Calling Kuwait: Write to Bradley!
2010-06-17
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Called the brig back just now, confirmed and clarified the address for sending postal communication to Bradley Manning provided earlier in a comment here by John Boy:
Inmate: Bradley Manning
TFCF (Theater Field Confinement Facility)
APO AE 09366
USA
If you’re based in the US and want to send Bradley some words of encouragement, please use Priority Mail to do so, as this will get your letter there the fastest.
As somebody who has been doing prisoner support for a while, I’d like to ask that people please keep in mind that when sending letters you need to be mindful not to get this prisoner in trouble. Even unsolicited mail can get them in trouble. I’m not sure what regulations at this particular spot are, but federal prisons have the following regulations:
*No staples, paperclips or other things that could be used as weapons
*No ink aside from black ink or pictures (photocopies are alright)
*No books unless from a publisher and no hard copies regardless
Also, do not say anything that could incriminate him. Remember that he allegedly leaked these videos and it’s up to the court to decide his guilt, not yours to be careful with your words.
Let’s fill up his cell with our love!
Thanks for that, anon, good advice. I spoke yesterday to an ex-service member who agreed to use his contacts to get a hold of the specific rules in force there, and send them to me. I’ll update this post when/if I get that information.
Just remember not to send any pornographic material, pork products, and such as the mail is screened and go by host countryu laws. Whatever you do, don’t put Kuwait on any part of the mailing address as it will go through the Kuwait Postal System and you will never receive it back. You can download the rules for mailing things on “Military Postal System”
Sorry it is called “Military Postal Service Agency”
Dear Bradley
We know that you are in custody and we are all concerned that you have been held for some time now. We also do not know why you were transferred there rather than kept with your unit?
There is a support group forming and I guess you know this. We are keeping you constantly in our thoughts. The internet is keeping supporters informed of developments
Look forward to seeing this stupid matter resolved sensibly.
Lots of Best Wishes
All at No 9
Kuwait is where military personnel from Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan are held for detention.
Our local Truth paper would like to provide Bradley’s postal address to encourage all to help “fill his cell with love”. Can someone please post his address? Ta. His shining image should be recognized by all. Love Justice Safety for All. Definitely No More War.
Thanks to All who Care.
Katharine Dawn
Katharine, his address is right here, at least as far as we know now.
Also, Susan, will you let us all know how to join the support group?
Thanks for reply, Mkie. You mean “here” as in
Inmate: Bradley Manning
TFCF (Theater Field Confinement Facility)
APO AE 09366
USA
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Yes.
[...] * We’ve come to really admire Wikileaks and its founder, Julian Assange for their work getting out the truth that corrupt governments and corporations want to keep hidden. There is also an online effort to help Bradley Manning who has been arrested for being the alleged leaker of a video showing the U.S. military attacking and killing journalists and other unarmed civilians. You can send Bradley some encouragement via old-fashion mail. [...]
Bradley, you are a hero in a world of dwindling heroes. i want to donate to your defense and will send this web page to my list. Thank you for what you’ve done.
Hi Bradley
I want to tell you that you are a real hero for telling the truth to everybody about this terrible war. Everyone but the government is for you. Only a bad government would hold you hostage.
From Denmark with Love
Sehr verehrter Bradley E. Mannings, als Journalist habe ich – noch ohne von Ihnen zu wissen – in einer deutschen Zeitung über Ihre tapfere Tat berichtet. Sie sind für mich das Amerika, das ich liebe. Sie sind für mich ein Patriot, auf den Amerika stolz sein kann.
Mein Sohn ist genau so alt, wie Sie heute sind. Er kann sich ein Beispiel nehmen an Ihrem Mut,an Ihrer Ehrenhaftigkeit und an Ihrer Fähigkeit, das Richtige vom Falschen zu unterscheiden. Diejenigen, die Sie jetzt anklagen, haben den Unterschied zwischen Gut und Böse noch nicht begriffen. Ich hoffe, dass auch Ihre militärischen Vorgesetzten verstehen werden, dass der Verrat eines Verbrechens kein Verbrechen sein kann.
Ich grüße Sie aus Deutschland und hoffe, dass Sie bald in Freiheit sein werden. Eine friedliche Welt braucht Menschen wie Sie.
Henry-Martin Klemt
Schriftsteller und Journalist
Deutschland
Google translation of Mr. Klemt’s comment:
Thank you Mr Bradley Manning. All the best
Regards,
Otto
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Falcons’ Thinkbox * Intelligence, hidden truth, esoterism, power, crime, freemasonry, illusions, etc http://www.navigate3d.no/mbbs22/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=1651&start=1
The war has become a joke. American’s laughing while blowing human beings apart with their bullets. The military trains people to be killing machines, case in point.
Dear Bradley,
Just want to let you know I am thinking of you, and can understand the way in which the American government works. I worked for the VA, in America, for 22+ years and saw many things tha should have never happened. I tried and tried to get someone to listen to the “real deal”, but could not find the right ear. I was told to be quiet, or I would “make things worse”, and my very dear friends were afraid I would lose my job. I was always up front with the veterans I served, telling them things the VA would never tell them, and being forbidden to do so.
Take care, never give up, and know that there are a lot of people in your corner.
Thanks for your note, Kris. Are you going to send it off by priority mail, too?
Is the mailing address different now that he has been transferred to Quantico?
Yes it is, Kirsten. I just updated it below the big red donate button.
Thanks!
I wrote to Private Manning at the 09366 address you and my letter just came back to me “Return to Sender — Addressee Unknown.”
Mike Gogulski says the new address is just below the red “donate” button. I don’t see a red button, but a blue one, and there’s no address below it. Please advise.
On July 22 I sent a letter of encouragement to Bradley Manning at the address given on this page. Today I was disappointed to receive the letter back again, with a black magic marker striking through his address. Also there was a stamp that said “Returned to Sender” with “Attempted–Not Known.”
Also on the front in big letters (black magic marker)were the lettrs RTS (return to sender.)
Do we know whether he is allowed to receive letters AT ALL?
Jeremy Kunz
3320 S. 8th Street Telephone: (253) 756-8146
Tacoma, WA 98405 Fax: Same, Please call first
E-mail address: maureenjerry@yahoo.com
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August 28, 2010
Inmate Bradley Manning
TFCF (Theater Field Confinement Facility)
APO AE 09366
USA
Dear Mr. Manning:
I simply want you to know how proud I am of you and of your service to the ends of justice as you made public what the U.S. military is doing in the Middle East. You will surely be remembered in the same breath as Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers of the 1970s.
Exposing injustice, cruelties, and atrocities is ALWAYS the right thing to do though it takes extraordinary courage to do so. When he was facing execution in 1956 for storming Havana’s Moncada Barracks, headquarters of the military during the Batista dictatorship in Cuba, Fidel Castro said, “History will absolve me!” I don’t know what you think of Mr. Castro but I think his declaration is most relevant to you.
I am ashamed to admit that I served in the CIA in Vietnam, 1965-67, and I wish that I had the courage to have exposed some of the things I witnessed and “secret” documents I read at the time. People like you were rare then and are rare now.
I do hope that you will put me on your mailing list. And I hope that you’ll let me know if you need anything. Know that you’re my hero, Brad.
In Solidarity,
Jerry Kunz
Member, Veterans for Peace, Chapter 134, Tacoma, WA