American petitions King Mohammad of Morocco for Political Asylum
Le problème
I have notified King Mohammad VI of my intent to seek political asylum in Morocco. The backdrop of this danger began when a man associated with the CIA wrote calling me "A legitimate target" for my anti-war activities at the beginning of the Iraqi war.
I also spoke at the anti-war protests in the market on San Francisco on the American Forces Attacked Baghdad.
At the time my government was more interested in silencing dissidents than in arresting terrorists.
In July 2017 I was about to visit Spain and have I started to open a door at the terminal when I heard the noise of helicopter rotors in parking. An unidentified Moroccan man told me to be careful. He directed me, then, to return to Morocco. While I am unclear about what happened in Spain, I realize it likely America's new president, Donald Trump, may well have revived the practice of forced renditions.
Donald Trump has made it clear he has no interest in holding to International treaties, including the Geneva Conventions which guard against torture and the use of renditions and extra-judicial assassinations. Congress has given him carte blanche to do whatever he pleases so long as whatever he does is done in the name of National Security.. But of course this isn't about the current US president. This deterioration of American democracy has been moving down a long, slippery slope ever since America began using assassination and 'regime change' with the assassination of Abdu Qasim in a CIA led coup in February 1963.
As I wrote about the beginning of my book The Camelot Papers, the current American administration is "now tottering on the edge of a dictatorship."
America has become a rogue state.
And I continued: "Hard as life is in exile abroad, it is nothing compared to living in an exile in my homeland; at least this makes sense.
I have written King Mohammad VI, petitioning for political asylum. You can also petition him on my behalf. Also, besides signing this petition you may write the king. Address Royal Palace Royal Palace Rabat, Morocco. Thank you. شكرا جزيلا
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Le problème
I have notified King Mohammad VI of my intent to seek political asylum in Morocco. The backdrop of this danger began when a man associated with the CIA wrote calling me "A legitimate target" for my anti-war activities at the beginning of the Iraqi war.
I also spoke at the anti-war protests in the market on San Francisco on the American Forces Attacked Baghdad.
At the time my government was more interested in silencing dissidents than in arresting terrorists.
In July 2017 I was about to visit Spain and have I started to open a door at the terminal when I heard the noise of helicopter rotors in parking. An unidentified Moroccan man told me to be careful. He directed me, then, to return to Morocco. While I am unclear about what happened in Spain, I realize it likely America's new president, Donald Trump, may well have revived the practice of forced renditions.
Donald Trump has made it clear he has no interest in holding to International treaties, including the Geneva Conventions which guard against torture and the use of renditions and extra-judicial assassinations. Congress has given him carte blanche to do whatever he pleases so long as whatever he does is done in the name of National Security.. But of course this isn't about the current US president. This deterioration of American democracy has been moving down a long, slippery slope ever since America began using assassination and 'regime change' with the assassination of Abdu Qasim in a CIA led coup in February 1963.
As I wrote about the beginning of my book The Camelot Papers, the current American administration is "now tottering on the edge of a dictatorship."
America has become a rogue state.
And I continued: "Hard as life is in exile abroad, it is nothing compared to living in an exile in my homeland; at least this makes sense.
I have written King Mohammad VI, petitioning for political asylum. You can also petition him on my behalf. Also, besides signing this petition you may write the king. Address Royal Palace Royal Palace Rabat, Morocco. Thank you. شكرا جزيلا
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Pétition lancée le 24 mai 2018