SYRIA AND OTHER MUSLIM COUNTRIES HOLOCAUSTED!
By Press TV
November 25, 2011 --- A War Crimes Tribunal in Malaysia has found former US President George W. Bush and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair guilty of war crimes for their roles in the Iraq war.
The five-panel Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal decided that Bush and Blair committed genocide and crimes against humanity by leading the invasion of Iraq in 2003, a Press TV correspondent reported on Tuesday.
In 2003, the US and Britain invaded Iraq in blatant violation of international law and under the pretext of finding weapons of mass destruction allegedly stockpiled by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
The Malaysian tribunal judges ruled that the decision to wage war against Iraq by the two former heads of government was a flagrant abuse of law and an act of aggression that led to large-scale massacres of the Iraqi people.
Bombings and other forms of violence became commonplace in Iraq shortly after the US-led invasion of the country.
In their ruling, the tribunal judges also stated that the US, under the leadership of Bush, fabricated documents to make it appear that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction.
However, the world later learned that the former Iraqi regime did not possess WMDs and that the US and British leaders knew this all along.
Over one million Iraqis were killed during the invasion, according to the California-based investigative organization Project Censored.
The judges also said the court findings should be provided to signatories to the Rome Statute, which established the International Criminal Court, and added that the names of Bush and Blair should be listed on a war crimes register.
WAR CRIMINAL TONY BLAIR IS NOT ARRESTED BUT THE ONE WHO HAD THE COURAGE OF ACCUSING HIM OF WAR CRIMES AND BRIBERY IS ARRESTED BY THE JEWISH CONTROLLED BRITISH GESTAPO!
Protester David Lawley Wakelin Storms Blair's Leveson Hearing
Sky News – 1 hour 39 minutes ago
The man, who told reporters his name was David Lawley
Wakelin, managed to evade security and access the court room through a
secure corridor.
He was arrested on suspicion of breach of the peace and was held in custody at a central London police station.
According to Sky sources, he was later released without any further action.
A second man was arrested by police after eggs were thrown at Mr Blair's car as he left court.
The 49-year-old who stormed the inquiry earlier appeared to catch security at the Royal Courts of Justice off guard and was able to hurl accusations at Mr Blair before he was bundled away.
As Mr Blair looked on, the said: "JP Morgan paid him off for the Iraq war. Three months after he invaded Iraq, they held up the Iraq bank for 20 billion.
"He was then paid six million dollars every year and still is from JP Morgan six months after he left office. This man is a war criminal."
Lord Justice Leveson immediately ordered an inquiry into the security breach.
Appearing slightly stunned, he said: "I'm sorry for that Mr Blair. I would like to find out how this gentleman managed to access the court through what is supposed to be a secure corridor.
"I will have an investigation undertaken about that immediately. I apologise."
Mr Blair added: "Can I just say on the record what he said about Iraq and JP Morgan is completely and totally untrue. I have never had any discussion with them about that."
The protester was escorted through the Royal Courts of Justice by security guards and was seen being driven away in a police van.
It is understood he managed to get past security-coded doors to access the judges' corridor leading to courtroom 73.
A spokesman for Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service said: "An investigation has been ordered into an incident at the Leveson Inquiry, Royal Courts of Justice. It would be inappropriate to pre-empt the findings of this investigation."
At the start of the afternoon session, Lord Leveson vowed to review security measures to guard against similar incidents.
"Considerable effort has been put into ensuring all witnesses can give their evidence in a safe and secure environment and I very much regret what has happened," he said.
"An investigation is being undertaken and I will be giving consideration to the steps that can be taken and should be taken against this particular intruder.
"Efforts will be redoubled to ensure that incidents of this nature don't recur. I repeat my apologies to Mr Blair and indeed to everyone else who was involved in or following our inquiry."
He was arrested on suspicion of breach of the peace and was held in custody at a central London police station.
According to Sky sources, he was later released without any further action.
A second man was arrested by police after eggs were thrown at Mr Blair's car as he left court.
The 49-year-old who stormed the inquiry earlier appeared to catch security at the Royal Courts of Justice off guard and was able to hurl accusations at Mr Blair before he was bundled away.
As Mr Blair looked on, the said: "JP Morgan paid him off for the Iraq war. Three months after he invaded Iraq, they held up the Iraq bank for 20 billion.
"He was then paid six million dollars every year and still is from JP Morgan six months after he left office. This man is a war criminal."
Lord Justice Leveson immediately ordered an inquiry into the security breach.
Appearing slightly stunned, he said: "I'm sorry for that Mr Blair. I would like to find out how this gentleman managed to access the court through what is supposed to be a secure corridor.
"I will have an investigation undertaken about that immediately. I apologise."
Mr Blair added: "Can I just say on the record what he said about Iraq and JP Morgan is completely and totally untrue. I have never had any discussion with them about that."
The protester was escorted through the Royal Courts of Justice by security guards and was seen being driven away in a police van.
It is understood he managed to get past security-coded doors to access the judges' corridor leading to courtroom 73.
A spokesman for Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service said: "An investigation has been ordered into an incident at the Leveson Inquiry, Royal Courts of Justice. It would be inappropriate to pre-empt the findings of this investigation."
At the start of the afternoon session, Lord Leveson vowed to review security measures to guard against similar incidents.
"Considerable effort has been put into ensuring all witnesses can give their evidence in a safe and secure environment and I very much regret what has happened," he said.
"An investigation is being undertaken and I will be giving consideration to the steps that can be taken and should be taken against this particular intruder.
"Efforts will be redoubled to ensure that incidents of this nature don't recur. I repeat my apologies to Mr Blair and indeed to everyone else who was involved in or following our inquiry."
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"A protester has branded Tony Blair a war criminal after storming the Leveson Inquiry hearing where the former prime minister is giving evidence.
The man, who told reporters his name was David Lawley Wakelin, managed to evade security and access the court room through a secure corridor.
He was arrested on suspicion of breach of the peace and was held in custody at a central London police station.
According to Sky sources, he was later released without any further action.
A second man was arrested by police after eggs were thrown at Mr Blair's car as he left court.
The 49-year-old who stormed the inquiry earlier appeared to catch security at the Royal Courts of Justice off guard and was able to hurl accusations at Mr Blair before he was bundled away.
As Mr Blair looked on, the said: "JP Morgan paid him off for the Iraq war. Three months after he invaded Iraq, they held up the Iraq bank for 20 billion.
"He was then paid six million dollars every year and still is from JP Morgan six months after he left office. This man is a war criminal."
Blair Protester Tells Of His Leveson Intrusion
Sky News – 2 hours 51 minutes ago - 28 May 2012 at 23 hours
David Lawley Wakelin managed to evade
security and access the court room where the former prime minister was
sitting through a secure corridor.
He was bundled out of the room and held in custody at a central London police station on suspicion for a breach of the peace.
The 49-year-old was later released without any further action.
Speaking to James O'Brien on LBC 97.3 afterwards, he said: "I stood in a bathroom for five minutes, recalculating what was going to happen to me after I got through the door but then decided that my beef with Tony Blair is too great to miss this opportunity.
"I got in and I said 'this man should be arrested for being a war criminal', and then I made a statement about my evidence to show that in my opinion he is a war criminal.
"Two guys grabbed me from behind and pretty much pulled me backwards out of the court the same way as I had come in... into a waiting police van.
"They didn't cuff me, they didn't arrest me, they didn't charge me or caution me. They took me away for a breach of the peace and asked me to stay away from the Leveson Inquiry," he added.
He appeared to catch security at the Royal Courts of Justice off guard and was able to hurl accusations at Mr Blair before he was bundled away.
Lord Justice Leveson immediately ordered an inquiry into the security breach.
Appearing slightly stunned, he said: "I'm sorry for that Mr Blair. I would like to find out how this gentleman managed to access the court through what is supposed to be a secure corridor.
"I will have an investigation undertaken about that immediately. I apologise."
Mr Blair added: "Can I just say on the record what he said about Iraq and JP Morgan is completely and totally untrue. I have never had any discussion with them about that."
The protester was escorted through the Royal Courts of Justice by security guards and was seen being driven away in a police van.
It is understood he managed to get past security-coded doors to access the judges' corridor leading to courtroom 73.
A spokesman for Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service said: "An investigation has been ordered into an incident at the Leveson Inquiry, Royal Courts of Justice. It would be inappropriate to pre-empt the findings of this investigation."
At the start of the afternoon session, Lord Leveson vowed to review security measures to guard against similar incidents.
"Considerable effort has been put into ensuring all witnesses can give their evidence in a safe and secure environment and I very much regret what has happened," he said.
"An investigation is being undertaken and I will be giving consideration to the steps that can be taken and should be taken against this particular intruder.
"Efforts will be redoubled to ensure that incidents of this nature don't recur. I repeat my apologies to Mr Blair and indeed to everyone else who was involved in or following our inquiry."
Later, a second man was arrested by police after eggs were thrown at Mr Blair's convoy as he left the court.
PRESS TV
A British-born Hong Kong-based activist, Tom Grundy, interrupted Blair’s speech as he started to lecture on religion and globalization at the University of Hong Kong.
Grundy cited breeches of the Geneva Convention and other international codes while demanding a citizen’s arrest on Blair.
“I attempted a citizen's arrest against Tony Blair today because back in 2009 he admitted he would have gone to war with Iraq regardless of the WMD's [Weapons of Mass Destruction], and that means it's in defiance of the Nuremburg Principles, the UN Charter, the Geneva Convention, and a pending International Criminal Court, a Rome Statute”, said Grundy after he left the auditorium being threatened with police action.
“He misled the British people, he's caused the deaths of 100,000 people at least, and there was some obligation on Hong Kong police to actually arrest him”, Grundy added.
Antiwar protesters have repeatedly called for the trial of Blair for war crimes. Last month, a group of demonstrators interrupted a commencement speech by Blair at Colby College in Maine, the US, shouting “warmonger” and “war criminal”.
One week later, while Blair was giving evidence at an inquiry into his links with the British media, another protester managed to enter the courtroom and demanded Blair’s arrest for war crimes.
In November last, a symbolic tribunal in Malaysia found Blair and former US President George W Bush guilty for committing “crimes against peace” when they invaded Iraq.
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu has demanded that Tony Blair be tried in The Hague over the invasion of Iraq.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner accused the former Prime Minister of lying about Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction and said that the 2003 war had left the world more destabilised and divided than ‘any other conflict in history’.
He said Mr Blair should be subjected to a trial at the International Criminal Court, along with former US president George W. Bush.
The archbishop claimed that the US and UK-led military operation to oust Saddam created the backdrop for the civil war in Syria and a possible wider Middle East conflict involving Iran.
He said: ‘The then leaders of the United States and Great Britain fabricated the grounds to behave like playground bullies and drive us further apart.
‘They have driven us to the edge of a precipice where we now stand – with the spectre of Syria and Iran before us.
'The question is not whether Saddam Hussein was good or bad or how many people he massacred, the point is that Mr Bush and Mr Blair should not have allowed themselves to stoop to his immoral level.’
Calling for the pair to face justice in The Hague, he said different standards appeared to be set for prosecuting African leaders, and that the death toll during and after the Iraq conflict was sufficient evidence for them to face action.
‘On these grounds alone, in a consistent world, those responsible should be treading the same path as some of their African and Asian peers who have been made to answer for their actions in The Hague,’ he said.
Archbishop Tutu, a long-time critic of the Iraq war, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for speaking out against apartheid in his native South Africa.
Last week he pulled out of a South African conference on leadership because Mr Blair was attending.
In response to the archbishop’s remarks, Mr Blair said that it was right to get rid of Saddam because of the human rights abuses he perpetrated, and he argued that Iraq was now a better place.
He said: ‘I have a great respect for Archbishop Tutu’s fight against apartheid – where we were on the same side of the argument – but to repeat the old canard that we lied about the intelligence is completely wrong, as every single independent analysis of the evidence has shown.
‘And to say the fact that Saddam
massacred hundreds of thousands of his citizens is irrelevant to the
morality of removing him is bizarre.’
He added: ‘I would also point out that despite the problems, Iraq today has an economy three times or more in size with child mortality rate cut by a third of what it was. And with investment hugely increased in places such as Basra.’
Yesterday, former Lib Dem leader Menzies Campbell declined to back Archbishop Tutu’s call for a Hague trial.
He said: ‘When any question of crime is discussed in any jurisdiction, you have to ask yourself whether an act was committed and whether that act was committed with criminal intent.
'Although I believe that George W Bush and Tony Blair were wrong ... I don’t believe they did so with any malign intention.’
He was bundled out of the room and held in custody at a central London police station on suspicion for a breach of the peace.
The 49-year-old was later released without any further action.
Speaking to James O'Brien on LBC 97.3 afterwards, he said: "I stood in a bathroom for five minutes, recalculating what was going to happen to me after I got through the door but then decided that my beef with Tony Blair is too great to miss this opportunity.
"I got in and I said 'this man should be arrested for being a war criminal', and then I made a statement about my evidence to show that in my opinion he is a war criminal.
"Two guys grabbed me from behind and pretty much pulled me backwards out of the court the same way as I had come in... into a waiting police van.
"They didn't cuff me, they didn't arrest me, they didn't charge me or caution me. They took me away for a breach of the peace and asked me to stay away from the Leveson Inquiry," he added.
He appeared to catch security at the Royal Courts of Justice off guard and was able to hurl accusations at Mr Blair before he was bundled away.
As Mr Blair looked on, he said: "JP Morgan paid him off for the Iraq
war. Three months after he invaded Iraq, they held up the Iraq bank for
20 billion.
"He was then paid six million dollars every year and still is from JP
Morgan six months after he left office. This man is a war criminal."
Lord Justice Leveson immediately ordered an inquiry into the security breach.
Appearing slightly stunned, he said: "I'm sorry for that Mr Blair. I would like to find out how this gentleman managed to access the court through what is supposed to be a secure corridor.
"I will have an investigation undertaken about that immediately. I apologise."
Mr Blair added: "Can I just say on the record what he said about Iraq and JP Morgan is completely and totally untrue. I have never had any discussion with them about that."
The protester was escorted through the Royal Courts of Justice by security guards and was seen being driven away in a police van.
It is understood he managed to get past security-coded doors to access the judges' corridor leading to courtroom 73.
A spokesman for Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service said: "An investigation has been ordered into an incident at the Leveson Inquiry, Royal Courts of Justice. It would be inappropriate to pre-empt the findings of this investigation."
At the start of the afternoon session, Lord Leveson vowed to review security measures to guard against similar incidents.
"Considerable effort has been put into ensuring all witnesses can give their evidence in a safe and secure environment and I very much regret what has happened," he said.
"An investigation is being undertaken and I will be giving consideration to the steps that can be taken and should be taken against this particular intruder.
"Efforts will be redoubled to ensure that incidents of this nature don't recur. I repeat my apologies to Mr Blair and indeed to everyone else who was involved in or following our inquiry."
Later, a second man was arrested by police after eggs were thrown at Mr Blair's convoy as he left the court.
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UK activist calls for Blair’s arrest in Hong Kong
British activist Tom Grundy
Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:13AM GMT
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[Tony Blair] misled the British people, he's caused the deaths of
100,000 people at least, and there was some obligation on Hong Kong
police to actually arrest him."
Tom Grundy, British activist
Tom Grundy, British activist
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British activist has interrupted former British Prime Minister Tony
Blair’s speech at the University of Hong Kong, seeking to make a
citizen’s arrest on him.
A British-born Hong Kong-based activist, Tom Grundy, interrupted Blair’s speech as he started to lecture on religion and globalization at the University of Hong Kong.
Grundy cited breeches of the Geneva Convention and other international codes while demanding a citizen’s arrest on Blair.
“I attempted a citizen's arrest against Tony Blair today because back in 2009 he admitted he would have gone to war with Iraq regardless of the WMD's [Weapons of Mass Destruction], and that means it's in defiance of the Nuremburg Principles, the UN Charter, the Geneva Convention, and a pending International Criminal Court, a Rome Statute”, said Grundy after he left the auditorium being threatened with police action.
“He misled the British people, he's caused the deaths of 100,000 people at least, and there was some obligation on Hong Kong police to actually arrest him”, Grundy added.
Antiwar protesters have repeatedly called for the trial of Blair for war crimes. Last month, a group of demonstrators interrupted a commencement speech by Blair at Colby College in Maine, the US, shouting “warmonger” and “war criminal”.
One week later, while Blair was giving evidence at an inquiry into his links with the British media, another protester managed to enter the courtroom and demanded Blair’s arrest for war crimes.
In November last, a symbolic tribunal in Malaysia found Blair and former US President George W Bush guilty for committing “crimes against peace” when they invaded Iraq.
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Archbishop Tutu calls for 'lying' Blair and Bush to face trial in Hague Criminal Court over Iraq war
- Nobel Peace Prize winner accuses Tony Blair and George W. Bush of lying about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction
- 'They fabricated the grounds to behave like playground bullies,' he says
- Archbishop claims ousting Saddam created backdrop for Syrian civil war
- 'The old canard we lied about intelligence is completely wrong', says Blair
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Archbishop Desmond Tuttu: He claims Blair and Bush lied about weapons of mass destruction
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has demanded that Tony Blair be tried in The Hague over the invasion of Iraq.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner accused the former Prime Minister of lying about Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction and said that the 2003 war had left the world more destabilised and divided than ‘any other conflict in history’.
He said Mr Blair should be subjected to a trial at the International Criminal Court, along with former US president George W. Bush.
The archbishop claimed that the US and UK-led military operation to oust Saddam created the backdrop for the civil war in Syria and a possible wider Middle East conflict involving Iran.
He said: ‘The then leaders of the United States and Great Britain fabricated the grounds to behave like playground bullies and drive us further apart.
‘They have driven us to the edge of a precipice where we now stand – with the spectre of Syria and Iran before us.
'The question is not whether Saddam Hussein was good or bad or how many people he massacred, the point is that Mr Bush and Mr Blair should not have allowed themselves to stoop to his immoral level.’
Calling for the pair to face justice in The Hague, he said different standards appeared to be set for prosecuting African leaders, and that the death toll during and after the Iraq conflict was sufficient evidence for them to face action.
Accused: George Bush and Tony Blair who said today that Archbishop Tutu was wrong about the Iraq war
‘On these grounds alone, in a consistent world, those responsible should be treading the same path as some of their African and Asian peers who have been made to answer for their actions in The Hague,’ he said.
Archbishop Tutu, a long-time critic of the Iraq war, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for speaking out against apartheid in his native South Africa.
Last week he pulled out of a South African conference on leadership because Mr Blair was attending.
In response to the archbishop’s remarks, Mr Blair said that it was right to get rid of Saddam because of the human rights abuses he perpetrated, and he argued that Iraq was now a better place.
He said: ‘I have a great respect for Archbishop Tutu’s fight against apartheid – where we were on the same side of the argument – but to repeat the old canard that we lied about the intelligence is completely wrong, as every single independent analysis of the evidence has shown.
Image of despair: Iraqis outside a morgue mourn the family victims of a bomb attack in Baghdad which killed 47 people
He added: ‘I would also point out that despite the problems, Iraq today has an economy three times or more in size with child mortality rate cut by a third of what it was. And with investment hugely increased in places such as Basra.’
Yesterday, former Lib Dem leader Menzies Campbell declined to back Archbishop Tutu’s call for a Hague trial.
He said: ‘When any question of crime is discussed in any jurisdiction, you have to ask yourself whether an act was committed and whether that act was committed with criminal intent.
'Although I believe that George W Bush and Tony Blair were wrong ... I don’t believe they did so with any malign intention.’
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