[hq2600] From Cynthia McKinney: Snowed in in Seattle and, please, send a Plea for Peace to the White House

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Most people know about being "Sleepless in Seattle."  Well, I am "snowed in
in Seattle!"  But even six inches of snow in Seattle don't keep me from
becoming steamed when I read the latest news reports on the activities of
the U.S. war machine:

At a time when U.S.-Iran tensions are the highest I have experienced in my
lifetime, Danger Room of wired.com breaks a news story on 19 January 2012
that a new United States commando special operations team is operating near
Iran.  Meanwhile, a columnist in Lebanon's "The Daily Star" newspaper
writes that Syria increasingly looks like Libya.  And at the same time,
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta admits in a press conference that he
believes that the annual number of sexual assaults in the U.S. military
could number as high as 19,000.  This is from the Administration that
shamefully accused the Libyan Jahamiriya military of issuing Viagra to its
soldiers and using rape as a weapon.  And finally, coming hot on the heels
of an Algeria-ISP report that that the Obama Administration offered to
reconstitute the Libyan military, forming desert troops, special forces,
and a Libyan air force, tunisiefocus.com reports reports that U.S. troops
are already in Libya, in Brega, Ras Lanouf, and Sirte, in order to secure
Libyan oil for western markets at a very cheap price.  Further, these
reports indicate that US troops are at Mitiga Air Base east of Tripoli and
that NATO helicopters and war planes fly over Libyan towns, surveilling
everything including parties held by Libyans (
http://www.algeria-isp.com/videos/politique-libye/201201-V1682/libye-video-voir-helicoptere-otan-janvier-2012.html)
and that drones launched from a secret base in the Libyan desert surveille
Libya and neighboring countries:
http://www.algeria-isp.com/actualites/politique-libye/201112-A7555/libye-une-base-militaire-secrete-americaine-francaise-libye-katroune-video-voir-decembre-2011.html
.

Last week, I reported on numerous reports that I had read indicating that
U.S. troops were on the island of Malta waiting for the word to deploy to
Libya.  If the above reports are correct, then it would appear that that
word has been given.  Interestingly, the reports of U.S. troops were
reported in several African, Libyan, and Russian online sites, yet there
was no response from either Malta or the U.S.  In fact, the Russian site
za-afriku.ru as late as 19 January 2012 wrote, "The administration of the
United States still has not refuted a lot of messages in various MEDIA for
the transfer of 12000 troops on Malta as a preliminary step to the further
redeployment in Libya in order to control the deteriorating situation in
the country."

I am pleased to report that both Malta and the U.S. Embassy in Malta,
while neglecting the many reports out there describing U.S. and NATO
activities in Libya, felt compelled to respond to my report of this
information in apparently coordinated responses.  The government of Malta
stated in its one line response, "The allegations are completely false."
The U.S. Embassy in Malta followed suit.  However, I want to stress that
while the responses are welcome and appreciated, given events of the recent
past, it is U.S. activities in Libya that are are of utmost concern at this
moment.  All U.S. troops must be brought home, yet the following video was
posted today of the U.S. war machine on the roll, destination unknown:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS-PmhhxPG4.  As you watched that video, I
hope you thought about the number of teachers or nurses or solar heating
systems could be procured with the money wasted on this massive number of
tanks, going where?

Well, right now, the U.S. admittedly has special forces in Uganda, South
Sudan, 9,000 troops in Kuwait, radar, and for the first time ever, U.S.
troops in Israel.  Drone bases across the African Continent are in
Djibouti, Seychelles, Ethiopia, and Kenya.  On drones, Human Rights Watch
says, "CIA drone strikes have become an almost daily occurrence around the
world, but little is known about who is killed and under what
circumstances."  Drone strikes occur in Somalia and bases are expanding to
the Arabian Peninsula.  Even worse, the National Endowment for Democracy
(NED), an adjunct to the U.S. war machine, has affiliates all over the
world--just ask Nicaragua and Venezuela about their experiences with the
NED.

Nigerian military sources have confirmed for African news outlets that US
troops are scheduled to be deployed to Nigeria after AFRICOM's 2008 war
game scenario that saw 20,000 U.S. troops maintaining "security" of the
Niger Delta oil fields within a dissolved and anarchistic Nigeria.  That
war game setting was 2013.  This is Plan Colombia.  Does the Obama
Administration plan an African Continent-wide Plan Colombia?  Why such a
militarization of U.S. relationships all over the world--and even here at
home?  Will chaos and wars (like what is happening in Libya today) be
created all over Africa and the rest of Asia?

Last week, I sent a video of Amnesty International admitting that the
allegation of "African mercenaries" was a lie; at the time, it was the U.S.
and NATO that had employed mercenaries--not only the Qataris, U.S.
contractors, Italians, French, and British special forces, but also
including the members of the National Transitional Council.  That message
also included a video of an African beaten to death by these Libyan
U.S./NATO allies.  That message went viral and forced a response from the
authorities.  Please circulate this message widely so that maybe we can get
some more responses from the Administration about its policy direction.
Contact the White House at www.whitehouse.gov, tell them to bring our young
men and women home, keep the tanks home, and don't use them.

Tell the White House that you will cast your vote for peace--to stop the
drones and bring our troops home.

Finally, a sad day in journalism continues.  I just received word that the
owner of the Atlanta Jewish Times, Andrew Adler, apologized for saying that
the Israeli government ought to consider killing Barack Obama.  This is
outrageous.  I have been "deconstructed" by this very same publication, so
I am doubly saddened by this kind of loose talk by someone of authority and
responsibility at the Atlanta Jewish Times indicating that assassinating
President Obama should be an option that remains on the table for Israel to
carry out.  Enuff said.

I tried to send a photo of the Seattle snow, but for some reason, it's not
coming through.  I'll send it later if I can!



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