Schriftlich erklärte Sig Sauer, dass die Pistolen auch in den USA verbleiben würden. Diese wurden anschließend an das US-Tochterunternehmen des Konzerns, Sig Sauer Inc., geliefert. Von dort gingen die Schusswaffen direkt weiter an die kolumbianische Nationalpolizei.
Daily Archives: 1. Juli 2021
Darf der Präsident töten?
Moralisch dürfen die USA nur defensiv oder zur Abwehr eines drohenden Angriffs Gewalt anwenden. Auf die Frage nach der rechtlichen Befugnis für einen offensiven Angriff erklärte ein Pentagon-Sprecher, dass sie in Artikel 2 der US-Verfassung zu finden sei. Doch dort steht sie nicht.
U.S. Case Against Julian Assange Falls Apart: Key Witness Says He Lied to Get Immunity
According to a new article in the Icelandic newspaper Stundin, the convicted hacker Sigurdur “Siggi” Thordarson falsely claimed he was a prominent WikiLeaks representative instructed by Assange to carry out hacking attacks, but he was in fact only tangentially involved with the organization.
The War Crimes Case Against Donald Rumsfeld
With news of the belated death of Donald Rumsfeld, it’s vital that his true legacy of villainy be recalled. In the name of setting the historical record straight, here’s the late great Michael Ratner, making the unimpeachable case against Rumsfeld for his war crimes in Iraq.
This interview was conducted by the staff of Revolution and originally appeared in the November 26, 2008 edition of CounterPunch
Revealing the Pentagon Papers in Congress — 8: Why Gravel Did It
This is Part 8 of Consortium News’ multi-part series on the 50th Anniversary of the late Sen. Mike Gravel obtaining the Pentagon Papers from Daniel Ellsberg and the consequences Gravel faced for revealing the top secret documents in Congress, just hours before the Supreme Court decided the case on June 30, 1971, a half century ago today.
WATCH: Finale of Assange US Tour at National Press Club in Washington
With the WikiLeaks‘ publisher still in Belmarsh Prison in London awaiting the U.K. High Court decision on whether to accept the U.S. application for appeal of a judge’s order not to extradite Assange, his father and brother, John and Gabriel Shipton, are concluding a three-week tour of the United States.
From Miami to Boston to New York, Chicago, St. Paul, Denver, Oakland, Los Angeles and Washington DC, the tour has called on President Joe Biden to withdraw the application for appeal and drop the Espionage Act and computer intrusion charges against Assange.
Australian MPs To Biden: Free Julian Assange
The MPs and Senators have urged President Biden to take the “opportunity for urgent reconsideration,” following a U.K. court’s decision to deny the U.S. extradition request, rendered earlier this year.
Japan and Philippines to hold first joint air force exercises
The air forces of Japan and the Philippines will hold their first-ever joint exercises next week, Japan’s embassy in Manila said Thursday, in a further sign of deepening defense ties between the two countries.
LIVE: Princess Diana statue installed at Kensington Palace
A statue of Britain‘s Princess Diana is installed in the Sunken Garden of Kensington Palace on what would have been her 60th birthday.
Reunited for their mother: Prince Harry and William pay tribute to Diana‘s ‚love, strength and character‘ as they unveil statue bearing poignant poem ‚The Measure of a Man‘ on what would have been her 60th birthday
Prince Harry and Prince William today set aside their own differences to unveil a statue as a permanent memorial to their beloved mother on what would have been her 60th birthday and declared: ‚Every day, we wish she were still with us‘.
The brothers were pictured standing shoulder-to-shoulder before revealing a statue created in Princess Diana‘s honour by Ian Rank-Broadley and placed in the remodelled Sunken Garden, a place of solace and safety for her before she died in 1997.
We are on the #FreeAssangeBoat! We just passed Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, we are now headed to the US embassy to demand #JoeBiden‘s administration #DropTheCharges #NoExtradition #FreeAssangeNOW
Over 110 Groups Urge Biden to End Unlawful Lethal Strikes
Decrying the United States‚ „forever wars“ and their deadly consequences, a group of over 110 advocacy groups from around the world on Wednesday published an open letter imploring President Joe Biden to end airstrikes „outside any recognized battlefield“ and „abandon this war-based approach and chart a new path forward that promotes and respects our collective human security.“
Maine Sets Example With ‚Country‘s Strongest‘ Facial Recognition Ban
Civil liberties advocates on Wednesday cheered as Maine enacted what that state‘s ACLU chapter called „the country‘s strongest statewide facial recognition law.“
Judge tosses frivolous lawsuit by heiress Sulome Anderson seeking to destroy The Grayzone
The District of Columbia Superior Court has rejected a frivolous, million-dollar lawsuit claiming libel, defamation, and tortious conspiracy filed by writer Sulome Anderson against The Grayzone’s editor Max Blumenthal and assistant editor Ben Norton.
Judge William M. Jackson’s June 16, 2021 decision put an end to the entitled heiress’ three-year-long campaign to smear and bankrupt The Grayzone with the help of a powerful DC lawyer closely linked to the Israel lobby.
Mosambik: EU-Einsatz
Gestern soll die EU nun laut AFP diesen Einsatz beschlossen haben:
Anklage gegen Julian Assange bricht zusammen: Gekaufter Zeuge packt aus
(29.06.2021)
Ohne Regen wollen wir am Sa., 3. Juli ab 17h eine Geburtstags-Sonder-Mahnwache vor der US Botschaft am Brandenburger Tor in Berlin abhalten. An vielen Orten wird am Samstag für die Freilassung des illegal inhaftierten Journalisten und Whistleblowers demonstriert.
„Kein Frieden mit dem Militär“: Streitkräfte attackieren Zivilbevölkerung in Kolumbien
Seit 2018 eine illegale Militärbasis etwas flussaufwärts im Dorf Nuanamá eingerichtet wurde, häufen sich die Auseinandersetzungen und Überfälle. Die Basis ist auf dem kollektiven Gebiet der Afro-Gemeinde errichtet worden, obwohl das Gesetz von 1993 für die schwarze Bevölkerung eine Genehmigung des Gemeinderates erfordert.
Assange kein Hacker – Das Ende des Verfahrens gegen Julian Assange? Kronzeuge hat gelogen!
(29.06.2021)
Der Kronzeuge Sigurdur Ingi Thordarson gab gegenüber der isländischen Zeitung Stundin zu, seine Vorwürfe gegen Assange nur erfunden zu haben. Bis zu 175 Jahre Gefängnis drohen dem australischen Journalisten und WikiLeaks-Gründer Julian Assange im Falle einer Auslieferung in die USA.
Key witness in Assange case admits to lies in indictment
(26.06.2021)
The witness, who has a documented history with sociopathy and has received several convictions for sexual abuse of minors and wide-ranging financial fraud, made the admission in a newly published interview in Stundin where he also confessed to having continued his crime spree whilst working with the Department of Justice and FBI and receiving a promise of immunity from prosecution.
The man in question, Sigurdur Ingi Thordarson, was recruited by US authorities to build a case against Assange after misleading them to believe he was previously a close associate of his.
Israeli Charged in Global Hacker-for-hire Scheme Seeks Plea Deal
While the indictment does not identify the hackers by name, five people familiar with the case say that Azari is being charged in relation to New Delhi-based BellTroX InfoTech Services, which Reuters last year reported was behind a hacking campaign that targeted lawyers, government officials, businessmen, investors and activists around the world.
Azari is charged with conspiracy to commit hacking, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft, court documents show.
Small IT firm in Delhi ran one of world’s ‘largest’ hacker-for-hire services: Reuters expose
(10.06.2021)
Citing an article in The Financial Times, which in turn cites the Citizen Lab report, Muddy Waters Research tweeted that a German payment processing company Wirecard was a client of BellTrox.
Covishield: India puts pressure on EU for vaccine pass approval
Covishield is the Indian-made version of AstraZeneca‘s Vaxzevria jab, which has been authorised in the EU.
India‘s Serum Institute, which is making the vaccine, is seeking emergency authorisation in the European Union for its jab.
The vaccines currently eligible for the green pass have all been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
„Grüner Pass“ tritt in Kraft
Das digitale Covid-19-Zertifikat der EU tritt heute in Kraft. Damit kann über einen QR-Code nachgewiesen werden, dass eine Person gegen CoV geimpft bzw. negativ getestet wurde oder eine Infektion überstanden hat. Das Zertifikat wird in allen 27 EU-Ländern sowie in der Schweiz, Island, Norwegen und Liechtenstein anerkannt.