[PAA-Discuss] National White House Call-in Day to Support Bradley Manning: This Thursday

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The events in Egypt show, once again, how U.S. foreign policy needs  
dramatic change (analysis of that is coming shortly).  The U.S. has  supported the 
despotic regime of Hosni Mubarak for 30 years.  We've  seen weapons, tear 
gas and fighter jets all provided by the United States  used against the 
Egyptian people.  One of the abuses of the Mubarak  regime has been torture of 
Egyptians. Today, the United States is  torturing an American soldier-citizen 
who has not been convicted of any  crime.  Pfc Bradley Manning is accused 
of leaking a video to  WikiLeaks that shows the wanton killing of civilians  
by American soldiers and is being investigated for leaks of  diplomatic 
cables and Iraq and Afghan war diaries.  We are working  with the Bradley 
Manning Support Network (_www.BradleyManning.org_ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=J2doOwBY8YX336eA/CMRB7SD3OvGBHlO) ) to organize a 
show of  support for Manning and make sure the commander-in-chief takes  
responsibility for the actions of the military.   
Please join us in calling the White House this Thursday.  
Thanks.  
Kevin Zeese 
Executive Director 
Voters For Peace  
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National White House Call-in Day to Support Bradley Manning, Thursday,  
February 3rd, 2011 
Whitehouse switchboard: 202-456-1414
(or Whitehouse comments:  202-456-1111) 
Call the White House Thursday to voice your support for accused  WikiLeaks 
whistle-blower US Army PFC Bradley Manning, specifically that  his human 
rights be respected by the Quantico, Virginia, brig authorities.  Bradley has 
been held in solitary confinement-like conditions for over  eight months, and 
his trial is still months away. This American  citizen-soldier has been 
convicted of no crime, yet continues to endure  inhumane conditions of 
pre-trial confinement like no other inmate at the  Quantico brig. White House press 
secretary Robert Gibbs recently stated  that the White House was not paying 
attention to Bradley Manning's extreme  confinement conditions, or the fact 
that recent pre-approved visitors of  Bradley's have been detained and 
interrogated by military police in order  to block their scheduled visit. It is 
critical that we educate the White  House of this ongoing injustice! 
Recommended points to make: 
- US Army PFC Bradley Manning, the accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower  being 
held at the Marine brig in Quantico, Virginia, is an American  citizen who 
is innocent until proven otherwise. Yet, he has been subjected  to continuous 
illegal pre-trial punishment since his arrest in May 2010.  Based on these 
abuses alone, Manning should be freed pending court  martial. 
- Military pre-trial confinement is supposed to be about ensuring a  
soldier's presence at court martial, yet for eight months now Manning has  been 
subjected to extreme pre-trial punishment through the arbitrary use  of rarely 
applied regulations--specifically the "maximum security  classification" 
and the "prevention of injury" order. If he is not freed  pending court 
martial, then at the very least, Manning's human rights  need to be respected, and 
the illegal pre-trial punishment must  end. 
- The arbitrary restrictions placed on Manning, and no other inmates at  
Quantico, mean that: Manning is allowed no meaningful physical exercise,  he 
is allowed no social interaction with other inmates, he is kept in his  cell 
at least 23 hours per day, and he is not allowed out of his cell  without 
restraints. 
- If the charges against him are true, they actually show that Manning  is 
a patriot acting to advance an informed democracy. There is no  allegation 
that Manning did anything but share truthful information with  the American 
public regarding the realities of our nation's ongoing wars  in Iraq and 
Afghanistan, with absolutely no benefit to himself, in order  to spark public 
debate regarding foreign policy. 
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