Free Kashmir
No Indian Army PAKISTAN – USA FREEDOM FORUM
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End the Raids and
Deportations
Obama Administration and US Media Have Brought Us to the Lowest Moral Level
US President Obama and Secretary of State Hilary Clinton shamefully and knowingly lied to the world when they demanded that the Pakistani government release Mr. Raymond Davies. By arguing that he was a US diplomat and therefore immune from prosecution according to the Vienna Convention, they distorted the truth: for Mr. Davies is not a diplomat. In addition, President Obama ordered the US media outlets to withhold Mr. Davies’ position. The stakes of this deceit are enormous. A civilized, humanistic, and democratic state does not distort the truth to justify cold-blooded murder. In defending Mr. Davies, the Obama administration and U.S. media weakened their own claims to speak on behalf of the truth and for democracy globally; and in addition has put in danger the lives of true diplomats who will now be suspect of being CIA agents or contractors.
But while the US media shamefully capitulated to the Obama administration, the working class in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, as well as in Wisconsin, were fighting for an honest, open, and fair government. This latest example of the American media’s willing disregard for its government’s violation of international law occurs at a moment in history when oppressed peoples globally are demanding that governments adhere to their promises.
On Jan. 27, in broad daylight on a crowded public square in Lahore, Mr. Davies shot and murdered 2 young Pakistanis from his car. He then emerged from his car to take pictures of his crime as a souvenir. As horrified Pakistanis gathered to prevent him from fleeing the murder scene until the police arrived, he contacted the US Consulate. Instead of providing assistance to the victims, the Consulate sent personnel to whisk Mr. Davies from the murder scene. While fleeing the scene, these personnel ran over and killed a third innocent Pakistani without stopping to provide assistance. When the Pakistani police arrived, they found automatic weapons and enough ammunition to kill 100 people in Mr. Davies’ car. When questioned, Mr. Davies first claimed that he was diplomat in Islamabad, and later said that he worked for the US Consulate in Lahore. Both statements were false. Mr. Davies is a CIA contractor who used to work for ZX (formerly known as Blackwater). This information would later be published in the Guardian (UK), which also showed that the US President, Secretary of State, and the US media were all aware of Mr. Davies’ real identity from the beginning of the affair. It has also been alleged that the people involved in the death of the third Pakistani never appeared in front of the Pakistani police and were secretly flown out of the country in the airplane of Senator John Kerry.
Pakistani people are conscientious, law-abiding people. When Mr. Davies killed two innocent youth in cold-blood, the crowd of witnesses did not try to take revenge. This says much about the people of Pakistan. Can the same be said of the US government after 9/11? After 9/11, police engaged in practices of widespread racial profiling, illegal arrests and harassments, while many participated in rallies denigrating immigrants and Muslims. The irony is that most people in America are immigrants.
People in this country were jubilant after the election of Obama, because he promised to restore the dignity & honor of this country by bringing back the humanitarian rule of law after so many years of the Bush administration’s complete disregard for human rights and international laws. Prominent examples include such heinous acts as the torture of prisoners, rendition & kidnapping of civilians (e.g. Affia Siddiqui and her 3 children or Mullah Zaeef former Afghanistan Ambassador to Pakistan), secret jails (e.g. Guantanamo Bay, Abu Garib, Bagram prison), illegal wars (e.g. Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan); and other violations of international law as such drone attacks, the shooting down of a known Iranian civilian airliner in 1988 and the 1998 missile attack that killed 20 skiers in the Italian Alps. President Obama continues the same policies.
The Pakistan-USA Freedom Forum believes that the following are necessary for the US to regain her position of respect and dignity in the world: 1) for President Obama to return the Nobel Peace Prize; 2) the resignation of Secretary of State Clinton for disgracing the diplomatic honor of her office; 3) for President Obama & Hilary Clinton to give up their law degrees for failing to maintain ethical standard; 4) do not use the lie of humanitarian aid to push a military agenda overseas (The US never cries for Palestinian and Kashmiri civilians bombed by Israeli and Indian planes); 5) TPS, refuge status, for victims of war& natural disasters; and 6) to end all secret prisons, end all wars, and bring all the troops home.
Pakistanis expect their government to cancel all diplomatic visas and require all diplomats to reapply for these visas. We also demand an inquiry into the process of issuing all visas over the last 15 years visas, to avoid any repeat of cases such as the Raymond Davies affair. The Pakistani nation will not tolerate secret dealings by the Western powers to undermine national sovereignty and international law.
Dr. Muhammad Shafique
President Mr. Shahid Comrade
General Secretary
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