Bradley Manning nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 2012
Bradley Manning, the US army officer accused of linking information to WikiLeaks, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by the group The Movement of the Icelandic Parliament.
Manning is faced with charges that include aiding the enemy, wrongfully causing intelligence to be published on the internet, theft of public property or records, transmitting defense information and fraud and related activity in connection with computers, CNN reported. The former Army private could face life in prison if convicted of these charges.
Despite his long list of charges, the parliamentary group The Movement of the Icelandic Parliament submitted a letter to the Nobel Peace Prize committee for the 2012 prize for his “individual effort to have an impact for peace in our world,” the letter stated.
“The revelations – including video documentation of an incident in which American soldiers gunned down Reuters journalists in Iraq – have helped to fuel a worldwide discussion about America’s overseas engagements, civilian casualties of war, imperialistic manipulations, and rules of engagement,” the letter stated. “Citizens worldwide owe a great debt to the WikiLeaks whistleblower for shedding light on these issues, and so I urge the Committee to award this prestigious prize to accused whistleblower Bradley Manning.”
Manning, 24, served the US military in Baghdad in late 2009 to early 2010 and allegedly leaked more than 700,000 secret government documents from Iraq and Afghanistan, hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables and a combat video that shows an Army helicopter attack in 2007, the Associated Press reported. His defense has said Manning had access to the computers with others in the workplace and was emotionally distressed since he was a gay soldier and homosexuals were barred from serving openly in the US military at the time.
The letter nominating him for a Nobel Peace Prize states the former soldier deserves it since he brought to light “a long history of corruption, war crimes, and imperialism by the United States government in international dealings,” which they believe fueled the Arab Spring uprising and contributed to the withdrawal of troops in Iraq in 2011.
Manning has been in prison for over a year and was court martialed on all charges last Friday, the military said in a statement, CNN reported. A military judge will be appointed to provide the date for the date for his arraignment, motion hearings and trial.
I think he deserves it.
He helped spark a fire that started revolutions all around the world.
However-Many people are nominated for Nobel Peace Prizes.
Quoting Thomigirl:Wait...what? For what?
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We have the great honor of nominating Private First Class Bradley Manning for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize. Manning is a soldier in the United States army who stands accused of releasing hundreds of thousands of documents to the whistleblower website WikiLeaks. The leaked documents pointed to a long history of corruption, war crimes, and imperialism by the United States government in international dealings. These revelations have fueled democratic uprising around the world, including a democratic revolution in Tunisia. According to journalists, his alleged actions helped motivate the democratic Arab Spring movements, shed light on secret corporate influence on our foreign policies
I think he deserves some sort of recognition.
Everyone wonders how come there are not more good people out there exposing fraud, crimes, and corruption. Then when someone does it-And helps spark the fires for revolutions around the world-We inprison him and label him a criminal.
If they enforced bank regulations like they do park rules, we wouldn't be in this mess
Well, he is in good company: Arafat, Carter, Obama, Manning .... Birds of a feather.
He's a traitor. A nobel peace prize for being a traitor?
Oh, and playing the gay card doens't work for me. My child is serving as a girl but is transgender. She identifies as being a guy. No problems. At work she is Kate, she has many friends, does her job well. It is NEVER brought up. No one in her unit cares. She would be crying and complaining to me if she was being harassed.
This guy release secrets that could have hurt soldiers, he's no hero.
Quoting brookiecookie87:
I think he deserves it.
He helped spark a fire that started revolutions all around the world.
However-Many people are nominated for Nobel Peace Prizes.
And which of those revolutions has been peaceful or has produced a peaceful outcome?
Quoting Geria09:President Obama now him.....the Nobel Peace Prize, the Grammys, there isn't any distinction?
lol :)
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