
: > Rachel Gardam -Photographer ICP - New York/ USA
: > Peter Bürger-Catholic Theologian, Publisher-Duesseldorf, Germany-
: > friedensbilder.de
: > Irina Sels - Director - European School Parents Association.-
: > Brussels, Belgium
: > Dr. D. Fehrentz - chair Ass. of Victims of persecution by the Nazi
: > Regime VVN-BdA Heidelberg
: > Adam Kokesh - Iraq Veteran, US Marines -Santa Fe, NM, USA
: > Rick Pickett - Designer - Berkeley, CA, USA
: > Peter Simpson- Co-founder, Futenma-Henoko Network-Okinawa, Japan-
: > www.fhan.org
: > Bob & Adele DellaValle-Rauth- Missionaries to Haiti, Coord. Pax
: > Christi Virginia - USA
: > Nancy O’Byrne- Coordinator, Pax Christi Northeast Florida - St.
: > Augustine, USA
: > Rosemarie Pace- Director Pax Christi Metro New York - New York, NY,
: > USA
: > Daniel Tillias - Peace Worker -Haiti
: > John Downing -Pax Christi Pentagon Area -Arlington, VA, USA
: > Klaus Hartmann -Chairman of German Freethinker Association
: >
: > now more than 1200 signatories online:
: > www.war-is-illegal.org
: >
: >
: >
: >
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