Nightslantern Suppressed News // April 19, 2019 - #Canada #Ukraine #Israel #Brussels #Paris

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April 19, 2019 Canada Ukraine Israel Brussels Paris

Canada: on March 25, 2018 in an Edmonton court, Chief Justice Mary Moreau declared Omar Khadr has served his sentence and is a free man with among other rights the right to travel where and as he wants and see whom he wants, and to live. Background. Partial sources online: "Omar Khadr walks out of Edmonton court a free man," Claire Theobald, March 25, 2019, Toronto Star; "Omar Khadr is a free man. Does the U.S. care?" John Wakefield, April 5, 2019, Edmonton Journal.

Ukraine: Canada remains silent about pro fascist demos in the Ukraine and the Ukraine's awarding pensions to Nazi collaborators and collaborative war veterans, while scolding Latvia for its annual parade honoring its Nazi SS troops. A Canadian commitment of 200 troops training Ukrainian forces in "advanced combat skills and "advanced medical training" (CBC) was recently extended by the Liberal government through 2022. Canada has had troops on the ground there since 2015. Currently 150 U.S. troops from the 101rst Airborne Diivision are being deployed from Fort Campbell Kentucky to the Yavoriv Combat Training Center in western Ukraine, replacing the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment of the Tennessee National Guard. Partial sources online: "Major: Ukraine Enacts Pro-Nazi Legislation, WWII Era Nazi Collaborators Given Veteran Status, Pensions," Joaquin Flores, March 26, 2019, Global Reseach; "Israeli ambassador ‘shocked’ at Ukraine’s honoring of Nazi collaborator," JTA, Dec. 15, 2018, The Times of Israel; "Canada condemns annual Latvian parade that honours Nazi SS unit," David Pugluese, March 26, 2019, The Ottawa Citizen; "The hot cold war: Inside Canada's military training mission in Ukraine," Murray Brewster, April 7, 2019, CBC News; "Soldiers from 101st Airborne set to deploy to Ukraine," Kathlee Curthoys, April 5, 2019, Army Times.

Israel: Hapoalim Bank, Leumi Bank, Mizrahi Tefahot Bank - three of Israel's most substantial banks, have been fined over a billion dollars by the U.S. government for tax evasion, money laundering, and for holding-accounts of rich Americans and dual citizens operating in conspiracies of tax evasion. Leumi Bank settled with the U.S. government in 2014 in return for the payment of 400 million dollars. Partial sources online: "Major Israeli bank to pay $195m penalty for US tax-avoidance scheme," AP & Shoshanna Solomon, March 13, 2019, The Times of Israel; "Media Blackout as Israel’s Largest Banks Pay Over $1 Billion in Fines for US Tax Evasion Schemes," Whitney Webb, March 21, 2019,MPN News.

Brussels: the International Criminal Court has backed down in its plans to investigate for prosecution allegations of war crimes committed by the U.S. military in Afghanistan. U.S. President Trump denied the chief prosecutor for the I.C.C., Fatou Bensouda, admission to the U.S. and John Bolton has previously threatened the court officials with arrest. A three judge panel at the I.C.C. found it impractical to proceed at this time but affirms that "crimes within the ICC jurisdiction have been committed in Afghanistan" (CNN). Among war crimes the crime of genocide for example has no statute of limitations. While the U.S. government has withdrawn its approval of the international court, the U.S. is accused of committing crimes within the borders of countries which accept I.C.C. decisions as legally binding. By refusing the I.C.C. jurisdiction even in those countries, the U.S. is paving the way for impunity in the commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity; it risks stripping international treaties and covenants of their means to protect civilians and victim governments. As the world's ultimate court in protection of populations from for example the crime of genocide, without the International Court - protection of people from atrocity crimes will inevitably move outside the law's domain. It would save an immense amount of suffering for the U.S. to limit its policies to what international law finds acceptable. Partial sources online: "ICC Makes “Dangerous Decision” to Drop Probe into U.S. War Crimes in Afghanistan After U.S. Pressure," Juan Gonzalez & Katherine Gallagher, April 17, 2019, Democracy Now!; "International Criminal Court rejects call to investigate war crimes in Afghanistan," Jennifer Hansler, April 12, 2019, CNN; "The Trump Administration's Wish to 'Let the ICC Die'," J.B.Gerald, Sept. 12, 2018, nightslantern.ca.

Paris: April 15th the roof of Notre Dame began burning which destroyed portions of the church. Generally the press refers to the cathedral as 850 years old, and refers to the fire as caused by an electrical short circuit. As the fire burned in Notre Dame the 2000 year old site of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem lost its Al-Marwani prayer room to fire; the cause has not been determined. A series of acts of vandalism against French churches is noted in the months preceding the Notre Dame fire. In Paris the Saint Sulpice church was damaged by a fire March 17th which is reported to have been intentional. In February Notre Dame des Enfants (Nimes), Saint-Alain Cathedral (Lavaur), St. Nicholas Catholic Church (Houilles), Notre Dame (Dijon) were all reportedly damaged by fire or vandalism. Partial sources online: "Reminder: French Catholic Churches Were Being Desecrated Weeks Prior to Notre Dame Cathedral Fire," The Clover Chronicle, April 16, 2019, Global Research; "Palestinians tackle blaze at mosque in Al-Aqsa," April 16, 2019, Middle East Monitor.

by j. b. gerald

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