[NV Greens] Fwd: [usgp-dx] GREEN RELEASE Probe of detainee torture, DoD's missing $1 trillion urged

[Paul Etxeberri]

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>GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
>http://www.gp.org
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>For Immediate Release:
>Tuesday, May 24, 2005
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>Contacts:
>Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624,
>mclarty at greens.org
>Nancy Allen, Media Coordinator, 207-326-4576,
>nallen at acadia.net
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>GREENS: CONGRESS MUST INVESTIGATE TORTURE OF
>DETAINEES, PENTAGON'S MISSING $1 TRILLION
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>Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld must be
>removed, say Green leaders, citing abuses of
>power.
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>WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Green Party leaders called on
>Congress to begin immediate and far-reaching
>investigations of major abuses by the Pentagon:
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>ï Evidence of torture and abuse of detainees at
>Abu Ghraib in Iraq, in Afghanistan, in Guantanamo
>Bay, Cuba, and abuse at facilities in the U.S.,
>especially at the Metropolitan Detention Center
>in Brooklyn, New York.
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>ï Recent reports that the Pentagon is unable to
>account for more than a trillion dollars in
>financial transactions and missing equpment; $8.8
>billion in Iraqi oil sales unaccounted for in a
>2005 audit, according to the Special Inspector
>General for Iraq Reconstruction.
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>"The astronomical waste of taxpayers' money,
>torture of detainees, inadequate protection for
>U.S. troops facing enemy fire, disregard for the
>effects of depleted uranium, and 1,600-plus
>deaths of American personnel and tens of
>thousands of Iraqi civilian deaths are more than
>a failure of accountability," said Gloria
>Mattera, lead organizer of the demonstrations at
>the Brooklyn facility and current Green candidate
>for Borough President in Brooklyn
><http://www.electgloria.org/>.  "This is a
>massive abuse of power.  It deserves impeachment,
>criminal investigation, and prosecution."
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>"The Department of Defense can no longer call the
>torture reports a matter of excessive misbehavior
>by a few individuals," added Steve Kramer,
>co-chair of the Green Party of the United States.
>  "It's a systematic problem -- a policy decision
>made at the highest levels.  Mr. Rumsfeld has
>disgraced his office and should resign
>immediately, or be removed for the sake of our
>nation's integrity.  And the missing one trillion
>dollars must be accounted for before Congress
>considers another dime in any war
>appropriations."
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>Despite its apologies, the Newsweek accounts of
>desecration of the Quran by U.S. military
>personnel at detention centers have been
>corroborated in reports from the International
>Committee of the Red Cross, legal depositions,
>and in numerous other periodicals, including The
>Financial Times.
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>"President Bush was more outraged by the fact
>that abuses are being reported than by the abuses
>themselves," said Marc Sanson, who is also
>co-chair of the Green Party.  "Newsweek's retreat
>is a blow to freedom of the press -- to the
>media's obligation to investigate and report,
>regardless of threats from the powerful."
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>Greens noted that several U.S. generals have
>become increasingly grim about the future of the
>occupation.
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>"The generals are confirming what antiwar
>protesters claimed from the very beginning --
>that the invasion of Iraq was based on a
>misinformation campaign and will likely continue
>for years, with mounting casualties," said David
>Cobb, 2004 Green Party candidate for President.
>The Green Party led the political opposition to
>the invasion and sharply criticized Democratic
>and Republican support for President Bush's
>invasion plans, and now calls for an immediate
>end to the occupation.
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>MORE INFORMATION
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>The Green Party of the United States
>http://www.gp.org
>1700 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 404
>Washington, DC 20009.
>202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
>Fax 202-319-7193
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>"$1 Trillion Missing: Military waste under fire"
>By Tom Abate, The San Francisco Chronicle, May
>18, 2005
>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/05/18/MN251738.DTL
>http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8888.htm
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>"Generals Offer Sober Outlook on Iraqi War"
>By John F. Burns and Eric Schmitt
>The New York Times, May 19, 2005
>http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/19/international/middleeast/19iraq.html?
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>"Inaction in New York Prison Abuse Stirs Anger"
>By Richard B. Schmitt and Richard A. Serrano, The
>Los Angeles Times, May 21, 2005
>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-guards21may21,0,7482975.story?coll=la-home-nation
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>"High Uranium Levels Found in Troops and
>Civilians"
>Project Censored
>http://www.projectcensored.org/publications/2005/4.html
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Paul Etxeberri

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