War Crimes Trial on Newsnight

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Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:38:44 EST

[AggressiveProgressives] War Crimes Trial on Newsnight

 

 

 

 

Ironic, isn't it? We went to look for WMD and chemical weapons and we

are the ones using them.

 

Freedom. Does it come at the end of a gun barrel (which is what Rice

said recently)? Or chemical weapons that we use if we must...because

we are the Christians with God on our side... Below this report

from Dahr, I have included a song I remember by one of my favorite

poets/musicians, Bob Dylan -- " With God On Our Side. "

 

 

** Dahr Jamail's Iraq Dispatches **

** Visit the Dahr Jamail Iraq website http://dahrjamailiraq.com **

** Website by http://jeffpflueger.com **

 

Dahr Jamail will be participating as a witness regarding war crimes in

Fallujah and the torturing of Iraqis in US military detention centers

in Iraq.

 

*With ongoing controversy surrounding the conduct of the war in Iraq

and the treatment of terror suspects in the wider " War on Terror " ,

Newsnight is to stage a special programme entitled: " The Allies on Trial " *

 

Allegations about the allies' conduct of war in Iraq,

counter-insurgency measures and claims of torture in the " War on

Terror " - plus the use of " extraordinary rendition " by the US -

continue to surface.

 

Jeremy Paxman will chair a special programme exploring whether the

allies are guilty of war crimes.

 

The programme, to be broadcast on Wednesday, 14 December will take the

form of a trial, with advocates arguing the case for the prosecution

and defence with the help of witness and expert testimony.

 

Clive Stafford Smith - the Legal Director of Reprieve; a charity that

defends prisoners facing the death penalty - will lead the prosecution.

Barrister John Cooper will argue for the defence.

 

A jury of specially chosen undecided members of the public will give

their verdict.

 

Over the coming days we are inviting viewers to submit their opinions

and evidence to the programme.

 

The program will be broadcast at 2230 UK time, Wednesday, December 14th.

 

 

 

WITH GOD ON OUR SIDE

by Bob Dylan

 

Oh my name it is nothin' My age it means less

The country I come from Is called the Midwest

I's taught and brought up there The laws to abide

And that land that I live in Has God on its side.

 

Oh the history books tell it, They tell it so well

The cavalries charged The Indians fell

The cavalries charged The Indians died

Oh the country was young With God on its side.

 

Oh the Spanish-American War had its day

And the Civil War too Was soon laid away

And the names of the heroes I's made to memorize

With guns in their hands And God on their side.

 

Oh the First World War, boys It closed out its fate

The reason for fighting I never got straight

But I learned to accept it Accept it with pride

For you don't count the dead When God's on your side.

 

When the Second World War Came to an end

We forgave the Germans And we were friends

Though they murdered six million In the ovens they fried

The Germans now too Have God on their side.

 

I've learned to hate Russians All through my whole life

If another war starts It's them we must fight

To hate them and fear them To run and to hide

And accept it all bravely With God on my side.

 

But now we got weapons Of the chemical dust

If fire them we're forced to Then fire them we must

One push of the button And a shot the world wide

And you never ask questions When God's on your side.

 

In a many dark hour I've been thinkin' about this

That Jesus Christ Was betrayed by a kiss

But I can't think for you You'll have to decide

Whether Judas Iscariot Had God on his side.

 

So now as I'm leavin' I'm weary as Hell

The confusion I'm feelin' Ain't no tongue can tell

The words fill my head And fall to the floor

If God's on our side He'll stop the next war

 

 

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