Extensiveccused of human rights abuses in the 1990s when he was head of the entry special forces. He was dismissed from the army in 1998 following accusations he was complicit in the abduction and torture of activists during political unrest in jakarta that led to the out time ouster of longtime dictator. We will go to indonesia this week with allan nairn who is there to rebuild the former generals role in mass killings of civilians. Then historian gerald horne on the counterrevolution of 1776. The United States in many ways was really the first up state. Africa, the south Founding Fathers of apartheid did not intend [indiscernible] all of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Sunni militants in iraq have reportedly executed up to 190 captives in the Northern City of tikrit. The massacre took place earlier this month according to human rights watch. The news comes as iraq he Prime Minister maliki faces increasing pressure to resign for failing to unite the country or beat back ends by the Islamic State of iraq and syria, or isis. Another round of 50 u. S. Special operations troops have arrived in iraq to act as military visors on the crisis. President obama has asked congress for 500 million to train and arm syrian rebels. If approved, it would mark the most erect military role in the conflict to date following more covert forms of support for the rebels. The request comes amidst growing concern about the influence of isis militants in both iraq and syria. Obama says the funds would go to a properly vetted rebels who are fighting but president Bashar Alassad and the isis militants. The United Nations says the Syrian Government is hampering the delivery of humanitarian aid. Addressing the un security council, humanitarian chief valerie amos said out of the more than 240,000 people under siege, the u. N. Could only reach about 1 . Mr. President , in 2011, i told this council that one Million People in syria needed humanitarian assistance. 10. 8figure now stands at million. 1. 5 million more than there were just six months ago. The number of people in need and hardtoreach areas now stands at 4. 7 million. An increase of 1. 2 million since resolution 2139 was adopted in february. Amos said some Syrian Opposition groups have also hindered the delivery of aid by attacking or threatening humanitarian workers. The u. S. Supreme court has struck down a Massachusetts Law establishing a 35 foot buffer zone around Abortion Clinics. The law was passed in response to a history of harassment and violence including the Fatal Shooting of two clinic workers in massachusetts in 1990 four. The law was opposed by antichoice protesters who gathered outside clinics in an attempt to convince patients not to have abortions. In a unanimous ruling, the court found the law was too broad, but it did not reject all Abortion Clinic buffer zones and left the door open for narrower protections. In a press call on thursday, martha walz, former massachusetts state legislator, now head of the planned Parenthood League of massachusetts, said she also raised the question of whether the Supreme Courts own buffer zone may be unconstitutional, based on the ruling. In another decision thursday, the Supreme Court struck down three appointments to the National LabourRelations Board may by president obama during a threeday Senate Recess in 2012. The unanimous ruling severely restricts the ability of the president to make recess appointments in order to overcome congressional opposition. The decision could impact some 100 decisions made by the labor board while the appointees were serving. In international news, ukraine has signed a deal to strengthen ties with europe, seven months viktorkrainian president yanukovych was ousted over his opposition to the pact. The deal comes as a fragile ceasefire with prorussian rebels in ukraines east expires today. Are meeting ins brussels to discuss the ukrainian crisis. In libya, a prominent human rights activist has been assassinated on the day of the countries to election. Salwa bugaighis was killed by gunmen who stormed her house in the city of in gaza on wednesday. And washington, d. C. , state Department Spokesperson marie harf described her legacy in libya. She was a courageous woman and a true patriot. She was an advocate for Political Prisoners during the qaddafi regime and an organizer demonstrations against the regime to the february 17 revolution. An original member of the Transitional National council after the uprising began. She resigned in protest over the absence of womens voices in the council to continue to play an active and powerful role supporting democracy, human rights, and participation of women in the be in politics until she was murdered on the day she another libyans went to the pole to elect another government. Wore a usarf sweatshirt during the press conference as the u. S. Team faced germany in the world cup. There will u. S. Lost him of the still advanced to the next round. In afghanistan, a former finance minister and World Bank Official says he has won the president ial election. The claim comes despite a locations allegations by his opponent that ghani colluded with afghan officials to still the vote. Some 10,000 abdullah supporters marched against the alleged fraud in kabul today. Canadas Supreme Court has issued a landmark victory for First Nations who oppose the corporate exultation of their land. In what has been held as the most significant addition is rights case in canadian history, the court gave the first nation title over nearly 700 square miles in british columbia. The ruling could apply to any Ancestral Lands that were not signed over in government treaties, including areas where the controversial Northern Gateway oil pipeline is slated to run. Two hamas identified operatives as suspects in the alleged kidnapping of three israeli teenagers. The teens disappeared in the west bank earlier this month. Israel has accused the mass of abducting them and is imposed a wideranging crackdown, arresting more than 370 palestinians and killing six. Here in new york, peace activists, including pam sporn, rallied to denounce israels actions. We call this emergency demonstration against the extreme violence that the Israeli Government is raining down upon palestinians throughout the occupied territories on the pretext that three israeli teenagers have been kidnapped. There has been no concrete evidence that those teenagers have been kidnapped, but even if they have been, there is no reason for the collective punishment of millions of palestinians. Certainly, the kind of violence that is happening right now throughout the west bank and gaza will not bring those boys home to safety from a wherever they might be. A new report by former top government officials warns the Obama Administrations could create a slippery slope leading to continual or wider wars. The report, released by the stimson center, does not call for an end to drone strikes, but it has drawn attention because of its authors, who include former pentagon and cia officials. The report criticizes the secrecy of the drone wars and concludes the German Government has canceled its contract with the u. S. Telecommunications firm nsazon amidst concerns over spying. Reports based on leaks by Edward Snowden revealed vast nsa spying in germany, including on sancellor Angela Merkel cellphone. Verizon provided services for German Government agencies. But in a statement thursday, Germanys Interior Ministry said a u. S. Military judge has upheld a ruling ordering the Obama Administration to release tightly held secrets about the cias secret prison overseas. The government had appealed an april ruling ordering the cia to release details about its treatment of uss cole bombing suspect abd alnashiri, including the names of personnel at the socalled black sites where he says he was tortured. But in a newly disclosed ruling, judge james pohl upheld his original decision, calling for the information to be released to defense attorneys. The obama ministration could now decide to bring the case before a military Appeals Court rather than comply. A u. S. Judge has denied a request by argentina to delay attainment repayment of 1. 65 billion in debts to us hedge funds led by Top Republican donor paul singers nml capital. Last week, the with Supreme Court ruled in favor of the socalled fulcher funds that have brought up argentinas that at bargain rates after the countrys financial crisis. 92 of argentinas creditors agreed to cut the value of their holdings following the countrys default. The hedge funds refused to do so. On thursday, u. S. Judge refused to extend a monday deadline for argentina to pay the hedge funds, despite argentinas claim the payments could tank the economy. Argentinas economy minister condemned the decision. Is no doubt about the bias of the judge in favor of the vulture funds, norther to root intention, bringing the republic of argentina to default and running the 20052010 restructuring at was reached after lengthy negotiations in a consensus of 92. 4 . In massachusetts, governor patrick has signed a measure to increase the minimum wage to 11 an hour by 2017, the highest of any state in the country. The measure raises the current eight dollars an hour minimum wage by one dollar each year. The wagepatrick called law great progress, but pressed for more action, saying it is still not a livable wage. And nbc has responded to a planned parenthood petition over its handling of an ad for the film obvious child which mentioned the word abortion. More than 13,000 people signed up petition protesting reports nbc rejected the ad. In a statement, nbc said it has no policy against so thing as including the word abortion, but acknowledged nbc said it would accept the digital ad as it was originally submitted. As of today, obvious child will be airing in nearly 200 theaters across the United States. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman in chicago. And i am Juan Gonzalez in new york. On wednesday, new york citys Council Voted to create invisible id cards that will give the citys half a million undocumented immigrants a way to prove their identity. Also this week, you have reported on one of the democrats most closely watched races, Congress MemberCharles Rangel of harlem declaring victory in a rematch of his primary race against senator Adriano Espaillat in 2012. Charles rangel is 84 years old and has served in congress for 43 years. Can you talk about both . The municipal id card, obviously, with Congress Still paralyzed over the issue of Immigration Reform because republicans in the house are refusing to pass a bill too much that was passed a year ago in the senate, many local governments are taking matters into their own hands as best they can in the city council under the new progressive leadership did pass this week and municipal id law. This allows between 500000 and 600,000 undocumented residents of new york city to be able to have some kind of identification when confronted by police or other government agencies, and to be able to carry some of their daytoday Life Activities without the constant threat of not having proper id it is a big step forward for the immigrant community in the city. As for the Charles Rangel race, this was, as you said, a rematch. Back in 2012, rangel barely defeated Adriano Espaillat, a state senator, by just by about 1000 votes. It was a very bitterly fought campaign. There were a lot of charges of Voter Suppression in the Latino Community and many staff as an accounting of the votes. So not two years later, adriano ,spaillat challenged him again attempted from the left with the Democratic Party come accusing Charles Rangel of being in the grip of a lot of the banking interests in the city. And then again it was a close vote once again with just 1800 votes separating the two men with a lot bigger voter for dissipation this time around participation this time around. Rangel prevailed once again. The lion of harlem, even though his district is now largely a latino district, majority latino population, and he got most of his support the Popular Support from the black community while Adriano Espaillat clearly gothic support in the Latino Community and won a majority of the white vote, but rangel was able to pull away a significant share of the puerto rican vote and was thus able to barely eke out a victory and will return to commerce once again. We will continue to follow all of the stories. And now we move on to our main story today. We turn to indonesia, where polls show support is growing for former military strongman who is now running for president. The u. S. Trained prabowo ofianto has been accused extensive human rights abuses that took place in the 1990s when he was head of the Country Special forces. He was dismissed from the army in 1998 following accusations he was complicit in the abduction and torture of activists during political unrest in jakarta that led to the ouster of longtime dictator suharto. Earlier this month, during a debate between the two candidates, Prabowo Subianto was repeatedly asked about his role then as well as in similar abuses in east timor when it was part of indonesia. Prabowo subianto has denied the accusations and insists he was doing his duty to protect the nation. But on thursday, he faced fresh accusations of criminal behavior after his former boss released details of the military councils findings that led to his discharge from the armed like 16 yearsng ago. On thursday, Prabowo Subianto s campaign threatened to arrest the american journalist allan nairn for revealing the former generals role in human rights abuses. He wrote an article quoting from a 2001 interview he conducted with Prabowo Subianto who said this coincides with outrage over the release of a music video made by Prabowo Subianto supporters and endorsed by him, showing them in nazilike uniforms. The song called indonesia bangkit or awakening indonesia features musician in villagers to cuneiform, wearing badges similars to those of ss commander heinrich himmler. The campaign initially defended the video but has since called for its removal. Prabowo subiantos rival in the race is joko widodo, the governor of the capital jakarta. The elections will be held on july 9. For more, we go to indonesia where journalist and activist allan nairn joins us by democracy now video stream. Allan nairn has reported from indonesia for years, previously exposing government killings of civilians. Welcome back to democracy now what is takinge place in indonesia right now and what has happened is a result of the article that youre just released on your blog . Haseneral Prabowo Subianto been implicated in mass killings and was a close u. S. Protege. He was the most intensively u. S. Trained officer in indonesia. Maybe on the version of assuming state tower power. Become [indiscernible] piece came out, theres been an up or in indonesian press uproar in the indonesian press. The army declared i am and operational target. One of the spokes persons for prabowo said i was an enemy of the nation. But these are kind of standard responses. Oflier, juan read the quotes prabowo in his interviews with me. One additional thing he said when he was talking about the santa cruz massacre that you and i both survived, the full quote was, you dont massacre in front of the press. Saying, its ok to do it, just no one will know. In fact, in 1983, there was just such a massacre in a remote area around the village in the mountains of east timor. The original chartered Truth Commission and the report published testimony indicating prabowo was involved. Prabowo did that after he had been brought to the u. S. , brought to fort bragg and given the u. S. Special forces course. After the massacre and after his forces were repeatedly over the years implicated in similar mask killings mass killings including and was poppel what were they masqueraded as International Red cross and then went on to shoot down civilians, the u. S. Kept bringing him back for more training and