Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases

Last week,the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency expressed “serious concerns” over Iran’s nuclear program in a strongly worded report that claimed that there is evidence that Iran might be developing an atomic weapon.

This is the stuff of “fantasyland,” according to The New Yorker’s Seymour Hersh. …

David Swanson? discusses his book about the 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact and how it makes current wars illegal

We have four arrests in Gangjeong village within the past few hours.

The arrested are:
Youngsil Kang (International Team Leader)
Brother Song (Resistance Leader)
Sung-hee Choi (International Team Leader)
Dunguree (Filmmaker)

Three were arrested at the UN-ROK Disarmamnent Conference during peacful protest and one was arrested at the naval base gate.

There are undercover police everywhere in the village at the moment. I have also seen military.

These are our four most effective activists. Some are facing very significant jail time and already on probation.

If we ever needed you the most it is NOW. Tasks include: Contacting partner organizations, activity on SNS sites and media outreach. Also please make calls to human rights group and email those who are very active on sister causes such as FTA and OWS.

More arrests are certain and this is going to escalate fast. We have a rally set for 3PM in response to this recent crackdown.

It is the best depiction of the reality here that we have in English language.

The two lead people featured in this documentary Brother Song and Sung-hee Choi are now in prison. It is highly unlikely that they will be released without intense pressure from the internatioal community.

This is Gangjeong’s most critical hour of need in recent memory.

… A trial is underway in Syracuse, New York, of 38 protesters arrested in April at the New York Air National Guard base at Hancock Field. The defendants were protesting the MQ-9 Reaper drones, which the 174th Fighter Wing of the Guard has remotely flown over Afghanistan from Syracuse since late 2009. “Citizens have a responsibility to take action when they see crimes being committed,” said retired Col. Ann Wright, one of the 38 on trial. …

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The United States Africa Command’s Intelligence and Knowledge Development Directorate-Molesworth at Royal Air Force Molesworth, United Kingdom in concert with Intelligence and Knowledge Development Directorate and U.S. Africa Command, both located in Stuttgart, Germany, along with other U.S. Government agencies and international partners provide primary African theater intelligence for knowledge development and situational awareness for the world’s second largest continent and its 53 countries to ensure sustained security engagement activities to promote a stable and secure environment in support of U.S. foreign policy.

PLEASE NOTE: The Joint Analysis Center (JAC) at Molesworth in Cambridgeshire (also known as RAF Molesworth) is the home of the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) Intelligence and Knowledge Development Directorate. The HQ of AFRICOM is based in Stuttgart Germany.