From the Bush Regime's "War on Terror" to Obama's "Overseas Contingency Operation" – Why We Resist
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Panel Abstract:
An examination of how the Obama administration is, in some ways, worse than the Bush regime in prosecuting secret wars in Pakistan and Yemen with the use of secret ops and unmanned drone attacks; night raids in Afghanistan; continuing involvement of troops, contractors and the largest embassy in the world in Iraq; the development of list of targets for extra-judicial killing by the CIA; the continuation of renditions to third countries, denial of habeas rights for detainees in Bagram; and revelations of the US military policy of fostering human rights abuse of prisoners by puppet armies.
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- International
- L. Panel Session 5—Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
- Debra Sweet—Director of World Can't Wait
- Approved
- Debra Sweet—Director of World Can't Wait
- Eric Stoner–freelance journalist, Adjunct Professor at St. Peter's College, War Resisters League
- Mathis Chiroux–Army veteran, Iraq war resister
- Pardiss Kebriaei—Center for Constitutional Rights
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- E324
Panel Abstract:
An examination of how the Obama administration is, in some ways, worse than the Bush regime in prosecuting secret wars in Pakistan and Yemen with the use of secret ops and unmanned drone attacks; night raids in Afghanistan; continuing involvement of troops, contractors and the largest embassy in the world in Iraq; the development of list of targets for extra-judicial killing by the CIA; the continuation of renditions to third countries, denial of habeas rights for detainees in Bagram; and revelations of the US military policy of fostering human rights abuse of prisoners by puppet armies.
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