Oblique: Courage and Greens: Please, Help PFC Bradley Manning

Bradley Manning is being held in solitary confinement in the pretrial brig in Quantico VA. He is probably being "blamed" for providing the world with some of the information on Wiki-leaks. He is being held in harsh solitary confinement in a regime that equates torture. Yet he has not even been convicted of a crime and there is not reason to believe that he is a danger to himself or anyone else. Look below for the US Military's disclaimer that he is being mistreated. Their own description shows how badly they are treating him. So while we are having our Christmas holidays, Mr. Manning is living in a cell for 23 hours a day without so much as a sheet on his bed. To spread the word, please send this email on too.

Please write two letters.

1. A Christmas Card to

PFC Bradley Manning
c/o Courage to Resist
484 Lake Park Ave #41
Oakland CA 94610

2. A protest letter to:

Commanding Officer
3247 Elrod Avenue
Quantico, VA 22134

Ask for normal, humane treatment for PFC Manning as a minimum security pre trial detainee.

Note that the Christmas card must be sent via Courage to Resist or it will be returned.

For more contact information about the Quatico Brig
http://www.quantico.usmc.mil/activities/display.aspx?PID=588&Section=SecBn

For the USMC's side of the story see
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/12/20101217224025909634.html

for a more realistic view see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FkDyW3ZM5w