Every Body Counts

Date: April 02, 2005 at 09:58:54
From: John Mackesy, [12-218-144-123.client.mchsi.com]
Subject: Every Body Counts

Closure for Cynthia, Justice for Jalin

Cynthia Keeler and Jilan Hassan had their adolescent years shattered by the power struggles of the grown up world. Twelve year old Cynthia is looking for answers. Her father was killed on 9/11. She posted an article on an Islamic website asking how some people of the Middle East consider the attackers of 9/11 as heros. Cynthia is trying to comprehend truth. Understanding, wisdom, love, and hope are what can ease her heartache. Cynthia wrote “ I wanted some kind of closure to the pain I’m feeling. I wanted to know why one of their “heros” killed my father. How can a hero hurt so many people.?”
Half a world away 14 year old Jilan had her world destroyed right in her face. Jilan and her four younger brothers and sister were in the back seat of a car that was driving along at dusk in Iraq. Foreign soldiers opened fire on the car. Jilan’s father and mother were in the front seat. Bullets paid for by every taxpayer to the U. S. Government blew her parents’ bodies apart and splattered the blood over six children in the back seat of the car. A reporter photographed the horror or the tragedy would have not been dismissed by the military as an “unfortunate incident” not even noted as a statistic. All taxpayers should look at those pictures and see what they are paying for.
Jilan was quoted recently saying “If it were up to me I’d kill the Americans and drink their blood” Whose sorrow do you think burns more, Cynthia’s or Jilan’s? Both of these girls had their hearts broken
These kids should sit down and talk face to face. Jilan must see hope that her parents did not just die for oil greed. The only thing that will fill the void in Jilan’s soul is Justice.
Nuremberg Principles Article’s VII and II make it a Crime Against Peace and a Crime Against Humanity to Conspire to Engage in, Wage or Be Complicit in the waging of a War of Aggression. The Iraq war was plotted and hatched with lies and deceptions so it is evil in nature. The war happened because Bush browbeat and deceived the world into having a war. The death of Americans on 9/11 was used as the justification to slaughter thousands of innocent people in a country that had nothing to do with 9/11.
The military policy is “We don’t do body counts.”
The good people need to tell Jilan “Every Body Counts”
Tell the world the President of the United States plotted and authorized a War of Aggression and he must answer for the death of her parents. Show Jilan that her parents do count.
Americans have the responsibility to record the names of every one who was killed in this illegal war. Don’t you want humanity to stand for something? Show the world civilians are in charge. Make the United States Government do a body count. Don’t let an excuse for an illegal war be that the intelligence was “dead wrong.” There are thousands of people dead and that is wrong. Bush, the Commander in Chief of the American Military ordered a War of Aggression. He must answer for the victims to the U. N. War Crimes Tribunal at the Hague. Demand Justice for Jilan and her family.
Jilan and her family must be allowed to face the one who is responsible over all others for the death of her parents. The bombing, invasion and occupation of Iraq is illegal and the foreign soldiers had no right to be shooting people in her country. Jilan’s burning thirst for Justice will carry her on. This young child must not carry such a burden of hatred her whole life. Demand Justice for Jilan and all others whose lives were destroyed. If she believes it she must be allowed to say at Bush‘s War Crimes trial “My parents died because he lied.” and put the pictures right in his face. Stand up and say to the world “Justice for Jilan” and don’t take no for an answer.
Cynthia can only get her peace from answering one question “Who made terrorist enemies for the American People?” The answer is the arms export industry and the federal government that approved distribution of weapons to dictators and power factions. The tour guides, mailmen, grocery workers, office workers, firemen, nurses, office workers, business people, retail clerks, cooks, chefs and all the other people makes up America. They are the government. What are the people of the rest of the world supposed to think? The U.S. arms makers make billions exporting military weapons and Americans pay taxes that give power to dictators in other countries.
In the eyes of those suffering under the burden of the weapons industry, the world is letting them down with no hope.
Cynthia ask yourself why George Washington was a hero, what was he considered by the foreigners in power, and what would have happened if he had been captured. I believe the closure for 9/11 includes an end to the export arms industry and a return to American soil of military personnel and equipment. It must include the appearance of Bush at the War Crimes Tribunal The people of Iraq never did anything to the people of America to deserve over one hundred thousand people killed in a War Of Aggression.
Just think of it Cynthia and Jilan. if the world were to see peace
In Iraq, a cease fire is declared. All foreign soldiers leave. The Iraqi people relax.
The U.S. Government agrees to give an amount of money it already spent and budgeted for the war to the People of Iraq. The money will be paid out equally to all citizens of Iraq. All future oil royalties will be paid 50% equally to all citizens, 25% to regional governments on a per capita basis and 25% Federal Government, primarily health care.

All citizens have the right to think for themselves

It is illegal under international law to hold elections in an occupied country. The recent Iraq elections are widely believed to have been neither fair nor free, and rigged to divide Iraqis and favor the occupiers. New open elections can be held when the soldiers and mercenaries are gone from Iraq. Let groups of 100 citizens of Iraq gather in peace. All 16 years of age and over are allowed to vote. Let the people talk about the way they would make Iraq better, then vote for one Representative. It should be a paper ballot vote for one person to be the group’s representative. Votes are placed in a ballot box then each vote is held up for a public count. The most votes wins, tie flip a coin. The Representatives meet in groups of 100 and vote for a Representative. The last 100 selected make up the Legislature. When it gets to the last hundred the one who gets the most votes gets to be Prime Minister for a year.
Foreigners have invaded Iraq to divide and conquer their country. The Iraq people need to shake hands and throw their weapons on junk plies and not let foreigners convince them that is a good thing to kill their own people. Show the way to Justice and Peace. People of Iraq stop killing each other. Just sit down and everybody take it easy
Anyone who has been held in prison without being charged with a crime must be released.
Cynthia wouldn’t the memory of your father and the good times with him mean something more if it brought peace to those people in Iraq who are suffering like you. Seek the answer with an open mind “Who made enemies for the American people.”
Maybe you and Jilan can have a nice cup of tea when it’s all over and the good people come to their senses. I hope you find what you’re looking for Cynthia .And I hope you find Peace and Hope Jilan.
John Mackesy Middletown California

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