2005 SPRING : (GIANDOMENICO PICCO {see UN OIL FOR FOOD SCANDAL} HELPS KOFI ANNAN ADVISOR IQBAL RIZA, A PAKISTANI, SET UP “THE ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS”... EVEN THOUGH MONTHS EARLIER RIZA HAD BEEN FORCED TO RESIGN IN THE UN/IRAQ OIL FOR FOOD SCANDAL) And last spring, according to both U.N. and Spanish sources, Annan brought in Picco to help advise Riza on setting up the Alliance. — “New U.N. Scheme: Alliance of Civilizations,” By Claudia Rosett and George Russell, Tuesday, FOXNEWS.COM , November 22, 2005
JUNE 23-27, 2005 : (ISTANBUL, TURKEY : "WORLD TRIBUNAL ON IRAQ" aka WTI [* aka GATHERING OF LOONS DECLARING SOLIDARITY WITH IRAQ INSURGENCY]--- See NION, UPJ, CODE PINK, ANSWER, GREEN PEACE) At the culmination of a gathering of global 'antiwar' groups in Istanbul to hold court on the liberation of Iraq led by the United States and the United Kingdom, the jurors who heard testimony against the liberators issued their findings which included a declaration of support for the terrorists in Iraq who are killing American, British and coalition soldiers and Iraqis. The World Tribunal on Iraq is endorsed by leading leftwing organizations from around the world including American-based groups like Not in Our Name Project, United for Peace and Justice, Code Pink and International ANSWER. ---------- "GLOBAL ANTIWAR MOVEMENT DECLARES SUPPORT FOR TERRORISTS AGAINST US, UK," Monday, June 27, 2005 | Kristinn
MY NOTE: These are the same people involved in the Gaza Flotilla along with the Turkish group IHH and the "ground zero" Imam.