BLAIR OF THE BLOODY HAND chedet.co.cc October 16, 2009 By Dr. Mahathir Mohamad 1. The Daily Mail of London (Saturday, October 10, 2009 - read here ) carried the following headline; "I am not shaking your hand Mr Blair. You have got blood on it" . 2. This was said by a bereaved father after the ex-Prime Minister was criticised by the Archbishop of Canterbury at an Iraq remembrance ceremony. 3. It is clear that many in England have a low regard for Tony Blair. Yet in Malaysia he was welcomed and given the honour to give a talk on social issues to Malaysians. 4. When he was Prime Minister, Blair got the British Parliament to support war against Iraq by telling lies about the so-called weapons of mass destruction. Very soon after it was revealed that he had cooked up the intelligence report so that he could support his co-liar, George Bush, President of the United States. 5. The war that they unleashed on Iraq has caused the death of more than 100,000 Iraqis, wounded many more and devastated that highly developed Arab country. 6. The leader of the Iraqis was described as a dictator who was alleged to have killed many of his people. But it is obvious that the number of Iraqis killed and maimed by the British and American soldiers is far far greater than what Saddam was alleged to have killed. 7. Saddam was arrested for his alleged crimes and hanged by the neck until he died. So were his colleagues. Yet if one compares his alleged oppression of his people with the oppression of Iraq and its people, the killings and the destruction resulting from the orders made by Blair and Bush, it must be obvious that what the two leaders had done to the Iraqi people and Iraq is far far worse and heinous. Yet Bush and Blair have escaped any kind of retribution and punishment. 8. Surely there is no justice in the difference between the treatment meted out to Saddam and company and the treatment of Bush and Blair. 9. If people like Bush and Blair are allowed to escape any form of punishment for the brutal crimes they have committed, then others who may lead powerful countries will continue to war and to kill and destroy even when there is no justification. 10. After World War II, a court was set up by the victors to try the vanquished leaders. Such a court cannot be just as it was made up of nominees of the victors. If there was going to be justice, then the court must be made up of neutral judges. In any case the people responsible for the mass killings in war, no matter which side they may be, must be tried and punished. But only the vanquished leaders were tried and we know they were the ones who killed 100,000 in Dresden, Germany and 200,000 in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 11. In the absence of courts sanctioned by the international community the Perdana Global Peace Organisation, a Non-Governmental Organisation devoted to criminalising war had decided to set up a tribunal to try war criminals. 12. The court may not be able to get the attendance of the accused persons or to carry out the proper punishment, but this is not going to stop the tibunal from holding a hearing. It will not be the first time that a court hears a case in absentia. But the trial must be held so that the crimes committed by war criminals will be exposed so that the world may punish in whatever way possible. 13. From October 28-29, 2009, a conference on war in its modern version will be held at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur. 14. Present at this conference will be people like Hans von Sponeck, Dennis Halliday, Michel Chossudovsky, Cynthia Mckinney, the victims of Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, the people who had been tortured and many others. They will tell of the laws which prohibit torture, the tortures carried out in Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib, the detentions without rial and without laws by the very people who talk about human rights, about the rule of law and a lot more. 15. There will be an exhibition of the tortures and the sufferings of the victims. 16. Following the conference, the Commissioners and the Tribunals will sit to listen to the evidence of the brutality perpetrated in the Iraq War. 17. All Malaysians and others are welcome to the conference and to the hearings by the Commission and the Tribunal. 18. We Malaysians have not suffered as the Iraqis, Afghans, Bosnians and Palestinians have suffered from the wars launched against them. 19. We have not even suffered from the earthquakes, the volcanoes, the floods and the storms. Even when the tsunami hit us in 2004, we suffered less because Aceh took the brunt of it. 20. We have to be grateful that we have been saved from all these horrors. 21. But we must feel and sympathise with people who have been less fortunate than us. We must therefore try to appreciate the sufferings of others, be sympathetic towards them. That is the least we can do. 22. So Malaysians, please come to the Conference on War, on Criminalising War, and the upholding of justice. 23. No fees will be charged. Give us your moral support so that we can continue our effort to criminalise war so we may all be able to live in peace and security. ** For more information go to; http://www.perdana4peace.org/ http://www.criminalisewar.org / 142 Comments By wlAuthor Profile Page on November 20, 2009 12:37 AM Tun, wars are indeed ugly.that's why we shd never ever have another world war.Better to tolerate & leave harmoniously at all levels be it internally or externally.Have heard first hand many times the horror & evil of the second world war from sufferers in my own family.How they had to run to hide & how they lived in deprived conditions too.Very sad. How hopes & dreams were broken 'cos of war & suffering.I know you are angry.But Tun, don't forget the sacrifices the British & americans had made for us in 2nd WW & also Vietnam War.If not for their great sacrifices you can say M'sia & many SEA countries will not enjoy the peace & prosperity that we are having now.Most likely we'll be under Vietnamese rule 'cos the Vietnamese army was very strong then.US fought a long & bitter battle agst the Vietcong & they lost soooo many young & promising American lives.I said this 'cos I saw the Vietnam war memorial with the longest list of mostly dead & maimed soldiers.Never seen such a long & scary memorial before.Don't wish to see another one like that again.So sad!!! By JessieAuthor Profile Page on November 4, 2009 10:20 PM Hello, and my regards to Tun. All I would want to say is: Propaganda. That word still lives on and the actions around the world are showing it. By adik adikAuthor Profile Page on October 31, 2009 7:46 AM United Nation was form to uphold justice,restore peace,assists nation that was hit by natural disastor for world mankind. It must be a body of its own,not being manupulate by any nations, strong and respectable. It is indeed very low esteem of UN now to allow US regardless of low vote to attack Iraq and Afganistan. Why help rebuilding nations that was torn by war, when we are able to stop the destruction from day 1. Why destroy than rebuild in the name of humantarian. Rebuilding and building are two different scenerio. It takes lots of work to rebuild.Can this rebuilding rebuild the lives of the dead,or the life of the lives one. It is Barbaric of UN to allow this happenings. This money can be use to helps nation that face natural disastor, which is unavoidble by human.War is avoidable. WHY funds this organization when it cannot upholds its foundation.We will be a bunch of fools. We are in this world of different races,nation,religion,belives NOT to kill each other but to understand each other,this differs us from beasts. By Zulkiflee Bin AripAuthor Profile Page on October 30, 2009 10:16 PM Assalamu'alaikum Tun, semoga Tun sekeluarga dilindungi Allah Subhanaullah Ta'ala sentiasa,dilimpahkan dgn kesihatan yg baik dan di panjangkan umur demi menjalankan tugas mulia memimpin,membentuk dan memupuk pemikiran bangsa. Tun,saya setuju Tony Blair tidak sepatut nya diundang ke Malaysia dan sesiapa yg mengundang nya mesti dikenakan tindakkan disiplin.tapi saya tidak setuju dgn saranan Tun menjenayahkan Perang.apakah kerana kita kalah disana sini menjadikan kita berputus-asa? padahal Perang adalah termaktub didalam Al-Quran,ada kriteria-kriteria jelas,sebab-musabab yg ditentukan Allah untuk kita menuntut syahid.ini adalah Dunia,bukan Syurga yg kita boleh hidup dgn damai.malah ada ayat Al Quran yg boleh di nukil sebagai penguat hujah untuk mengatakan bahwa Perang adalah suatu Profession! dgn keadaan umat Islam yg semakin hari semakin parah,dgn keadaan kekafiran yg semakin hari semakin perkasa,pemimpin-pemimpin umat Islam sedunia semakin terhimpit untuk setuju menerima perdamaian yg di hulur oleh proksi-proksi Bush dan Blair dgn syarat-syarat yg hanya menambah miskin dan lemah kita.dalam damai,ketika berbaik-baik,kita di tipu.dalam perang,ketika mereka kuat,kita di serang.putaran hidup kita hanyalah tewas atau tumpas.samada tewas dgn tipudaya atau tumpas dgn balatentera,kita hanya kalah saja.tapi bila fikir baik-baik kita cuma kalah saja,bukan nya apa.cuma kalah saja...tapi selagi perang masih halal,orang-orang kafir akan terus bimbang akan ada nya suatu masa yg mereka tak dapat menang,tak dapat sewenang-wenang nya menaruh syarat merampas hak-hak kita sebagaimana yg mereka buat sekarang.sebab itu Perang perlu terus ada,sehingga datang nya keadilan.orang-orang kafir tidak akan mampu berlaku adil.kemenangan mereka tidak membawa kpd keadilan.keadilan hanya datang bersama kemenangan di pihak Islam.inilah yg mereka takut,dan biar lah mereka jadi seperti yahudi,hidup dalam ketakutan.kpd orang-orang kafir itu,samada penjajah atau penghijrah,kita katakan bahwa anda menyerang kami.anda menang,kami belum kalah,sempadan belum muktamad.the war goes on,the border is not final.