CHENEY in Rome Sept. 8 and 9: UNWELCOME GUEST ! PROTEST SIT-IN, MONDAY SEPT. 8, Piazza di San Marco (piazza Venezia), 5-7pm
As the principal architect behind the policies of the Bush administration, from the global war on terror, to illegal detention and torture, Vice-President Dick Cheney is an unwelcome guest in Rome today. Add to this his role in privatizing war resulting in huge personal profits, his role in unlawful wiretapping, and his notion that the executive branch of government is neither bound by any limits nor subject to accountability, just to mention a few examples of his basically criminal behavior these past eight years. Cheney's the guy who described the detainees of Guantánamo as “living in the tropics”, who thinks the acceptability of waterboarding is “a no brainer,”and who, during an interview with ABC's Martha Raddatz, made the notorious reply pictured here. This man deserves an indictment, not a welcome! Cheney is in Rome to discuss the crisis in Georgia, the situation in the Middle East, Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran, looking for additional support from the Italian government. The issue of the new U.S. base in Vicenza is certainly on the agenda as well: on Saturday the police charged a peaceful demonstration against the base held just outside the terrain. One of our members got brutalized in the process.

ITALY: DON'T SUPPORT BUSH AND CHENEY'S WAR PLANS
Let's put Cheney's arrogance on trial by contributing to the people's indictment hearings Sept. 12-14 in Andover, MA.! See: http://tinyurl.com/no-cheney --------------------------------------------------- Rome, 9-9-2008 www.peaceandjustice.it Info@peaceandjustice.it