Tuesday, December 3, 2013

CRY OF CONSCIENCE AGAINST WARS/DRONES

Free Kashmir No Indian Army PAKISTAN – USA FREEDOM FORUM 82-44 243 St., Bellerose, NY 11426 Tel (718) 343-1653 or (718) 763-3543 E-mail: pakusaff@hotmail.com Stop Dividing Families End the Raids and Deportations Might / B52 / Drones Are Not a Solution for Peace On Friday, November 29, from 3:00 to 5:00 PM more than 70 Pakistani-Americans and North Americans braved the cold weather on the day after Thanksgiving, when people celebrating by having dinner with their family, to protest the U.S. drone attacks against people in Pakistan and other countries of the world. There were women and families with children, student activists and older people. There were members of Pakistan Tahreek - e -Insaf (PTI), Pakistan-USA Freedom Forum (PUFF),Tehreek Mohasba, International Action Center (IAC), Code Pink, World Can’t Wait, people who came back from protesting against low wages at Wal-Mart and others, demanding $15 an hour (which would just bring the minimum wage up to the level from 75 years ago). For more than 10 days, thousands of people in Pakistan have blocked highways in Khyber Pakhtun Khwa province to stop NATO supplies going to Afghanistan, called by Imran Khan, a member of the National Assembly from that province and chair of the PTI. People have been forced to take these actions because the US would not listen when Pakistan’s sovereignty was violated, although people, and particularly women, have said “no, no, no” hundreds of times without a response. Over the last 7 years 138 protestors have been killed and 235 injured while stopping trucks by armed guards protecting the convoys. There are 7,000 trucks and trailers transporting war supplies every day, 365 days a year for over 7 years, giving a total of almost 18 million trucks. Over the years, an estimated 830 people have been killed and hundreds more injured by drones in Pakistan alone. Amnesty International in a recent report stated that “these and other strikes have resulted in unlawful killings that may constitute extrajudicial executions or war crimes.” Besides Pakistan and Afghanistan, the US is carrying out drone strikes in Somalia and Yemen, which have killed hundreds more. They are also using unarmed drones along the US-Mexico border, and various police departments, including Ray Kelly’s NYPD, are looking at using them in US cities. PUFF is proud of the fact that it has been Pakistani-Americans and US people of conscience who were the first to protest against these drone attacks, when the NGOs were simply writing reports and various government watchdog agencies refused to take up the issue. We are also defending the sovereignty of Pakistan and the highest values of the UN Charter and laws, which the UN itself and Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in particular have not even raised it. PUFF congratulates those people who have been calling for solving international problems by talking, through diplomacy. We hope that the conflicts involving western powers will lead to long, durable agreements, and not just be due to a temporary balance of power with Russia. Agreements must be based on respect for national sovereignty of other countries, which has been the demand of small countries like Iran, Syria and Cuba. We hope the U.S. will finally talk with Cuba after more than 50 years since the revolution. The US history includes dropping atom bombs on human beings, invading Vietnam, threatening Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, Syria and Iran. This does not give it the moral authority to judge that Iran’s behavior is not acceptable, and it forestalls a long-term agreement. The US actions give an excuse to other countries to justify their bad actions against the working class, minorities and immigrants, or interfere in other countries, such as Australia’s actions against immigrants or France’s interference in Mali. The US government has a double-standard when it claims to support democracy but supports kings like in Saudi Arabia, dictators or rule of the army who looted their countries, such as Dictator Musharraf / Shoukat Aziz (former Citibank employee) in Pakistan, African dictators or Mubarak in Egypt, leave nothing for the people. It shows the same double-standard when it opposes Iran’s nuclear research for energy but never criticizes Israel for its nuclear weapons. The US government can plan wars and attack other countries overnight, but it cannot provide a working health care policy [computer problems online], affordable housing or a living wage for its people, or a humane immigration policy after years. Finally, PUFF hopes that new Pak Army Chief of Staff and Chief Justice of Supreme Court will fully understand how to obey the Constitution of Pakistan. We also want to congratulate Liaquat Babuch, Secretary General of the Jamat-e-Islami Party, who has thanked the Pakistanis living abroad for not only sending home billions of dollars that help the economy but also for helping the country morally. Dr. Muhammad Shafique President Mr. Shahid Comrade General Secretary (917) 280-0840

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CRY OF CONSCIENCE AGAINST WARS/DRONES

Free Kashmir No Indian Army PAKISTAN – USA FREEDOM FORUM 82-44 243 St., Bellerose, NY 11426 Tel (718) 343-1653 or (718) 763-3543 E-mail: pa...