“Arising out of the oral evidence given to the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) on 21 October 2008 by Lindis Percy (Coordinator with Laila Packer of CAAB), we are grateful for the opportunity to submit further examples and concerns on this issue of ‘policing and protest’.” …
CAAB further submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights (pdf file)
Dan Froomkin Washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2008
… “‘The total withdrawal will be completed by December 31, 2011. This is not governed by circumstances on the ground,’ the spokesman, Ali al-Dabbagh, told Iraqi reporters, pointedly rejecting the more conditional language that the U.S. government had sought in the accord.” ….
… “there is no doubt that the accord, if passed by parliament, would sharply reduce the U.S. military’s power in Iraq. American soldiers would be required to seek warrants from Iraqi courts to execute arrests, and to hand over suspects to Iraqi authorities. U.S. troops would have to leave combat outposts in Iraqi cities by mid-2009, withdrawing to bases. …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/11/17/BL2008111701579.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
Dan Froomkin Washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2008
… “‘The total withdrawal will be completed by December 31, 2011. This is not governed by circumstances on the ground,’ the spokesman, Ali al-Dabbagh, told Iraqi reporters, pointedly rejecting the more conditional language that the U.S. government had sought in the accord.” ….
… “there is no doubt that the accord, if passed by parliament, would sharply reduce the U.S. military’s power in Iraq. American soldiers would be required to seek warrants from Iraqi courts to execute arrests, and to hand over suspects to Iraqi authorities. U.S. troops would have to leave combat outposts in Iraqi cities by mid-2009, withdrawing to bases. …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/11/17/BL2008111701579.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
By Scott Peterson
Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
November 17, 2008 edition
A new pact that faces final approval from parliament will keep US troops in Iraq for up to three more years. By June 2009 US forces will pull back to major bases. … The pact specifies that US units are to withdraw from Iraqi cities by June 2009, with a final countrywide pullout by the end of 2011.
Czech Happenings – Prague,Czech Republic
16 November 2008
Washington – It is important that French President Nicolas Sarkozy has recognised the Czech Republic’s right to decide on what defence system should be installed on its soil, Czech government official Marek Mora said in reaction to Sarkozy’s statement in Washington on Saturday.
It is also important that Sarkozy referred to the conclusions of this year’s Bucharest NATO summit when speaking about missile defence such as the planned U.S. bases in the Czech Republic and Poland, Mora, Czech deputy Vice-Prime Minister for EU affairs, told Czech reporters. …
Czech Happenings – Prague,Czech Republic
16 November 2008
Washington – It is important that French President Nicolas Sarkozy has recognised the Czech Republic’s right to decide on what defence system should be installed on its soil, Czech government official Marek Mora said in reaction to Sarkozy’s statement in Washington on Saturday.
It is also important that Sarkozy referred to the conclusions of this year’s Bucharest NATO summit when speaking about missile defence such as the planned U.S. bases in the Czech Republic and Poland, Mora, Czech deputy Vice-Prime Minister for EU affairs, told Czech reporters. …
TIME
By Mark Thompson / Washington – Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008
Missile-defense skeptics yearning for a fresh look at the wisdom of pumping $10 billion annually into missile defense aren’t going to get it from Barack Obama when he moves into the Oval Office. The Russians — along with the two men most likely to end up running the Pentagon for the President-elect — have already made sure of that. …
The Associated Press 14 November 2008
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian threats to position missiles near Poland to counter a U.S. missile defense plan in Europe are misguided, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday, suggesting that Moscow’s latest aggressive rhetoric harkens back to the old Cold War era. …
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jfS6y-A7WF82KotI6KMN41IA3M4QD94E3UKG0
AFP 12 November 2008
BAGHDAD (AFP) — The United States and Iraq appeared to be edging closer to a final agreement on the future of US troops in Iraq…
National security advisor Muwaffaq al-Rubaie said last week Iraq had proposed “110 changes” to American negotiators and received “responses,” including an agreement to remove a clause which could have allowed US troops to remain in the country after the end of 2011. …
US negotiators were however not keen to further ease the immunity offered to soldiers, after already agreeing to allow Iraq to prosecute American troops and civilians if they commit serious crimes outside their bases when off-duty.
Iraq wants to be able to prosecute them for crimes conducted on their bases as well. …
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jchsiJe3kh1kASg9uauzTsnPx88A
Guardian: Peter Kilfoyle, Wednesday November 05 2008
There was little coverage here when Czech parliamentarians went on hunger strike earlier this year. Representing 70% of the Czech people, they were objecting to a base in the Czech Republic as part of the American missile defence programme. Like most Europeans, they believe that missile defence makes Europe – including the UK– less safe, not more. …
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/05/defence-weaponstechnology
