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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 00:14:00 EST
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Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: [Fwd: Appeal from Kosova unions]

Further material from Kosovo. David McReynolds (no easy answers and this
doesn't help!)

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 To the people of Europe, particularly to Trade Unions and Associations,
Student
 Unions, Democratic Rights Organisations and Humanitarian Organisations.

 Dear Friends,

 The people of Kosova desperately need your help. Ethnic cleansing has driven
 hundreds of thousands of Albanian Kosova citizens from their homes. This
 violence and injustice has been growing since 1989 when Serbian troops
occupied
 Kosova, which had the right of veto at the federal level, illegally crushed
its
 parliament, constitution and all legitimate institutions, closed its schools,
 colleges and hospitals to all Albanians and sacked Albanian workers from
their
 jobs.

 We appeal to the people of Europe to defend us from this fascist violence.
 Please, come to Kosova with humanitarian aid, come to show your solidarity,
 come to see for yourself what is happening.  We need you by our side or the
 Serbian regime's genocide is going to continue until they get their
"ethnically
 pure state".

 But if you want to reach us you will have to confront an obstacle - the
Serbian
 regime will not grant visas to anyone who they think will tell the truth of
 what they have seen in Kosova and campaign for solidarity. There is a
blockade
 around Kosova which isolates the suffering people from the outside world.  We
 need you to break this blockade.  We need a humanitarian corridor reaching
from
 the outside world right into Kosova.  Let the fleeing victims of ethnic
 cleansing escape their torturers! Let food, medicine, educational supplies,
and
 everything else needed for a human life, reach the communities who are
 resisting ethnic cleansing. Let Kosova live!

 Therefore if you are to reach us you will need to organise yourselves to be
 strong enough to demand from the Serbian regime the right to travel to
Kosova.
 We ask everyone who hears this appeal to unite to organise a "convoy of aid
and
 solidarity".

 Your action will signal that the people of Europe will not sit back and allow
 ethnic cleansing and will not allow politicians to make the promise "No more
 Bosnias" become empty words.

 Your action will give hope and strength to all the people in Kosova who want
to
 establish a just and democratic society in which everyone can live and work
in
 peace.

 Please contact us today, this minute.  Our future is in your hands.

 Agim Hyseni,

 On behalf of

 SBASHK - The Union of Education, Science and Culture of Kosova.
 Ardian Kastrati - Students Independent Union of University of Pristina
 Nediha Grapci  - Humanitarian Association of Kosova "Helping Hand"
 The Independent Union of Health workers of Kosova
 Xhafer Nuli - The Independent Union of Miners of Stari Terg - Kosova
 25 March 1999

 Contact Agim Hyseni tel/fax ++ 381 38 26 112
 or Ardian Kastrati email [e-mail]

 Please also contact Workers' Aid for Kosova tel/fax ++ 44 161 226 0404
 email [e-mail]
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 19:32:44 -0800
From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Russian Reaction:  NATO Builds Forces for 24-Hour Airstrikes

from:
http://38.201.154.103/articles/?a=3D1999/3/30/63301
<A HREF=3D"http://38.201.154.103/articles/?a=3D1999/3/30/63301">NewsMax.c=
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Russia's Anger Makes for War Talk
J.R. NyquistMarch 30, 1999
When US and NATO warplanes struck Yugoslavia last week, President Boris
Yeltsin warned of a global war. But Western leaders have seemingly
scoffed at Yeltsin's statement, and those of other Russian leaders.
By ignoring such peril, Western leaders have taken a casual approach to
Russia that may be intensifying Russia's growing animus toward the West.


To date, no high level meetings between Russian and American officials
have been arranged to address Moscow's concerns. The usual anxiety about
US-Russian relations is almost non-existent. At the State Department,
James Rubin offered the belief that "President Yeltsin, Prime Minister
Primakov and Foreign Minister Ivanov see the value of keeping the
relationship (between the U.S. and Russia) on track, and not letting
someone like Milosevic derail everything that's at stake."

Yet the relationship is not on track.

After the air assault on Yugoslavia began last Wednesday the Russians
froze their relationship with NATO. They pulled Russian ground troops
out of the Bosnia Stabilization Force. They also expelled the NATO
representative in Moscow.

Ominously, they discontinued their cooperation on the Y2K problem -- a
problem that could have catastrophic consequences for Russia unless they
receive Western help.

Then, the Russians canceled a planned visit by Pentagon officials to
discuss the dismantling of Russian nuclear weapons. Worse still,
according to Russian news reports, the Kremlin is contemplating the
deployment of tactical nuclear weapons and bombers to Belarus. Belarus
is Russia's invasion pathway to Europe.

An alarm has been sounded throughout Russia.

When NATO bombs began falling on Russia's ally, Yugoslavia, the banner
headline of Kommersant, a business newspaper, simply said: "The Blow."
Segodnya's ominous headline explained: "It's war. The Americans cannot
convince the Serbs, and Russia cannot convince the Americans." Vremya's
headline stated: "NATO planes have attacked Yugoslavia as well as
Moscow's international authority."

On Saturday Russian lawmakers, meeting in emergency session, passed a
resolution 366-4 that called the NATO air assault on Yugoslavia "an act
of aggression that is a gross violation of the UN Charter ..." The four
page resolution further stated: "The aggression against Russia's ally
Yugoslavia is seen as a serious threat to Russian security."

Nikolai Zyubov, an independent political analyst, has stated that due to
NATO air attacks on Serbia: "Russians are far more anti-American today
than they have ever been." But more than this, he pointed out that
Russia now feels threatened.

Gennady Zyuganov, leader of the Russian Communist Party declared: "The
Americans have gone down the path of Hitlerism. The use of force has
become the main argument in their policy, and so have blackmail, bombs
and threats."

The liberal Russian newspaper Izvestia called NATO's bombing campaign a
"royal gift" to the Communists in the Russian Duma. "The Party of
retrogrades," said Izvestia, "does not require a new strategy at all, as
the NATO alliance has of its own accord provided proof of the slogans of
anti-American propaganda."

Russian outrage has been apparent at the US Embassy in Moscow. Angry
Russians have pelted the US Embassy with eggs. The protestors are often
heard shouting anti-American slogans. One placard said: "NATO go to
Hell."

On Sunday the protest almost turned violent when an attempt was made to
use a grenade launcher against the Embassy building. Afterward, one of
the Russian protesters snarled: "I hope the Russian government will
understand and take this unique chance to start a war against the
enemies of the Russians and of all Slav people."

A leading Russian analyst, Leonod Radzikhovsky stated that "xenophobia,
envy and hatred of America are deep rooted feelings in Russia." And now
these feelings have been awakened.

Valdimir Zhirinovsky, wearing a military uniform, called for Russian
volunteers to fight NATO. "The Third World War started on March 24," he
said.

Thousands of young Russians have answered Zhirinovsky's call. Colonel
General Viktor Chechevatov, commander of Russia's Far East Military
District, has offered to lead a combined Russian force of "volunteers
and regulars" into Yugoslavia.

The Russian foreign minister, Igor Ivanov, spoke of the unity of the
entire Russian nation in the face of America's bid for "global
domination."

He called it the worst crisis since the Second World War. The usually
polite Ivanov further accused NATO of "blatant genocide," saying that
NATO bombs have killed approximately one thousand Serbs. Ivanov has also
called for the criminal prosecution of those responsible for the
bombing. "We have extreme measures in reserve," warned Ivanov.

"The NATO aggression against Yugoslavia is a very big mistake by
American diplomacy and by Clinton," Ivanov said.

Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, a likely candidate for the Russian presidency
in 2000, compared the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia to the 1962 Cuban
missile crisis. "The missiles were a problem for peace," said Luzhkov.
"This is even worse."

Vice Admiral Vyacheslav Popov, commander of Russia's Northern Fleet,
told Itar-Tass on Wednesday that: "The Northern Fleet is ready to carry
out any order issued by the Supreme Command to defend Russia's
interests."

On Saturday a powerful division of the Northern Fleet put to sea,
including the heavy missile cruiser "Petr Veliky" and the aircraft
carrying cruiser "Admiral Kuznetsov."

On Monday the Russian Pacific Fleet left Vladivostok on "maneuvers."

The deployment by Russia of both her Atlantic and Pacific fleets
- --neither of which have a direct relationship with the Kosovo conflict
close to the Mediterannean -- should have set off alarm bells that
Russia may have plans to widen the war, and soon.

Since last summer, Russia has been dramatically increasing the number of
nuclear warheads carried by its naval ships. Why is Russia now moving so
many ships carrying such weapons onto the high seas? And what is the
status of Russia's lethal submarine force?

>From all appearances, American officials have ignored this significant
Russian deployment of warships, just as they have ignored President
Boris Yeltsin's dire warnings of a widened war.

Has Clinton led NATO into a potentially disastrous confrontation with
Russia?

Not only have American and NATO officials failed to foresee the
consequences of Russia's anger, they are doing little to soothe that
anger. Contempt for Russia's diplomatic and military strength remains.
Russia's fear and frustration in the wake of the bombing of Yugoslavia
will continue to grow. The end of the crisis is nowhere in sight.



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A top Russian defector has warned that Russia's military is preparing a
surprise attack against the United States. The defector says the Y2K
problem may be a tripwire for war. Get Christopher Ruddy's special
report and two videos on the subject.

Revisit J.R. Nyquist's NewsMax.com Russia and China: A Pattern of
Belligerence.





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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 12:06:48 -0500
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: US Test EMP Weapon in Yugoslavia?

>Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 17:37:27 -0500
>Subject: US Test EMP Weapon in Yugoslavia?
>Priority: non-urgent
>X-FC-MachineGenerated: true
>To: [e-mail]
>From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
>
>Dear Abolitionists,
>
>During an interview yesterday on Vancouver's CKNW Radio with Stirling Faux,
>I was told that they had seen a report from the Russians that a B2 stealth
>bomber had dropped an Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP) weapon in Yugoslavia.
>Made by Los Alamos Laboratories, it apparently produces a similar effect to
>a large nuclear weapon in disrupting electronics and communications in
>order to weaken the enemy's ability to retaliate for some time, but without
>the destructive power and radioactive fallout. However, I haven't seen any
>further report of this.
>
>If true, then we are witnessing another field trial for new US weapons.
>Also, it means that, sensibly, the Russians have a sophisticated
>intelligence-gathering capability in Yugoslavia, to get first-hand
>information on how NATO is performing. I saw a report that the first people
>to inspect the downed F117 Stealth fighter-bomber were a Russian "trade
>mission"...
>
>Best wishes,
>Rob Green
>Chair, World Court Project UK
>
>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>
>            Commander Robert D Green, Royal Navy (Retired)
>                   Chair, World Court Project UK
>
>NZ: Disarmament & Security Centre           UK: 2 Chiswick House
>    PO Box 8390                                 High Street
>    Christchurch                                Twyford
>    Aotearoa/New Zealand                        Berkshire RG10 9AG
>
>Tel/Fax: [phone]               Tel/Fax: [phone]
>
>                   Email: [e-mail]
>
>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]

GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty
to eliminate nuclear weapons.

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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 12:41:14 -0800
From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) In Belgrade, Ramsey Clark calls for end of NATO

Last night at about 3AM I saw on CSPAN a Serbian Television account of
former
Carter Administration Attorney General Ramsey Clark now in Belgrade touring
hospitals, war damage, meeting with civilians, and an interview with SerbTV
journalist translated back to English apparently by CSPAN translator.  The
gist of his message was that NATO should have been dissolved 10 years ago at
the end of the cold war and that the current military offensive by NATO was
a violation of the UN charter and should be stopped.   I wonder if this
interview will make the mainstream news today.  It was announced that the
University in Belgrade had awarded him an honorary Doctoral degree in
respect of his efforts for peace.



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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 17:00:04 -0500
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Analysis of the Balkan Situation

>Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 13:05:28 -0500
>Subject: Analysis of the Balkan Situation
>To: [e-mail]
>From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
>
>Dear friends,
>Below is an incisive summary of the Russian reaction to the Balkan mess,
>sent to me by a close friend in St. Petersburg.
>tom
>
>
>
>The Balkan Crisis
>
>People's reaction in Russia towards NATO bombings of Yugoslavia is
>overwhelmingly negative. The range is from hooligans' attacks against
>American embassy in Moscow to disapproval and regret among intelligentsia.
>Everyone whom I spoke to during these days regards the decision as a grave
>mistake of the West and a return to the Cold War. The military action is
>unanimously seen as an aggression and violation of international law. A
>general feeling of mistrust towards the US is prevailing. All the negative
>feelings against NATO being the biggest threat to peace, and the US,
>striving for world's hegemony, have returned and can be easily exploited
>by anti-Western opposition. Not only Cossacks, nationalists and liberal
>democrats such as Zhirinovsky are calling for volunteers and are forming
>brigades, but even leading military commanders (one being the high-ranking
>commander of military region) express a desire to go and fight in Serbia.
>The events are seen as a next step of humiliation of Russia, starting with
>admittance of three former Eastern block countries to NATO and ending with
>complete ignoring of its position in Balkan crisis.
>It was hard to think of a better gift to our communists, nationalists and
>reactionary military, who place all the blame of losing of Russia's
>leading role in the world and weakening of its military force on Yeltsyn
>and his regime. This group, which is loudly supported by LDPR, is pushing
>Russia to open confrontation with NATO.
>Media reflects and supports the negative assessment of the Western policy.
>Coverage is extensive; reports on the situation in Yugoslavia are
>broadcast on all main channels every hour. Coverage on ORT channel starts
>with the word "WAR" in bold capitals, which has a significant
>psychological effect on Russians. Media gives lots of commentaries of
>leading politicians, political scientists and people in the street and all
>of them are negative. Position of Russian leadership taking a stance
>against aggression is widely supported.
>
>Position of the Russian leading parties:
>All parties agree that NATO has committed an aggression and bombings have
>to be stopped immediately.
>The Communist party: We warned you against NATO and the US and were right.
>It all happened because Yeltsyn has sold Russia to the West. He must leave
>immediately and impeachment will take place as scheduled. If it is not
>done, we will organize protest actions all around the country. Russia has
>to help Serbia in all possible ways, including militarily. Russia has to
>cancel all relationships with NATO and all agreements on embargos of Iraq,
>Yugoslavia, Lybia and Iran.
>LDPR: Russia has to cancel all her obligations to the West, especially
>embargo on weapons sales. Volunteers should go to Serbia and fight.
>Yabloko: Russia should not be involved in the conflict in any form. We
>have to solve our economic problems first to be able to assert our role in
>international affairs.
>NDR: Parties have to consolidate in this critical moment. Impeachment of
>the Commander-in-Chief now is dangerous and has to be postponed. Russia
>should provide only humanitarian aid to Serbia and work on diplomatic
>solution.
>
>Some immediate negative consequences are:
>
>Ethnic cleansing is escalating as hatred against NATO, supporting
>Albanians, which is  hard to reach, is re-directed against Albanians who
>are easy to reach.
>Amount of refugees is sky-rocketing, accelerated by bombings. Refugees are
>from both sides and the neighbouring countries, which NATO wanted to
>protect from this, are already flooded.
>The Ukrainian Parliament announced cancellation of the non-nuclear status
>of Ukraine;
>Belarus is officially inviting Russian nuclear weapons back to the country;
>The opposition in Russia is strengthened and is openly calling for
>overthrowing of the Yeltsyn regime and threatening with sabotage, civil
>disobedience and paralysis of power.
>Russian military-industrial complex received a strong argument for
>increasing of the defense budget (at the expense of other items, of
>course) and canceling the embargo on export of weapons to Serbia, Iraq,
>Iran, Lybia, North Korea etc.
>Russia is closing all official channels with NATO
>Russian - American relationships have suffered the worst blow since the
>Cold War.
>Anti-Western feelings in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus are accelerated, and
>mistrust towards the West is strengthened. It is obvious that the tone of
>the communists/nationalists election campaign will be intensively
>exploiting this mood.
>Third world countries capable of production of nuclear weapons are
>encouraged to boost their nuclear weapons development in order to oppose
>possible NATO intervention
>The UN as the international institution representing the international
>community is humiliated and its role and authority has dramatically
>declined.
>
>Summary
>NATO operation in Yugoslavia is seen as an aggression, violating
>international law, charter of the UN and NATO's own charter. It is clearly
>an attempt to establish a New World order, based on the military power of
>the leading Western countries, and to assert the role of the US as the
>only world superpower.
>Not only did not it serve the declared purpose of stopping the ethnic
>cleansing and protecting the neighbouring small countries from the flood
>of refugees, but on the contrary, made the situation with both issues much
>worse.
>
>It is a grave mistake of the West, which will lead to nuclear arms race,
>alienation of Russia from the West, re-direction of the Russian foreign
>policy to the East (India, China and Iran) and strengthening of the
>communist/nationalist opposition inside Russia on the eve of Parliamentary
>and Presidential elections.
>
>Bombings and military invasion will not solve the ethnic problem in the
>Balkans, on the contrary, make it worse. Support of Albanian separatism
>and terrorism will create a dangerous precedent. It may substitute one
>totalitarian state (Yugoslavia) with aggression directed within with a
>more dangerous one (Albania) with aggression directed outwards. Currently
>it only strengthens the regime of Milosevic and consolidates Serbs.
>
>Escalation of the conflict will inevitably worsen relationships between
>Europe and the US, because it weakens Euro and in a long run is not in the
>interest of Europe.
>
>Possible solutions:
>NATO stops bombings simultaneously with cancellation of Serbian operations
>against Albanians and beginning of Serbian troops withdrawl from Kosovo.
>Milosevic signs the agreement on Kosovo autonomy within Serbia without the
>clause on NATO troops stationing in the country.
>Third-party military forces are placed in the region to assure that the
>agreement is respected by both sides. It should include Russian, maybe
>Russian/Ukrainian forces and forces of any NATO countries that were not
>involved in aggression directly (Greece).
>
>Valentin Yemelin [[e-mail]]
>
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]

GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty
to eliminate nuclear weapons.

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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 14:16:19 -0800
From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) GLOBAL EMERGENCY ALERT: Capital Hills Global Peace Park & Vigil Opportunity

RE:  Rainbow Family Global Emergency Alert
        Peace Prayer Vigil to Stop World War Three

Along the main route from Central California across the mountains from
Bakersfield to Mojave, the highway passes through the Tehachapi Valley.  At
the middle of the three Freeway exits (labeled Mill Street), on the north
side, is a location locally known as Capital Hills.   This is a stalled real
estate development, ten years old, of 2000 acres with about 100 acres of
land already improved with streets, street lights, underground utilities,
etc., but no buildings yet except a 24 hour Arco gas station and mini-mart,
the new Tehachapi Post Office, and just now under construction, a Denny's
restauraunt (next to the Arco) slated for June 1st opening.

The immediate thing of interest is that this whole area of streets adjacent
to the Arco is a good place for travelers to stop and rest, etc.  RV's often
park overnight or for a couple of days and are not bothered by anyone.  This
it is an open public rest stop type area.

The land is owned by two partners, one of whom has expressed a deep interest
in donating land for a Global Community Center Peace Park (about 10acres) as
well as land for the construction of a new science (free-energy, etc.)
research center as a new focus and centerpiece to revive public interest in
the future development of this planned rural "Technopolis" for information
age companies to build business and residential facilities with horse
trails, etc.

If you are interested in collaborating on an ongoing long term effort to be
a part of this Capital Hills Peace Center Project, please email to me off of
this list.  I am interested in the idea of visits here by serious folks on
an ongoing basis this spring and summer leading up to an August 17th Capital
Hills ten year groundbreaking anniversary ceremony in conjunction with the
August 14th 90th year anniversary of the incorporation of the City of
Tehachapi. (ie, gathering for ceremonies Aug 14-17, 1999)

As soon as possible that resources are available, a large mobile-home
trailer-office type facility can be installed with computers, phones, full
electric, plumbing, etc., on an interim basis until actual construction.
Back country facilities can be established in other outlying areas of this
valley (south side has conifer forests).

Plunker has recently visited this site and expressed enthusiasm for the
potential of it, suggesting a large white rock lettering sculpture on the
landscape, analogous to the "Hollywood" sign but reading "Global Peace Zone"
or "Global Peace Now!", as a way to draw attention to the positive
development of this area which is in full view of the major freeway artery
en route between San Francisco and Arizona/Nevada.

An initializing vision would be for the establishment of a Global Peace
Prayer Vigil on part of the already designated Peace Park landsite which has
street parking on its edge.   This vigil would be centered by the Rainbow
Peace Lattice we had in People's Park in Berkeley last month during the
Global Crisis Solutions Conference events (Yamato will be through here in a
few days to drop it off) and also the display of the Peace Pole for
Jerusalem.   From this vigil would be the opportunity via local media and
support, along with that of visitors who see the Prayer Vigil from the
highway and drop by, to actually outreach the Rainbow Family message for
global peace on an international publicity level starting immediately with
focus on ceremonies and councils regarding "Global Peace Now!" as an
alternative to World War Three now begun in Yugoslavia.

There are presently no financial resources available for this effort so
anyone who comes or wants to help should keep this in mind and network as
time goes by to remedy this situation in order to take full advantage of
this amazing opportunity.

This site is at 4,000 feet elevation at the north end and center of this
approximately 25 square mile valley at the extreme southern tip of the
Sierra range.   Nearby community  of Tehachapi and outlying areas contain
10-20,000 folks.   Great opportunity for  long term possibilities, New
Year's 2000 and Y2K retreat.

Serious self-sufficient and responsible folks are sought to help form
ongoing large scale global peace community to influence local and global
peace economy.

David Crockett Williams, Coordinator
Capital Hills Global Community Peace Center (CHGCPC)
[e-mail]
General Agency Services
805-822-3309
Global Emergency Alert Response
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000



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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 20:42:20 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: stats

In a message dated 3/31/99 8:36:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, DavidMcR writes:

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  from Sam Smith's Progressive Review:

  >BALKAN STATS I
  >
  >FROM A COLUMN BY TONY SNOW: Key members of the United States Senate sat
  >slack-jawed through a confidential briefing last Thursday from the Clinton
  >administration foreign-policy team. ~~ After the foreign-policy wise men
  >asserted that the United States has a moral imperative to stop the
murderous
  >Serbian president, Slobodan Milosevic, one senator asked: How many
Albanians
  >have Milosevic's troops massacred this year? The president's emissaries
  >turned ashen. They glanced at each other. They rifled through their papers.
  >One hazarded a guess: "Two thousand?" No, the senator replied, that was the
  >number for all of last year. He wanted figures for the last month - or even
  >the year to date, since the president had painted such a grisly picture of
  >genocide in his March 24 address to the nation. ~~ The senator pressed on.
  >How often have such slaughters occurred? Nobody knew. As it turns out,
  >Kosovo has been about as bloody this year as, say, Atlanta. You can measure
  >the deaths not in the hundreds, but dozens. (I'm not trying to deny
  >Milosevic's brutality here; only to provide some comparisons.) More people
  >died last week in Borneo than have expired this year in Kosovar bloodshed -
  >more died in a single Russian bomb blast; in a single outburst of violence
  >in East Timor; in a single day in Rwanda. China has been bloodier this
year.
  >
  >BALKAN STATS II
  >
  >--Estimated number of persons killed in Iraq due to American-led sanctions:
  >over 1,000,000
  >--Estimated number of persons killed in the Sudan over the past 15 years:
  >1,500,000
  >--Estimated number of persons killed in Rwanda over the last five years:
  >500,000
  >--Estimated number of persons killed in Chechnya: 80,000
  >--Estimated number of people dying each day around the world because of
lack
  >of water, clothing, shelter, food or medicine: 100,000
  >--Estimated number of people in the world who go to bed hungry: 800,000,000
  >--Estimated number of persons killed in Kosovo last year: 2,000
  >
  >BALKAN STATS III
  >
  >--Estimate of new households watching CNN thanks to its war coverage:
472,000
  >
  >BALKAN STATS IV
  >
  >--Cost of America's 21 B-2 bombers: $42 billion
  >--Value of Yugoslavian GDP: $43 billion
  >--UN budget as a percentage of the Pentagon budget: 5%


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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 20:43:07 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (abolition-usa) Minutman III Plowshares Update

In a message dated 3/31/99 5:22:06 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

 Subj:     Minutman III Plowshares Update
 Date:    3/31/99 5:22:06 PM Eastern Standard Time
 From:    [e-mail] (Melissa Jameson)

 Dear Friends,

 Sachio called last night and said that he and Dan had been told to pack up
 their things; the Bureau of Prisons is preparing to move them at last.  This
 morning, he left a message saying that they -- the whole prison -- were
 being locked down (the usual prison response to any kind of internal
 disturbance), which means he would not be able to make any calls tonight to
 confirm his move, having instead to stay in his cell.  He was, however, 99%
 sure that they would be put on a plane tomorrow morning headed to their
 first stop, Oklahoma; after -- a week, a couple of weeks, a month, who knows
 -- they would be flown to Pennsylvania -- Sachi to Allenwood, and Dan to
 Lewisburg.

 Sachio is also writing an essay about the NATO bombing of Serbia which will
 be in the next "Broken Rifle."  He is, of course, upset about the war and
 encouraging us all to nonviolent resistance wherever and however it can be
done!

 Please do not send any more mail to the Colorado address because it will be
 returned to you.  If you would like, you can send it to me, and I will
 forward it on to him.  I'll post an address as soon as I have one.

 Thank you all for your support during these 5 months Sachio has been in
 prison in Colorado!

 peace,
 Melissa Jameson
 10 E. Ridgewood #19
 Ridgewood, NJ 07450
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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 21:14:18 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (abolition-usa) Please note caution for safety of woman in Belgrade

 Subj:    Please note caution for safety of woman in Belgrade
 Date:    3/31/99 9:05:41 PM Eastern Standard Time
 From:    DavidMcR

 I believe I had sent you (as well as others that I have to get hold of later)
a copy of Howard Clark's letter from Spain in which he quote from a letter
from Stasha from Beograd.

 Howard had been asked to circulate within "our network". However given the
tense situation in Beograd I am asked by Joanne Sheehan, Chair of War
Resisters International, to report that "SHE HAS NOW CLARIFIED THAT SHE
DOESN'T WANT HER NAME BROADCAST VERY WIDELY. . . . WE SHOULD REFER TO HER AS
"A WOMAN PEACE ACTIVIST" IN BELGRADE. SHE IS SO MUCH THE LEADER OF WOMEN IN
BLACK THAT EVEN MENTION OF THAT GROUP WOULD BE TOO REVEALING.

 Please take note and do not circulate this letter further.

 Thanks,
 David McReynolds
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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 18:39:23 -0800
From: Jackie Cabasso <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Analysts Scrutinize NATO Bombing

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>Institute for Public Accuracy
>915 National Press Building, Washington, D.C. 20045
>[phone] * http://www.accuracy.org * [e-mail]
>___________________________________________________________
>
>                11 A.M. Eastern Time -- Wednesday, March 31, 1999
>
>                ANALYSTS SCRUTINIZE NATO BOMBING
>
>ROBERT HAYDEN, [phone], [phone],
>http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/19990328edhayden8.asp
>       Director of the Center for Russian and East European Studies at the
>University of Pittsburgh, Hayden has been deeply involved in attempts to
>mediate the crisis in Kosovo, bringing together political leaders from all
>sides and regularly visiting the region. One of the Albanian party leaders
>he worked with was reported by NATO to have been executed by Serbian forces.
>Hayden said today: "This mission, supposedly designed to prevent a massive
>humanitarian catastrophe, has instead produced it. We have now shown that
>NATO is 'credible' for doing something incredibly irresponsible. Apparently
>'winning it' means destroying the Balkans to save NATO for its upcoming 50th
>birthday.... Having provoked the catastrophe with bombing, NATO's 'remedy'
>is more bombing. The army headquarters in central Belgrade that NATO is
>considering targeting is surrounded by apartment buildings. Civilian
>casualties here could not be considered 'collateral damage,' particularly
>since the 'command and control' functions are no longer being carried out
>from those headquarters."
>
>JACQUELINE CABASSO, [phone], [phone], [e-mail],
>http://www.napf.org/abolition2000
>       Executive director of the Western States Legal Foundation, Cabasso
said:
>"The situation in Kosovo is ominous with respect to prospects for nuclear
>disarmament. The U.S.-led NATO bombing is opposed by Russia, China, India
>and Indonesia; three are nuclear powers, making up almost half the world's
>population. There are reports that India is considering a possible alliance
>with China and Russia in response. Russia has terminated its Y2K compliance
>program  with the U.S., and Ukraine is reportedly contemplating reversal of
>its non-nuclear status. This first NATO military action since its recent
>expansion up to Russia's border comes on the eve of NATO's 50th anniversary
>summit in Washington. Centrally provocative to Russia is that NATO acts
>under the U.S. 'nuclear umbrella' including threatened first use of nuclear
>weapons. There's also the recent Senate vote to go forward with national
>missile defense, which threatens to abrogate the ABM treaty. All of these
>developments have made the Russians resistant to ratifying the START II arms
>reduction treaty.  In addition, the U.S. has committed $60 billion to
>rebuild its nuclear weapons research, development and production
>infrastructure, and the Secretary of Energy has announced that production of
>tritium -- radioactive hydrogen used to boost the destructive power of
>atomic bombs -- will be resumed. We seem to be heading straight backwards
>into the Cold War."
>
>JULIANNE SMITH, [phone], [phone], [e-mail],
>http://www.basicint.org
>       An expert on NATO, Smith is a senior analyst at the European Security
desk
>at BASIC (British American Security Information Council). Smith said:
>"Bombing is not a preventive tool, it is a consequence of not having any
>preventive tools. It's clear that the NATO bombings are not saving lives,
>instead they are contributing to the escalation of the conflict."
>
>For more information, contact at the Institute for Public Accuracy:
>Sam Husseini, [phone] or [phone]; Loren Sears, [phone]
>

******************************************************
Jacqueline Cabasso, Executive Director
WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION
1440 Broadway, Suite 500
Oakland, California USA 94612
Tel: +[phone]
Fax: +[phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
******************************************************
Western States Legal Foundation is part of  ABOLITION 2000
A GLOBAL NETWORK TO ELIMINATE NUCLEAR WEAPONS
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<html><div>>Institute for Public Accuracy</div>
<div>>915 National Press Building, Washington, D.C. 20045</div>
<div>>[phone] *
<a href="http://www.accuracy.org/" EUDORA=AUTOURL>http://www.accuracy.org</a>
* [e-mail]</div>
<div>>___________________________________________________________</div>
<div>></div>
<div>>                11 A.M. Eastern Time -- Wednesday, March 31, 1999</div>
<div>></div>
<div>>                ANALYSTS SCRUTINIZE NATO BOMBING</div>
<div>></div>
<div>>ROBERT HAYDEN, [phone], [phone],</div>
<div>><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/19990328edhayden8.asp" EUDORA=AUTOURL>http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/19990328edhayden8.asp</a></div>
<div>><x-tab>       </x-tab>Director of the Center for Russian and East European Studies at the</div>
<div>>University of Pittsburgh, Hayden has been deeply involved in attempts to</div>
<div>>mediate the crisis in Kosovo, bringing together political leaders from all</div>
<div>>sides and regularly visiting the region. One of the Albanian party leaders</div>
<div>>he worked with was reported by NATO to have been executed by Serbian forces.</div>
<div>>Hayden said today: "This mission, supposedly designed to prevent a massive</div>
<div>>humanitarian catastrophe, has instead produced it. We have now shown that</div>
<div>>NATO is 'credible' for doing something incredibly irresponsible. Apparently</div>
<div>>'winning it' means destroying the Balkans to save NATO for its upcoming 50th</div>
<div>>birthday.... Having provoked the catastrophe with bombing, NATO's 'remedy'</div>
<div>>is more bombing. The army headquarters in central Belgrade that NATO is</div>
<div>>considering targeting is surrounded by apartment buildings. Civilian</div>
<div>>casualties here could not be considered 'collateral damage,' particularly</div>
<div>>since the 'command and control' functions are no longer being carried out</div>
<div>>from those headquarters."</div>
<div>></div>
<div>>JACQUELINE CABASSO, [phone], [phone], [e-mail],</div>
<div>><a href="http://www.napf.org/abolition2000" EUDORA=AUTOURL>http://www.napf.org/abolition2000</a></div>
<div>><x-tab>       </x-tab>Executive director of the Western States Legal Foundation, Cabasso said:</div>
<div>>"The situation in Kosovo is ominous with respect to prospects for nuclear</div>
<div>>disarmament. The U.S.-led NATO bombing is opposed by Russia, China, India</div>
<div>>and Indonesia; three are nuclear powers, making up almost half the world's</div>
<div>>population. There are reports that India is considering a possible alliance</div>
<div>>with China and Russia in response. Russia has terminated its Y2K compliance</div>
<div>>program  with the U.S., and Ukraine is reportedly contemplating reversal of</div>
<div>>its non-nuclear status. This first NATO military action since its recent</div>
<div>>expansion up to Russia's border comes on the eve of NATO's 50th anniversary</div>
<div>>summit in Washington. Centrally provocative to Russia is that NATO acts</div>
<div>>under the U.S. 'nuclear umbrella' including threatened first use of nuclear</div>
<div>>weapons. There's also the recent Senate vote to go forward with national</div>
<div>>missile defense, which threatens to abrogate the ABM treaty. All of these</div>
<div>>developments have made the Russians resistant to ratifying the START II arms</div>
<div>>reduction treaty.  In addition, the U.S. has committed $60 billion to</div>
<div>>rebuild its nuclear weapons research, development and production</div>
<div>>infrastructure, and the Secretary of Energy has announced that production of</div>
<div>>tritium -- radioactive hydrogen used to boost the destructive power of</div>
<div>>atomic bombs -- will be resumed. We seem to be heading straight backwards</div>
<div>>into the Cold War."</div>
<div>></div>
<div>>JULIANNE SMITH, [phone], [phone], [e-mail],</div>
<div>><a href="http://www.basicint.org/" EUDORA=AUTOURL>http://www.basicint.org</a></div>
<div>><x-tab>       </x-tab>An expert on NATO, Smith is a senior analyst at the European Security desk</div>
<div>>at BASIC (British American Security Information Council). Smith said:</div>
<div>>"Bombing is not a preventive tool, it is a consequence of not having any</div>
<div>>preventive tools. It's clear that the NATO bombings are not saving lives,</div>
<div>>instead they are contributing to the escalation of the conflict."</div>
<div>></div>
<div>>For more information, contact at the Institute for Public Accuracy:</div>
<div>>Sam Husseini, [phone] or [phone]; Loren Sears, [phone]</div>
<div>></div>
<br>

<div align="center">
******************************************************<br>
Jacqueline Cabasso, Executive Director<br>
WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION<br>
1440 Broadway, Suite 500<br>
Oakland, California USA 94612<br>
Tel: +[phone]<br>
Fax: +[phone]<br>
E-mail: [e-mail]<br>
******************************************************<br>
Western States Legal Foundation is part of  ABOLITION 2000<br>
A GLOBAL NETWORK TO ELIMINATE NUCLEAR WEAPONS</html>

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