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"Amnesty International is primarily motivated not by human rights but by publicity. Second comes money. Third comes getting more members. Fourth, internal turf battles. And then finally, human rights, genuine human rights concerns."To be sure, if you are dealing with a human rights situation in a country that is at odds with the United States or Britain, it gets an awful lot of attention, resources, man and womanpower, publicity, you name it. They can throw whatever they want at that."
"But if it's dealing with violations of human rights by the United States, Britain, Israel, then it's like pulling teeth to get them to really do something on the situation. They might, very reluctantly and after an enormous amount of internal fightings and battles and pressures, you name it. But you know, it's not like the official enemies list."
In 1990, AI spread Washington propaganda preceding the Gulf War. It supported the falsified report about throwing Kuwaiti babies out of incubators. It lied in return for funding.
During the Balkan wars, it performed similar services. It promoted false reports about Serbs committing mass rapes. In 1999, it supported "humanitarian bombing." It said "AI is not an anti-war organization."
In 2011, it spread unsubstantiated rumors and disinformation during NATO's Libya war.
In May 2012, it participated in an Afghan war campaign. It featured the slogan "NATO: Keep the Progress Going."
In June, Ann Wright and Coleen Rowley wrote about "Amnesty's Shilling for US Wars," saying:
AI Executive Director Suzanne Nossel worked for Richard Holbrooke at the UN. She also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations.
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