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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 04:02:09 EDT
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Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Bombings fuel Cold War sentiments

Jackie, (and others getting her post),
Thank God for helping provide these alternative sources of information. I do
not think that either London or Washington realize we are about to "create
our own Afghanistan" and instead of looking for a way out, searching for ways
to step back, reaching out to the Russians (and perhaps the Eastern Orthodox
church) to help mediate, Clinton is "bombing his way" more deeply into a
quaqmire. The "talking heads", the "old grey men" who will not be doing any
fighting, are now hot for arming the KLA (which would, given the chance, do
the Serbs in Kosava, just what the Serb troops have done to the Albanians)
and for sending in ground troops. We have no idea what we are doing. These
people will fight and die against our forces. They Yugos - any part of them -
are not Czechs, French, Italians, or English.

Thanks again.
David McReynolds

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Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 09:18:20 -0400
From: Bob Tiller <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) fwd:  North Korea on NATO bombing of Serbia  (WWIII brewing)

I have never heard or read of a single scholar who believes that the
original text of Matthew 24:6 should be translated "ethnic cleansing."
Did you look at the Greek text before coming up with this translation?

Shalom,
Bob Tiller





David Crockett Williams wrote:
>
> North Korea's reaction to NATO's bombing of Serbia should not be
> surprising to observers of current global hotspots. According to DPRK
> officials, the bombing campaign has convinced Pyongyang that it is
> dealing with "a new Hitler" and that North Korean officials believe that
> the Unted States would attack the DPRK like a "vulture" given the
> slightest opportunity. Therefore, North Korea will speed up its missile
> development and related military programs to deter U.S. "aggression."
> The DPRK justifies this as a "matter of survival." More details in the
> following Special Report by The Northeast Asia Peace And Security
> Network. (http://www.nautilus.org/napsnet/latest.html)
>
> With the continuing air campaign in Iraq and  U.S. Armed Forces spread
> throughout the globe such as Somolia, Germany, Japan, Haiti, South
> Korea, and other places - the U.S. Military is spread dangerously thin.
> Given the hollowing out of the U.S. Armed Forces over the last six
> years, the U.S. Military involvement in Yugoslavia puts a further strain
> on U.S. Military service personnel and resources.
>
> Our adversaries in North Korea, China, Russia and elsewhere are taking
> notes!
>
> NOTE: The "Ethnic Cleansing" taking place in Kosovo is of particular
> interest. The "wars and rumors of wars," which Jesus referred to in
> Matthew 24:6 as a sign of His coming, is translated by many as "Ethnic
> Cleansing."
>
> Rick Woodcock
> KIN Intelligence Director
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------
>
> NORTHEAST ASIA PEACE AND SECURITY NETWORK: SPECIAL REPORT
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------
>
> The following "DPRK Report" is the product of a joint project between
> the Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) of the Monterey Institute
> of
> International Studies (Monterey, California, USA) and the Center for
> Contemporary International Problems (ICIP) (Moscow, Russia).  It is
> written by Russian analysts associated with the ICIP and edited by the
> CNS.
> ------------------------------------------
> THE DPRK REPORT, No. 17 (March-April 1999)
>
> 1.  North Korea's Reaction to the NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia
>
> NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia has apparently had a very deep impact on
> the thinking of North Korean authorities. DPRK representatives say
> privately
> that their government now "has discarded all illusions about
> Washington's intentions." According to these officials, the bombing has
> "completely
> and irreversibly" convinced Pyongyang that it is dealing with "a new
> Hitler" who is "determined to conquer the entire world through
> intimidation, pressure, and aggression." Pyongyang reportedly now has no
> doubts that, given the slightest opportunity, the United States will
> attack the DPRK like a "vulture."
>
> To deter this aggression, North Korea, while continuing to talk and
> bargain with Washington, will reportedly speed up its missile
> development and related military programs. "It is a matter of our
> national survival," said one high-ranking North Korean official, "and
> the United States is mistaken if it thinks that it can check the DPRK's
> missile development through cooperation with other countries or by any
> other tricks." North Korean officials hint that their country intends to
> acquire such a significant deterrent force that Washington "will not
> dare even to think about attacking the DPRK."
>
> North Koreans believe that Washington, if confronted with stiff
> resistance by the Serbs and worldwide condemnation of "NATO aggression"
> against Yugoslavia, may become temporarily more flexible in other parts
> of the world, including Korea.  In their view, the situation around
> Yugoslavia presumably broadens opportunities at this juncture to woo
> theUnited States into agreements favorable to the DPRK. The North hopes
> to use this advantage to develop formal diplomatic relations with the
> United States, remove U.S. economic sanctions, and join international
> financial institutions like the World Bank and the Asian Development
> Bank.
>
> The situation will be even better, North Korean representatives add, if
> the United States gets tied up in Yugoslavia for a long time.  As one
> official notes: "Then, Washington will really have to act from the
> position of weakness. The myth of American invincibility will be
> destroyed. The prestige and influence of the United States in the world
> arena will vanish, and the Clinton administration will be seriously
> damaged at home."
>
> 2. The Status of North Korean Military Maintenance and Readiness
>
> According to various Russian assessments, North Korean conventional
> forces are suffering from a shortage of fuel, spare parts, ammunition,
> and repair facilities. Though quantitatively the armed forces are
> impressive, the qualitative side is rather backward. To overcome the
> widening gap compared to the armed forces of the Republic of Korea and
> the U.S. troops stationed there, Pyongyang is now trying to upgrade the
> technical level of its air force and army. Local research anddevelopment
> is being augmented by imports of high-tech weaponry from abroad, which
> is being acquired through the export of North Korean missiles.  A
> particular emphasis is being made to develop the country's missile
> potential as the main deterrent against external threats. It cannot be
> also excluded that non-conventional arms are being made as well.
>
> While the technical component of the DPRK's military might leave much to
> be desired, the human component should not be underestimated.  Experts
> believe that the fighting spirit and physical condition of the officers
> and soldiers remain very high. There is no lack of food for the DPRK's
> armed forces, so this factor should not be construed as one weakening
> the military's readiness.  While they may not be well trained in dealing
> with
> sophisticated weaponry, North Korean troops may prove superior to their
> opponents in any prolonged conflict.
>
> Subject:  DPRK Report #17
>
> Date:  Fri, 02 Apr 1999 15:34:18 -0800
>
> From:  [e-mail] (NAPSNet)
>
> --END--
>
> Koenig's International News - Bill Koenig - http://watch.org/
> Post Office Box 671164, Dallas, TX 75367
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Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 10:43:53 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Radioactive weapons used by U.S./NATO in Kosovo

>Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 00:38:53 -0500
>Subject: Radioactive weapons used by U.S./NATO in Kosovo
>To: [e-mail]
>From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
>
>International Action Center
>39 West 14th Street, #206, New York, NY 10011
>212-633-6646  fax: [phone]
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>
>Attention: Assignment Editor                Press Contact: Sara Flounders or
>For Immediate Release                                John Catalinotto,
212-633-6646
>April 1, 1999
>
>Radioactive weapons used by U.S. and NATO in Kosovo
>
>The International Action Center, a group that opposes the use of
>depleted-uranium weapons, called the Pentagon's decision to use the
>A-10 "Warthog" jets against targets in Kosovo "a danger to the people
>and environment of the entire Balkans."
>
>The A-10s were the anti-tank weapon of choice in the 1991 war against
>Iraq. It carries a GAU-8/A Avenger 30 millimeter seven-barrel cannon
>capable of firing 4,200 rounds per minute.  During that war it fired
>30 mm rounds reinforced with depleted uranium, a radioactive weapon.
>
>There is solid scientific evidence that the depleted uranium residue
>left in Iraq is responsible for a large increase in stillbirths,
>children born with defects, and childhood leukemia and other cancers
>in the area of southern Iraq near Basra, where most of these shells
>were fired.  Many U.S. veterans groups also say that DU residues
>contributed to the condition called "Gulf War Syndrome" that has
>affected close to 100,000 service people in the U.S. and Britain with
>chronic sickness.
>
>John Catalinotto, a spokesperson from the Depleted Uranium Education
>Project of the International Action Center and an editor of the 1997
>book Metal of Dishonor:  Depleted Uranium, said the use of DU weapons
>in Yugoslavia "adds a new dimension to the crime NATO is perpetrating
>against the Yugoslav people--including those in Kosovo."
>
>Catalinotto explained that the Pentagon uses DU, a waste product of
>the uranium enrichment process used for making atomic bombs and
>nuclear fuel, because it is extremely dense--1.7 times as dense as
>lead. "DU is used in alloy form in shells to make them penetrate
>targets better.  As the shell hits its target, it burns and releases
>uranium oxide into the air. The poisonous and radioactive uranium is
>most dangerous when inhaled into the body, where it will release
>radiation during the life of the person who inhaled it," said
>Catalinotto.
>
>Sara Flounders, a contributing author of Metal of Dishonor:  Depleted
>Uranium and the Co-Director of the International Action Center, said,
>"Warthogs fired roughly 940,000 rounds of DU shells during the Gulf
>War.  More than 600,000 pounds of radioactive waste was left in the
>Gulf Region after the war.  And DU weapons in smaller number were
>already used by NATO troops during the bombing of Serbian areas of
>Bosnia in 1995.
>
>"The use of Warthogs with DU shells threatens to make a nuclear
>wasteland of Kosovo," Flounders said. " The pentagon is laying waste
>to the very people_along with their children--they claim to be saving;
>this is another reason for fighting to end NATO's attack on
>Yugoslavia.
>
>"Worldwide protests against these bombings are growing.  The U.S. use
>of radioactive weapons must be linked to all the protests and
>opposition that is taking place internationally to the bombing.  These
>protests must be joined by environmental activists, veterans groups,
>anti-nuclear groups, and all those who know the long-term destruction
>to the environment and to whole civilian populations that this type of
>warfare will cause."
>
>Flounders said that Metal of Dishonor:  Depleted Uranium, which has
>been translated and published in Arabic and Japanese, will be coming
>out soon with a second edition.
>
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
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Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 10:45:31 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Depleted Uranium

>
> Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 10:10:28 -0500
> Subject: Depleted Uranium
> To: [e-mail]
> From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
>
> Depleted (DU) uranium is one of the largest categories of radioactive
> waste produced for the nuclear weapons and nuclear reactor industry. It is
> highly toxic to humans, both chemically as a heavy metal and radiologically
> as an alpha particle emitter which is very dangerous when taken internally.
> Recently it has been substitute for lead in bullets and missiles by the US
> and UK, and was first used extensively by the West in the Gulf War. It is
> most likely a major contributor to the Gulf War Syndrome experienced both
> by the veterans and the people of Iraq.
>
> When used in war, the DU bursts into flame from the impact when it hits a
> target. It can pierce tanks and armoured cars, releasing inside of them a
> deadly radioactive aerosol of uranium, unlike anything seen before.
> Concentrated like this, it can kill everyone in a tank. This ceramic
> aerosol is much lighter than uranium dust. It can disperse in air tens of
> kilometres from the point of release, or be stirred up in dust and
> resuspended in air with wind or human movement. It is very small and can
> be breathed in by anyone: a baby, pregnant woman, the elderly, the sick.
> This radioactive ceramic can stay deep in the lungs for years, irradiating
> the tissue with powerful alpha particles within about a 30 micron sphere,
> causing emphysema and/or fibrosis. The ceramic can also be swallowed and
> do damage to the gastro-intestinal tract. In time, it penetrates the lung
> tissue and enters into the blood stream. It can be stored in liver,
> kidney, bone or other tissues, again for years, irradiating all of the
> delicate tissues located near its storage place. It can effect the blood,
> which is the basis of our immune system, and do damage to the renal system
> as it is eventually excreted in the urine. It can also initiate cancer or
> promote cancers which have been initiated by other carcinogens.
>
> In October 1998 the WHO undertook a two year study of the increasing cancer
> rates, especially leukemia in young children, which have been note in
> southern Iraq where most of the war took place.The WHO report is not yet
> out, but newer data from Iraq tells the story of even more dramatic
> increases in cancer rates, especially among the Iraqi
> veterans who participated in the war. In the West, thousands of veterans
> are recognized as seriously ill with an unknown syndrome, and we have been
> able to document DU in their urine as late as 7 or 8 years after the war.
> There is no natural source of DU to explain this phenomena!
>
> It is imperitive that we all denouce this radiation and toxic chemical
> warfare! It has been used by the US and Britain against Iraq and in
> Bosnia. It is now being used in Kosovo (NATO announcement in Europe, 30
> March 1999). It has been condemed by the United Nations Human Rights
> Tribunal (August 1996 Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights,
> Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of
> Minorities). The Human Rights Commission has requested that the Secretary
> General prepare a written report on DU and certain other weapons of mass
> destruction (Resolution 1997/36, which also established a UN Rapporteur to
> take over the study of DU and other weapons of mass destruction on behalf
> of the UN). The damage being done will not only cause incredible and
> unending suffering to today's victims, but the genetic damage it may cause
> can be passed on to their offspring. Such weapons and war itself need to
> be condemned as utter barbarianism!
>
> This is certainly not to be interpreted as condoning so called ethnic
> cleasing or any of the nationalistic actions of the Yugoslave government.
> However, as one of the Professors at the University of Toronto said, "I can
> offer a different and more effective policy, but I would not start from
> here". This Kosovo action is resulting from deep seated conflicting ideas
> of "World Order" - that proposed by NATO's vision of itself as a world
> police force, and that of the OSCE (Organization for Security and
> Cooperation in Europe) which sees security rising out of honest cooperation
> and legal resolution of conflicting opinions.>>>
>
>
> Rosalie Bertell, Ph. D., GNSH
> President, ACS (1998-2000)
> President IICPH (1984+)
> 710-264 Queens Quay West
> Toronto ON M5J 1B5 CANADA
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>
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>
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>



Alice Slater
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15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 10:24:45 -0700
From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Why, is there a CIA war in Kosovo?

[Does any of this sound familiar to anyone?]

Is there a CIA war in Kosovo?
By Gary Wilson

News reports here about the Yugoslav province of Kosovo have presented
greatly exaggerated tales. The stories have been "enhanced" by those
with an interest in either promoting a civil war or weakening the
Yugoslav government.

The Western big-business-controlled media all report the same thing.
They say Yugoslav government forces are engaged in "ethnic cleansing"
in Kosovo, forcing a flood of refugees from Kosovo to Albania.

The Yugoslav government says its military operations against armed
mercenaries entering over the Albanian border ended June 1. It also
says there has been no significant exodus from Kosovo to Albania.

So what is the truth of the situation? First, it should never be
forgotten that the big media like the New York Times and CNN have
close ties to the U.S. State Department, the CIA, the Pentagon and
other U.S. government agencies.

These media giants usually serve as propaganda arms for U.S. foreign
policy. They can lie about events and frequently do.

Sometimes they admit much later that their original reports weren=92t
exactly true.

KLA is mercenary army

For example, most reports don=92t make it clear that the so-called
Kosovo Liberation Army is a foreign mercenary army in the pay of the
Western imperialist powers.

The KLA did not exist until recently. It became active only in the
last few months.

The June 6 New York Times reported that KLA forces are entering Kosovo
through Albania. But they are not from Albania. According to the
report, most of them come from Germany- where they were born- and most
speak only German, not Albanian. The report claims that many of them,
but not all, have parents or grandparents who emigrated from Albania.

All the funds for the mercenary army come from abroad, primarily from
the United States, reported the May 26 Washington Post. The money is
funneled through Albanian immigrant groups. These are the sort of
anti-communist groups long promoted by the CIA.

Since March, the Post reported, the U.S. group has sent $4 million to
the KLA. These are the openly reported funds. There is more "cash
carried in suitcases" that hasn=92t been disclosed, the Post said.

The article said the U.S. State Department has encouraged the transfer
of funds to the KLA. It is all legal, State Department spokesperson
John Russell said, because the KLA has not been classified by the U.S.
government as "terrorist."

This is in contrast to every genuine national liberation movement in
the world. The U.S. government routinely labels them all as
terrorists. For example, groups like the Palestine Liberation
Organization have been labeled as terrorist. Anyone in the U.S.
sending funds to the PLO would risk arrest and prison.

The KLA has no known leaders, political platform, publications or
anything else to indicate that it is a liberation force.

In fact, the tactics used by the KLA are more akin to those used by
fascist terror squads. In its long report of May 26, the Washington
Post buried a paragraph describing how KLA mercenaries have targeted
Serbs. One out of every 10 people in Kosovo is Serbian.

The paragraph described KLA mercenaries stopping a train. They proceed
to search the train, and then abduct a man traveling with his family
because he is a Serb.

"About a dozen Serbs have been kidnapped in the past week. Two have
been found dead," the Post reports.

The mercenaries don=92t just kill Serbs. They also kill Albanians
considered to be friendly to Serbs.

As for the press reports of a mass exodus from Kosovo, none shows
pictures of masses of people. A photo of a family of eight walking
through a field, for example, accompanied the New York Times report.
The caption said "thousands of refugees are fleeing."

In the meantime, the United States is waging a two-pronged war against
Yugoslavia.

Since 1991, Washington has imposed sanctions on Yugoslavia. Sanctions
are like an army surrounding your house. They may not be firing
weapons at the house, but they are stopping all kinds of supplies and
food from entering. It is a policy of starvation once favored during
sieges by medieval armies.

These sanctions continue to this day. Now the United States is
proposing to stiffen them.

Will U.S. troops be next?

U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke said in London June 7: "The sanctions
regime of the Contact Group led by the U.S. and Great Britain has been
very tight and is poised to tighten further if the situation
deteriorates, and NATO is already making contingency plans if
everything falls apart." (French News Agency, June 7)

The contingency plan Holbrooke referred to is the threat of military
occupation by U.S./NATO forces. U.S. Senate leader Trent Lott
supported a U.S. military operation in Kosovo on CNN=92s "Late Edition"
June 7.

According to news reports, the U.S. State Department recently
confirmed that U.S. policy has not changed since December 1992. That
is when President George Bush declared that the United States would
intervene militarily in Kosovo if it decided that it was "necessary."

The French News Agency reported on June 6 that the United States and
Britain have put into place everything needed to assert authority for
sending a military force into Kosovo.

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- -----Original Message-----
From: Bill Kingsbury <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail] <[e-mail]>
Date: Monday, April 05, 1999 2:33 AM
Subject: Re: [CTRL] Kosovo, a "leftist" perspective


> -Caveat Lector-
>
>4-4-1999, Mark wrote:
>>(snip)
>>> As for her point about the mines, it is indeed likely that these
>>> mines play a role in motivating the current holocaust -- on the
>>> Serbian side.  If, as she claims, the mines are worth $5 billion,
>>> that would certainly explain Milosevic' determination to hold on
>>> to them.  It would not explain the US interest in the Kosovo
>>> genocide, which is going to end up costing the United States
>>> a lot more than $5 billion ...
>
>
> Probably this should read '$5 trillion' - (not $5 billion) ...
>
> As posted recently here  ( Kosovo: 'The war is about the mines' )
> [following the same article by Sara Flounders] :
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> from:  http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a36fd198d79a4.htm
>
> Topic: Kosovo
>
> There is another factor in this, something the rapacious
> World Bank, IMF and the UN are interested in -- the estimated
> $17 trillion in natural resources in Serbia/Kosovo.
>
> Kosovo has one of Europe's largest reserves of coal and lignite
> while Serbia alone has huge deposits of aluminum ore.  Albania has
> large reserves of crude oil, which was part of the reason why
> Marshal Tito, after WWII, wanted to absorb Albania into Yugoslavia.
>
> The other was that Tito feared an extreme Maoist Albania (which
> retained the USSR Stalinist policy until 1961) being a Red Chinese
> version of Cuba in Europe, one whose seacoast straddled the
> eastern part of the only seaborne way in and out of the Adriatic,
> the Strait of Otranto.
>
> Given the fact that Albania was not absorbed into Yugoslavia,
> Tito for years attempted to keep Tirane's Stalinist/Maoist maniacs
> happy by allowing ethnic Albanian migration into Kosovo beginning
> with some 400,000 being allowed in during 1945-48.  Pre-WWII Serb
> land deeds in Kosovo were cancelled and Albanians were given the
> Eastern European version of "affirmative action" in jobs, housing
> and the like.
>
> In the 1970s, the Albanians began their terror campaign against
> the Serbs, banning the Serb Cyrillic alphabet, banning the works of
> Serb authors and other artists and getting Serbs fired from their
> jobs.  Violence began to escalate in the early 1980s after Tito's
> death, and got so bad by 1988 (the worst being mass rape of Serb
> Orthodox nuns) troops had to be sent in.  This is where Milosevich
> rose to power, in successfully quelling the violence, at least for
> a brief time.
>
> In 1991, the news media insisted that "Albanians represented 1.2
> million in Kosovo."  In 1994 they said 1.4 million.  In 1996 they
> insisted it was 1.6 million.  Today we are told Albanians are "90%
> of 2 million" - as though we are unable to calculate this means
> 1.8 million, another mysterious 200,000 increase.  Borrowing from
> Socrates, "scarcely a word of what they said is true."  The media
> continues to omit that more than 400,000 Albanians are illegal
> aliens who crossed the border into Kosovo as easily as illegals
> cross our border into San Diego, Tucson, El Paso and Brownsville
> each night as we sleep.  How compelling that US troops are
> defending borders in 100 countries, we aren't defending our own.
>
> Today, the US State Department claims Serbs are 10% of Kosovo,
> with no explanation that they claimed Serbs were 14% in 1991.
> Were 4% killed, expelled, or just made invisible?  They also
> tell us the Gypsies are 7%, the Greeks 2.3%, the Turks 1.5%, the
> Montenegrins 2%, and others 1%.  By my calculations that means the
> Albanians can't possibly represent more than 50% of Kosovo, after
> subtracting the 400,000 illegals and the 300,000 who fled to
> England, Switzerland, Italy and Germany, most of whom have no
> desire to return to the poverty and terror in Kosovo.
>
> Another point that hasn't been raised much is that Tito, for all
> of his faults and mistakes in postwar Yugoslavia, never subscribed
> to gun control or disarming the populace.  I recall when I visted
> Yugoslavia in the late 1970s, every home at which I was a guest
> had at least one modern firearm, be it a handgun, rifle or shotgun.
> In fact, at the time, villagers could obtain surplus WWII German,
> Italian, British and even US firearms very easily.
>
> I recall that many Serb villagers especially would coat the weapon
> in some kind of heavy grease, wrap it in plastic and put it in a
> box and bury it in the ground usually near the barn or house.
>
> From: MK ([e-mail]) *
> 03/27/99 10:02:32 PST
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>.
>
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Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 18:50:11 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: NATO citizen's summit: please sign on

>Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 15:41:20 -0500
>Subject: NATO citizen's summit: please sign on
>Priority: non-urgent
>X-FC-MachineGenerated: true
>To: [e-mail]
>From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
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>To  :  Abolitionists Everywhere
>From:  Bruce Hall at Peace Action
>Date:  April 5, 1999
>Re  :  NATO citizen's sign-on
>
>Dear folks in NATO Countries -
>   Please have your organizations sign on to the statement below which we
>will deliver to heads of state during the 50th anniversary commemorations
>of
>NATO in Washington, DC on April 23rd.
>        Please be sure to include your organization's name AND THE COUNTRY
from
>which you reside. The statement was drafted by the Fourth Freedom Forum and
>Peace Action.
>
>        See below,
>
>        Bruce
>
>
>Citizen's Summit
>Washington, DC
>Citizen's Communiqu=E9
>23 April 1999
>
>
>We, citizens of the member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty
>Organization, have come together in Washington, D.C. on the fiftieth
>anniversary of the Alliance to call on NATO to end its reliance nuclear
>weapons and work toward a nuclear weapons free world as we enter the 21st
>century. The greatest danger the world faces today is the continued
>reliance
>on and physical existence of nuclear weapons. By clinging to these weapons,
>the United States and its allies are violating solemn treaty obligations
>under the Non-Proliferation Treaty and are encouraging other nations to
>follow their example. The continued existence and spread of nuclear weapons
>increase the likelihood that a nuclear catastrophe will occur somewhere on
>the planet through anger, miscalculation, or accident. Such a catastrophe
>would have unimaginable consequences and threaten the very fabric of
>civilization.
>
>The only answer to the present nuclear dilemma is for the United States and
>its NATO allies to disavow the use or threatened use of nuclear weapons.
>The
>World Court has ruled that any such use violates international humanitarian
>law. Nuclear weapons must be stigmatized, de-legitimized, and eliminated.
>For almost 50 years, Europe has been
>the potential flashpoint for a catastrophic nuclear crisis. The Iron
>Curtain, the Warsaw Pact, Checkpoint Charlie, the Berlin Wall itself--once
>symbols of Europe's position on the front line of a dangerous nuclear
>standoff--are now history. It is time to relegate NATO's nuclear weapons,
>and all nuclear weapons, to the history books as well.
>
>NATO's nuclear weapons were introduced decades ago to counter a perceived
>threat that no longer exists. Today nuclear weapons have no conceivable
>role
>in guaranteeing the peace and security of Europe and North America. The
>safety of the region and of the entire would be enhanced if these weapons
>were eliminated.
>
>We urge NATO to acknowledge the negative consequences of maintaining
>nuclear
>weapons as it updates its Strategic Concept and redefines its mission for
>the 21st Century. We call upon NATO to commit itself to a
>world without nuclear weapons and to work with other governments to achieve
>a verifiable ban on the possession or use of nuclear weapons. We pledge as
>citizens to work tirelessly to increase public awareness and support for
>the
>goal of a nuclear weapons free future.
>
>
>______________________________________________
>Bruce Hall
>Peace Action Field Organizer
><[e-mail]>
>202.862.9740 x 3038
>Fax: [phone]
> =20
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
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Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 21:19:05 -0700
From: Jackie Cabasso <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Useful analysis: NATO action undercuts UN

The following commentary can be found at  http://www.startribune.com=20
(search for the author=92s name).  You=92ll also find an excellent =93primer=
=94 on
Kosovo, including basic facts, geography, regional politics, and a history=
 of
regional conflicts.  -- Jackie Cabasso

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                             =20

                            Published Sunday, April 4, 1999=20

                            Commentary: NATO action unwisely undercuts U.N.

                            Peter Erlinder

                            No matter what the outcome of the NATO bombing=
=20
campaign, the fundamental  architecture of international law, centered on=20
the United Nations during the 50 years since World War II, has suffered a=20
severe blow from which it may never recover.

                            The delicate, and sometimes contradictory,=20
balance between "national sovereignty," upon which the U.N. Charter is=20
premised, and "the human rights of individuals against oppressive=20
governments," articulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, has
been altered forever. The result is likely to be more international chaos,=
=20
war crimes and
acts of genocide, and the American people will be asked to pay the price for=
=20
generations
to come.

                            Under the United Nations Charter and subsequent=
=20
U.N. resolutions, the use of force is banned unless specifically authorized=
=20
by the Security Council, after the Security Council
has determined that peaceful methods have failed, or when "selfdefense" is=
=20
required in the
case of an armed attack. It is a clear violation of fundamental United=20
Nations principles for
one sovereign member state to attack another, even for "humanitarian=20
purposes."=20

                            While this may seem to be an inhumane=20
technicality in the face of apparent acts of brutality, like those alleged=
=20
in Kosovo, there are important historical reasons for this
seemingly irrational respect for national sovereignty. One of the important=
=20
lessons of
WWII was that militarily powerful states can use "humanitarian intervention"=
=20
to justify
military action that expands international conflicts and increases the=20
suffering of innocent
civilians.

                            Germany announced that it was "protecting the=20
rights of oppressed Germans" when it annexed part of Czechoslovakia.=20
Mussolini invaded Ethiopia to "liberate and civilize" the Ethiopian people.=
=20
The Japanese invaded Manchuria to "defend the Manchurians from
Chinese bandits." When the United Nations was founded in 1945, it was well=
=20
understood
that claims of humanitarian intervention were not always humane.

                            Respect for national sovereignty was the=20
mechanism that the U.N. Charter adopted to prevent powerful nations from=20
using "humanitarian intervention" as a guise for military venturism and=20
imperialism. It is the cornerstone of all international legal systems.
                            This respect for national sovereignty, however,=
=20
does not mean that the United Nations and international law holds national=
=20
sovereignty above all else, and ignores the plight of those oppressed by=20
their own governments. The Nazi War Crimes Tribunals made clear that
brutal leaders cannot use "national sovereignty" as a defense for genocide=
=20
and other crimes
against humanity.

                            In 1948 the United Nations Universal Declaration=
=20
of Human Rights set out specific rights that all governments were obliged to=
=20
respect. The United Nations also passed other resolutions outlawing=20
politically motivated rape and other crimes against humanity.=20

                            The recently established War Crimes Tribunals,=
=20
set up in the aftermath of acts of genocide in Rwanda and Bosnia, was the=20
first step to creating international juridical bodies capable of punishing=
=20
war criminals and acts of genocide. Under this emerging structure of
international human rights law, leaders like Augusto Pinochet, Slobodan=20
Milosevic or
Saddam Hussein can be held liable for war crimes or acts of genocide, if=20
these U.N.
bodies and international legal principles are fully supported by the member=
=20
states.

                            Unfortunately, as the United States has risen to=
=20
hyperpower status, it has repeatedly undermined the effectiveness and=20
authority of these international bodies. The United States has economically=
=20
crippled the United Nations by refusing to pay more than $1 billion in
back dues. It has refused to recognize the jurisdiction of the World Court=
=20
when the
decisions of that body, such as the decision declaring nuclear weapons=20
illegal, are contrary
to current U.S. policy. The United States also opposed the creation of the=
=20
War Crimes
Tribunal and has refused to cooperate with its investigations, or with=20
seizing war criminals
under indictment. Now, the NATO bombing has further degraded this emerging
international legal structure.

                            The world's only remaining superpower has=20
established the principle that, once again, claims of humanitarian=20
intervention can be used to justify acts of war against a sovereign
nation without U.N. authorization. How this principle might be used to=20
justify U.S. military
intervention in the future is anyone's guess. Should the United States=20
intervene to protect
the Kurds from Turkish depredations? Will it defend the Chechens who are=20
surrounded
and oppressed by hostile Russians? What about the Colombian people being=20
killed in their
thousands by governmentsupported paramilitaries?

                            Of course, the United States cannot intervene=20
every time a brutal regime oppresses its own people, because such oppression=
=20
simply occurs too frequently. It is much more likely  that America will only=
=20
intervene for "humanitarian reasons" when it serves shortterm U.S. policy=20
interests. Even if the United States could apply the policy of humanitarian
intervention evenly, consistently and fairly, the result will not be a more=
=20
stable and humane
world order.

                            At the close of the 20th century, the most=20
powerful nation in the history of the world, and its allies, are=20
establishing the principle that nations with sufficient military power and=
=20
claims of "humanitarian purpose" can act independently of the United Nations=
=20
structure, as long
as an even larger military power does not intervene to stop them. This=20
lesson will not be
lost on future local and regional Hitlers, who have the military means to=20
"liberate" their
"oppressed neighbors."

                            When other countries begin their own=20
"humanitarian interventions" in the next century, the  people of the United=
=20
States may well come to regret the absence of a strong United
Nations. Without the U.N. structure to rely on, the only alternative for=20
addressing future
war crimes and genocide, as well as the "humanitarian intervention" of other=
=20
nations, will
be everescalating and virtually limitless demands on U.S. military power,=20
including the use
of ground troops. Future generations of Americans will pay the longterm=20
costs of this last
great military adventure of the 20th century, no matter what the outcome.

 Peter Erlinder, a professor at William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul,=
=20
is past president of the National Lawyers Guild.

                                                                            =
=20
                  =20

                            =A9 Copyright 1999 Star Tribune. All rights=20
reserved.=20



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WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION
1440 Broadway, Suite 500
Oakland, California USA 94612
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