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Yesterday Bradley Manning was
convicted in a military "show trial" of espionage and theft charges for making
available to the public classified documents evidencing US war crimes and
bullying of other countries. He could be sentenced to 136 years in prison. The
government’s prosecution aimed to make an example of Manning, imprisoning him
under harsh conditions, and charging him with “aiding the enemy,” a capital
offense, to intimidate others from standing up and speaking out against U.S. war
crimes.
We are outraged that Manning was found guilty for
reporting widespread, horrific crimes. His action was honorable and correct, as
opposed to the action of the U.S. government in committing, justifying and
covering up crimes against a whole people...
The only suitable response from people who
care about humanity to the unjust conviction of Bradley Manning is to demand
that Bradley Manning be released immediately for his time served, 3+ years,
including 10 months in solitary confinement.
He was right to blow the whistle on war
crimes. We should follow his lead. During the time his sentence is being
considered, we must make a concerted effort to make sure that that hundreds of
thousands see Collateral Murder, U.S. military footage of an Apache helicopter attack
in Baghdad in 2007 which killed 12 Iraqi civilians. Government prosecutors
claim this is “propaganda;” Bradley thinks it must be used to show the
truth.
Distribute this video widely. Write Bradley
Manning to let him know of your
experiences taking this to out widely to people. Show the world that people
living in this country are blowing the whistle on war crimes and that We Are All
Bradley Manning!
The war crimes that Bradley was convicted of
exposing.
Let us know you would like a copy of the Collateral Murder video on DVD
(click here to see how to show
the DVD out on the street). The disc also includes the Iraq War Logs and the
Afghan War Diary documents released by Wikileaks
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