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abolition-usa-digest     Thursday, April 22 1999     Volume 01 : Number 117




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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 23:39:14 -0700
From: Jackie Cabasso <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) US Congressional Rep comes out against the war

Dear friends,  I just came across this article.  Even though it's a week old,
I thought it was important to share.  As far as I know, only one other US
Congressional representative, Barbara Lee (Democrat, CA) has come out against
the war.  -- Jackie Cabasso

I've Changed My MindStop the Bombing
Why is Belgrade a Target?
 by Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)

4/9/99  New York Times

          April 9, 1999

          The world's democracies have a responsibility to relieve the
suffering of the people of Kosovo, to insure that the refugees can return to an
autonomous nation and to help rebuild the province and prosecute war criminals.

          That is why I voted my support for President Clinton's initiatives
and for the use of American soldiers in keeping the peace in the region.

          Yet NATO is now engaged in a bombing campaign in which the
destruction of the civilian infrastructure of Yugoslavia has become part of the
strategy to end the war on Kosovo. We say our quarrel is with President
Slobodan Milosevic and his army, yet instead of doing all that we can to
directly confront that military we are bringing down terror on the Serbian
people. What has this bombing accomplished? It has not stopped the ethnic
cleansing or the grim procession of hundreds of thousands of refugees.

          So I must challenge NATO's justification for its military campaign
against civilians -- before we destroy all the bridges in Belgrade and Novi
Sad; before we obliterate the power plants, water systems, roads and
telecommunications centers that serve civilian populations; before we begin
hearing the the phrase "collateral damage" routinely. Otherwise, NATO's actions
will destabilize the region for decades to come.

          As a start, NATO should honor a cease-fire this weekend of Orthodox
Christian Easter -- not because of Mr. Milosevic's feigned concern for the
faith of his people, but to show genuine respect for the civilian population's
religion.

        The bombings in Belgrade and Novi Sad punish people who have already
suffered under Mr. Milosevic's authoritarian regime. NATO's actions will only
help Mr. Milosevic convert more of the Serbian people to his mix of militant
nationalism and religious fervor -- even those who don't believe in his
policies will defend their flag and their faith.

          One does not need to be steeped in the mythology of the Battle of
Kosovo of 1389 to know that the Serbian people will never accept a peace with
the ethnic Albanians as long as we are dropping bombs on their heads.

          The United States now has to decide whether we will continue to
destroy a civilian population misled by Mr. Milosevic. Fifty-three million
people died in World War II, 60 percent of them civilians. About half of the 26
million killed in World War I, the 3 million killed in Korea and the 2.3
million dead in Vietnam were civilians.

          Civilians always pay the heaviest price -- and in this case it is not
just the Serbs who are suffering. This week's bombing campaign has
added to the devastation of Pristina, the capital city of the people we are
trying
to help.

          Americans will pay a price, too. If we continue to support NATO
bombing, we will have muddied our ethics and tarnished our reputation for
defending those who live under dictatorships. W e need to rethink not only the
manner in which we wage war, but also the manner in which we manage conflict
and keep the peace. We must demonstrate that we know the difference between a
legal and just humanitarian intervention on behalf of a civilian population and
an illegal and unjust military intervention against civilians. Otherwise, we
will have bombed the village in order to save it, and created a war in the name
of ending one.

 Dennis J. Kucinich, a Democrat, is a Representative from Ohio.

          Copyright 1999 The New York Times Company



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WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION
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Oakland, California USA 94612
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A GLOBAL NETWORK TO ELIMINATE NUCLEAR WEAPONS

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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 09:52:22 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (abolition-usa) looking for info re: OSCE monitors & their effectiveness prior to bombing

I'm looking for information about the OSCE monitors that were placed in
Kosovo and any reports on their effectiveness or lack thereof prior to the
NATO bombing.

Should this process have been strengthened as a means of preventing the two
sides from attacking each other?

Debby Reelitz-Bell
847-266-1525

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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 11:45:59 PDT
From: "Masaaki Sakai" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) UCLA teach-in on NATO & Nukes

Dear US abolitionists,

There exist Abolition 2000 supporters in L.A., too!? We activists
from various local groups formed "Southern California Abolition 2000"
February. While echoing to 'CitizensÆ Summit to De-nuke NATOÆ in DC
Friday, we are going to organize a teach-in at UCLA Wednesday about
NATOÆs nuclear policies & nuclear abolition at large along with UCLA
student groups. Below is the flyer.

I hope you all are well.

Masaaki Sakai
Southern California Federation of Scientists


CAPSA (Concerned Asian Pacific Students for Action) and UCLA
Environmental Coalition present

Teach-in "Change NATO Policies Toward Nuclear Disarmament"

Wednesday, April 21 6:30 p.m.
Moore Hall Room 100, UCLA

State heads will meet in Washington, DC, April 23 to 25 to
commemorate NATO 50th anniversary. However, we need to ask ourselves:
what does this Cold War apparatus still exist for; who is a potential
enemy that NATO must deter with its æfirst-strikeÆ doctrine and with
its nuclear weapons on the hair-trigger alert? NATO expansion as well
as recurring US missile defense development can become an obstacle to
RussiaÆs nuclear weapons reduction, which is crucial in forestalling
nuclear accident and terrorism. Speakers from various fields will
discuss NATOÆs dangerous nuclear policies and global sentiment
aspiring for a nuclear weapons-free 21st century.

Moderator: John Owen, Organizer of No Nukes

"A History of Change: Women Working Toward World Disarmament"
Beth Ann Lerch, Co-chair of WomenÆs International League for Peace
and Freedom (WILPF) L.A. Branch

"Nuclear Weapons are Illegal: A Historic 1996 ICJ Opinion"
James Lafferty, Exec. Director of National Lawyers Guild L.A. Chapter

"Nuclear Weapons: Old and New"
James Warf, Ph.D., Professor of Nuclear Chemistry, USC and founding
member of Southern California Federation of Scientists

"Abandon NATOÆs First-Strike Doctrine, De-alert Nuclear Weapons"
David Krieger, J.D., Ph.D., President of Nuclear Age Peace
Foundation, which is the international contact for Abolition 2000

A 1998 video, "Can We Learn to Live Without Nuclear Weapons?"
will be shown from 6:00 p.m.

For more information:
UCLA Environmental Coalition at [phone]

Supported by:
Southern California Abolition 2000, Southern California Federation of
Scientists, No Nukes, Commission for Earth and Public Safety, The
State of the World Forum, Atomic Mirror, Office of the Americas,
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, WomenÆs International League for Peace
and Freedom, Wesley Foundation

_______________________________________________________________
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 15:15:17 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) nato heads of state

Dear Friends,
Here are contact numbers for NATO heads of state.  Give 'em hell!!  Alice
Slater

M. Jean-Luc Dehaene
     Premier Ministre
     rue de la Loi 16
     B-1000 Brussels
     Belgium
     phone [phone]
     e-mail [e-mail]
     webpage http://belgium.fgov.be/

Jean Chretien, M.P.
     Prime Minister
     House of Commons, PO Box 1103
     Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6
     Canada
     phone [phone], fax [phone]
     e-mail [e-mail]
     webpage http://pm.gc.ca/english.html-ssi

Vaclav Havel
     President
     Office of the President of the C.R.
     Hrad (Castle)
     119 08 Praha 1
     Czech Republic
     phone [phone], fax [phone]
     e-mail [e-mail]
     webpage http://www.hrad.cz/

Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
     Prime Minister
     Prime Minister`s Office
     Christiansborg, Prins Jorgens Gaard 11
     DK-1218 Copenhagen
     Denmark
     phone [phone], fax [phone]
     e-mail [e-mail]
     webpage http://www.stm.dk/

M. Jacques Chirac
     President de la Republique
     Palais de l`Elysee
     55 et 57, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore
     75008 Paris
     France
     phone [phone], fax [phone]
     e-mail page http://www.elysee.fr/mel/mel_.htm
     webpage http://www.elysee.fr/

Gerhard Schoeder
     Chancellor
     Adenauerallee 141
     PA: Briefpost, PLZ 53106
     53113 Bonn
     Germany
     phone [phone], fax [phone]
     e-mail page http://www.bundesregierung.de/inland/.bin/pbamaild?10
     webpage http://www.bundesregierung.de/

Kostas Simitis
     Prime Minister
     Office of the Prime Minister
     Greek Parliament Bldg., Constitution Square
     Athens
     Greece
     fax [phone]
     e-mail [e-mail]
     webpage http://www.primeminister.gr

Viktor Orban
     Prime Minister
     Kossuth Lajos ter 1-3
     1055 Budapest, Budapest fovaros
     Hungary
     phone [phone], fax [phone]
     e-mail [e-mail]
     webpage http://www.meh.hu

David Oddsson
     Prime Minister
     Office of the Prime Minister
     Stjornarradshusinu
     150 Reykjavik
     Iceland
     phone [phone], fax [phone]
     e-mail [e-mail]
     webpage http://www.althingi.is/~wwwadm/upplens.shtml

Massimo D'Alema
     Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri (Prime Minister)
     Piazza Colonna, 370
     00187 Rome
     Italy
     phone [phone], fax [phone]
     e-mail page http://www.palazzochigi.it/contattaci.htm
     webpage http://www.palazzochigi.it/index.htm

Jean-Claude Juncker
     Prime Minister
     Ministere d`Etat
     4, rue de la Congregation
     L-2910 Luxembourg
     Luxembourg
     phone [phone]
     e-mail page http://www.restena.lu:80/gover/mailbox.html
     webpage http://www.restena.lu/gover/index_french.html

Willem Kok
     Prime Minister
     Binnenhof 20, 2513 AA
     Postbus 20001, 2500 EA
     The Hague
     Netherlands
     phone [phone], fax [phone]
     webpage http://www.postbus51.nl/

Kjell Magne Bondevik
     Prime Minister
     Akersgt. 42, blokk H
     P.O. Box 8001 Dep
     N-0030 Oslo
     Norway
     phone [phone], fax [phone]
     e-mail [e-mail]
     webpage http://odin.dep.no/

Jerzy Buzek
     Prime Minister
     Prime Minister's Office
     al. Ujazdowskie 1/3
     00-583 Warsaw
     Poland
     e-mail [e-mail]
     webpage http://www.kprm.gov.pl

Antonio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres
     Prime Minister
     Gabinete do Primeiro-Ministro
     Lisboa
     Portugal
     e-mail page http://www.primeiro-ministro.gov.pt/correio.html
     webpage http://www.primeiro-ministro.gov.pt/

Excmo. Sr. Jose Maria Aznar
     Presidente del Gobierno
     Complejo de la Moncloa
     Edf. Semillas
     28071 Madrid
     Spain
     phone [phone], fax [phone]
     webpage http://www.la-moncloa.es

Bulent Ecevit
     Prime Minister
     Office of the Prime Minister
     Basbakanlik
     06573 Ankara
     Turkey
     fax [phone]
     e-mail [e-mail]

Rt. Hon. Tony Blair
     Prime Minister
     10 Downing St.
     SW1A 2AA London
     United Kingdom
     fax [phone]
     email:  [e-mail]
     webpage http://www.number-10.gov.uk/

William Clinton
     President
     The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
     Washington, District of Columbia 20500
     United States of America
     phone [phone]
     fax [phone] or 1-202-456-2461
     e-mail [e-mail]
     webpage http://www.whitehouse.gov/



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: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 15:21:49 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: 'Let Civility Prevail': an appeal from Belgrade

>Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 13:24:06 -0400
>Subject: 'Let Civility Prevail': an appeal from Belgrade
>Priority: non-urgent
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>From: Zarana Papic <[e-mail]>
>To: Bojan Aleksov <[e-mail]>
>Subject: [Fwd: Syndicate: <nettime> Let Civility Prevail - A
>Statement of Concerned SerbianCitizens]
>Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 15:31:01 +0200
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>-------- Original Message --------
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>Subject: Syndicate: <nettime> Let Civility Prevail - A Statement of
>Concerned SerbianCitizens
>Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 09:08:13 +0100
>From: Andreas Broeckmann <[e-mail]>
>To: [e-mail]
>
>Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 16:45:32 +0200 (CEST)
>From: [e-mail]
>
>LET CIVILITY PREVAIL
>
>A STATEMENT OF CONCERNED SERBIAN CITIZENS
>
>As long time proponents of and activists for a democratic and
>anti-nationalist Serbia, who have chosen to remain in
>Yugoslavia during this moment of crisis and who want to see
>our country reintegrated into the community of world nations,
>we state the following:
>
>1. We strongly condemn the NATO bombings which have
>hugely exacerbated violence in Kosovo and have caused the
>displacement of people outside and throughout Yugoslavia. We
>strongly condemn the ethnic cleansing of the Albanian
>population perpetrated by any Yugoslav forces. We strongly
>condemn the Kosovo Liberation Army's (KLA) violence
>targeted against the Serbs, moderate Albanians and other ethnic
>communities in Kosovo. The humanitarian catastrophe in
>Kosovo - death, grief and extreme suffering for hundreds of
>thousands of Albanians, Serbs and members of other ethnic
>communities - has to be ended now. All refugees from
>Yugoslavia must immediately and unconditionally be allowed
>to return to their homes, their security and human rights
>guaranteed, and aid for reconstruction provided. Perpetrators of
>crimes against humanity whoever they are must be brought to
>justice.
>
>2. The fighting between Serbian forces and KLA has to be
>stopped immediately in order to start a new round of
>negotiations. All sides must put aside their maximalist
>demands. There are (as in other numerous similar conflicts such
>as Northern Ireland) no quick and easy solutions. We all must
>be prepared for a long and painstaking process of negotiation
>and normalization.
>
>3. The bombing of Yugoslavia by NATO causes destruction
>and growing numbers of civilian victims (at least several
>hundred, maybe a thousand, by now). The final outcome will be
>the destruction of the economic and cultural foundations of
>Yugoslav society. It must be stopped immediately.
>
>4. The UN Charter, the Helsinki Final Act, the founding
>document of NATO, as well as the constitutions of countries
>such as Germany, Italy, Portugal, have been violated by this
>aggression. As individuals who have devoted their lives to the
>defense of basic democratic values, who believe in universal
>legal norms we are deeply concerned that NATO's violation
>of these norms will incapacitate all those struggling for the
>rule of law and human rights in this country and elsewhere
>in the world.
>
>5. NATO's bombings have further destabilized the southern
>Balkans. If continued this conflict can escalate beyond Balkan
>borders and, if turned into land military operations, thousands
>of NATO and Yugoslav soldiers, as well as Albanian and
>Serbian civilians, will die in a futile war as in Vietnam. Political
>negotiations toward a peaceful settlement should be reopened
>immediately.
>
>6. The existing regime has only been reinforced by NATO's
>attacks in Yugoslavia by way of the natural reaction of people
>to rally around the flag in times of foreign aggression. We
>continue our opposition to the present anti-democratic and
>authoritarian regime, but we also emphatically oppose NATO's
>aggression. The democratic forces in Serbia have been
>weakened and the democratic reformist Government of
>Montenegro threatened by NATO's attacks and by the regime's
>subsequent proclamation of the state of war and now find
>themselves between NATO's hammer and regime's anvil.
>
>7. In dealing with the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia the
>leaders of the world community have in the past made
>numerous fatal errors. New errors are leading to an aggravation
>of the conflict and are removing us from the search for peaceful
>solutions.
>
>We appeal to all: President Milosevic, the representatives of
>the Kosovo Albanians, NATO, EU and US leaders to stop all
>violence and military activities immediately and engage in the
>search for a political solution.
>
>Belgrade, April 16, 1999
>
>1. Stojan Cerovic, "Vreme" columnist and journalist
>2. Jovan Cirilov, Belgrade International Theater Festival (BITEF)
>selector and former director of the Yugoslav Drama Theater; Theater
>History Center Director
>3. Sima Cirkovic, Member Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts,
>Professor, Belgrade University, Dept. of History
>4. Mijat Damnjanovic, Former Professor, Belgrade University, Faculty
>of Political Sciences, Center for Public Administration and Local
>Government (PALGO) Director
>5. Vojin Dimitrijevic, Former head of the Department of
>International
>Law, Belgrade Law School; The Belgrade Center for Human Rights
>Director; UN Human Rights Committee former Vice Chairman
>6. Dasa Duhacek, Director Women Studies Center, Board Member of
>Alternative Academic Educational Network (AAEN)
>7. Milutin Garasanin, Member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and
>Arts; Vice President of The Association for Research of South-Eastern
>Europe (UNESCO)
>8. Zagorka Golubovic, Professor, Belgrade University, Department of
>Sociology; Chair Social Sciences Department of AAEN
>9. Dejan Janca, Professor, Novi Sad University, Law School
>10. Ivan Jankovic, Belgrade lawyer, human rights activist, Board
>President of Center for Anti-War Action
>11. Predrag Koraksic, Belgrade caricaturist
>12. Mladen Lazic, Professor, Belgrade University, Department of
>Sociology, AAEN Board member
>13. Sonja Licht, President, Fund for an Open Society Executive Board
>14. Ljubomir Madzar, Professor Belgrade University, Faculty of
>Economy, Member Group-17
>15. Veran Matic, Editor in Chief, Belgrade Radio B92, President
>Alternative Network of Electronic Media (ANEM)
>16. Jelica Minic, Secretary General, European Movement in Serbia
>17. Andrej Mitrovic, Professor, Belgrade University, Department of
>History
>18. Radmila Nakarada, Senior Reserach Fellow, Belgrade Institute for
>European Studies
>19. Milan Nikolic, Director, Center for Policy Studies
>20. Vida Ognjenovic, Theater director, playwrite
>21. Borka Pavicevic, Director, Center for Cultural Decontamination
>22. Jelena Santic, Anti-war 487 group, human rights activist
>23. Nikola Tasic, Associate member of the Serbian Academy of
>Sciences
>and Arts, Member European Academy
>24. Ljubinka Trgovcevic, Senior Research Fellow, Belgrade
>University,
>Department of History
>25. Srbijanka Turajlic, Professor, Belgrade University, Faculty of
>Electrical Engineering, Board President AAEN
>26. Ivan Vejvoda, Fund for an Open Society Executive Director,
>27. Branko Vucicevic, translator
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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 09:37:15 -0700
From: Shundahai Network <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) New activity at Nevada Nuclear Test Site

Dear Friends,


We have received information which has been confirmed and could prove to be disturbing in light of current world events.


The Department of Energy (DOE) staff at the Nevada Test Site (NTS), has re-initiated work at "Ice Cap" which was the hole drilled for the last full scale nuclear weapons test in 1992 but was canceled when Bush signed the Nuclear Testing Moratorium. This was to have been a joint U.S. - British Nuclear Test. It appears that the crews working at this site are assessing conditions, removing equipment and beginning to install new equipment and electronics.


We believe that this could be in line with NTS's guideline of maintaining capabilities to resume full scale nuclear weapons testing within six months of a presidential order but this is a precedent because it is the first work being done on a hole designed for a full scale nuclear explosion in nine years.


Also work is being completed at the Ua1(LYNER) tunnel  that houses the subcritical nuclear weapons tests to enlarge and modernize the facility allowing more people to work below the surface at once. The current work capacity is for a crew of 125 (which is sopposed to be classified information) and the DOE is expanding this to allow 160 people to work below the surface.


It is important for the international abolition movement to be aware that the U.S has the capabilities of resuming full scale nuclear testing quickly. In light of the current role the U.S government has decided to play in international politics this could be very distressing.


If any one else has any other information please pass it on to us and we will keep you updated as well.


Peace, your friends at Shundahai Network




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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 21:36:57 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) looking for info re: OSCE monitors & their effectiveness ...

There will be a Stop the Nato bombing at the Oakland, CA. Federal building on
the 23April at 12noon. Please let everyone know that you can. This is a
non-violent demo.
                            Thanks,
                           Michael Niece
                             Vision of Micah Affinity group

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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 21:29:11 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (abolition-usa) Serbia Threatened with Ecological Disaster

Jim Forest sends on this post from Yugoslavia. Not a government statement.
Peace,
David McReynolds

<< From: "Mirko S. Mandrino" <[e-mail]
 To: [e-mail]
 Subject: Important
 Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 02:14:48 +0200

 SERBIA THREATENED WITH ECOLOGICAL DISASTER

 NATO intervention in Yugoslavia is increasingly gaining a dimension of
 retaliation. The number of civilian casualties rises every day. The
 destruction of economic sites has long term dramatic consequences for
 civilian population and puts cities, country and the entire region under
 serious danger.

 The bombing of the chemical plant in Pancevo, near Belgrade, has already
 caused severe ecological damage and seriously threatens to turn into an
 ecological disaster. In the last fire that broke out in the refinery and
 factory producing artificial fertilizers, only the favorable direction
 of the wind prevented the whole city and all its inhabitants from
 suffering much more serious ecological and health problems.

 In the last few days, chemical plants in Novi Sad and Belgrade have been
 bombed. Their destruction could lead to the tragedy exceeding the one in
 Bhopal, India.

 Stop the brutal and senseless bombing.

 Those who are making the decisions must be aware of the effects of their
 actions. No subsequent apologies, or calling upon "collateral damage"
 could justify this action, the consequences of which could lead to the
 permanent destruction of civilian population and their natural
 environment.

 In the name of the people and in the name of Nature we demand that the
 use of force stops immediately and a solution is found to use
 negotiations for solving the difficult crisis facing Europe and the
 world.

 In Belgrade, April 19, 1999

 Signed by more then 20 NGO and Trade Unions

 He has grown up in a country run by politicians who sent the pilots
 to man the bombers to kill the babies to make the world safe
 for children to grow up in.
 Ursula LeGuin
 ********************
 Mirko S. Mandrino, peace activist
 P O Box 14, 26000 Pancevo, Vojvodina
 Yugoslavia
 tel/fax [phone]
 ICQ 35713954
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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 20:58:57 -0700
From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) 38,000 NATO coffins?

From: Gary Vesperman <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
<[e-mail]>
Subject: 38,000 NATO coffins?
Date: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 8:53 PM

Having two sources adds some credibility. Does anyone
know someone in the funeral or coffin industries who could
verify this report?  Maybe do a search of coffin making or British
Cyprus funeral homes on the Web? Gary Vesperman


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Subj: [InTheShadows] Re: THOUSANDS OF NATO COFFINS ARRIVE IN BRITISH CYPRUS
Date: 4/19/99 11:19:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time
From: [e-mail] (Hilary A. Thomas)
Reply-to: <A
HREF="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]
</A>
- -Caveat Lector-

On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Hilary A. Thomas wrote:

>  -Caveat Lector-
>
> THOUSANDS OF NATO COFFINS ARRIVE IN BRITISH CYPRUS: EXPECT HEAVY LOSSES
> FROM GROUND ATTACK
> stratfor.com
> April 18, 1999 Stratfor News
>
> 1813 GMT, 990418 Ekho Moskvy radio in Moscow cited RIA-Novosti news
agency
> reports that NATO has delivered thousands of coffins to a British
military
> base in Cyprus today. The reports suggest NATO is preparing for a ground
> attack and expects heavy losses.
>
> http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a371a56840da8.htm
>
> Hmmmmmm....has anyone else heard stuff about this?

On PBS's "McLaughlin Group" yesterday, McLaughlin mentioned
a rush order by U.S. for 38,000 coffins.

Brian Redman
Editor, CNNS

Geezy, wheezy, people!!!

Hilary




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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 12:16:00 -0400
From: Tracy Moavero <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Query for David

Dear David,

Greetings.

As you probably know, Peace Action is planning our 1999 annual congress, to be held in Albuqueque, with a major direct action to follow at the Los Alamos lab on Nagasaki Day. The day befoe the action we will have a panel of international speakers sharing their experience
of grassroots anti-nuclear activism. We are looking for a broad range of international speakers, and we need some leads on Indian and/or Pacific Islanders living in the United States who could join our panel. Do you have any suggestions for us? We are bringing some
speakers from overseas, but as funding is uncertain, we really wish to find some speakers in the U.S.  So far we have confirmations from speakers representing campaigns in the UK, France, Pakistan, Japan and possibly Australia. Any suggestions you could give us for Indian
or Pacific region activists who are living in the U.S. or who will be travelling here at that time (Aug. 6-9) would be much appreciated.

Hope things are going well at NAPF.

All the best,

Tracy Moavero


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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 16:38:43 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Serbia Threatened with Ecological Disaster

Hello,
 Please let as many people know about the demonstration about the Stop the
Nato bombing at 12 noon Oakland, Federal building, 23April Friday. This will
be an interfaith demonstration with prayer and possible cd.A non-violent
demonstration in the way of Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Vision of Micah
affinity group sponsoring.
                                          thanks
                                                Mike

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thanks for putting out the data for the demonstration. Mike

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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 15:47:27 -0700
From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) End Wars to Stop Global Warming with Free Energy and Hemp for Victory!

End Wars to Stop Global Warming with Free Energy and Hemp for Victory!

This a current comprehensive summary of the overlooked problems and
solutions associated with today's increasingly catastrophic manifestation=
s
of global climate change and what you can do about it by bringing out the
facts to wake folks up to the need to redirect resources away from war an=
d
preparations for war into solving critical environmental problems before =
it
is too late.  An EarthDay1999 message.

From: David Crockett Williams <[e-mail]>
To: jean hudon <[e-mail]>
[Earth Rainbow Network]
Subject: Re: Oxygen depletion data requested
Date: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 11:53 AM

Thank you Jean for your fine networking and for taking seriously the need=
 to
further discuss the thesis I have advanced based on data not commonly
considered by environmental activists regarding seriouly depleting
atmospheric oxygen levels and their impact on ozone layer depletion.   In
fact, hard figures and data on oxygen levels are even harder to come by t=
han
carbon dioxide levels but I will offer here the basis for my understandin=
g
on this point.   I hope that the information and logic that I will summar=
ize
below can motivate those in your network with the information access
resources to take this seriously enough to find additional hard data and =
to
bring this issue in to the mainstream public debate on a par with the
greenhouse effect.

First, as a chemist, I can tell you unequivocably that for each molecule =
of
carbon dioxide produced by the metabolism of animals and by the combustio=
n
of fossil fuels that there is one molecule of oxygen removed from the
atmosphere.  About this there is no doubt as it is fundamental to the
stoiciometry of the chemistry involved.  Thus on a qualitative level ther=
e
can be no valid counter-argument of this fact.  The enormous increases ea=
ch
year in the combustion of oxygen by fossil fuels combined with the massiv=
e
deforestation of our planet of the trees that normally consume carbon
dioxide and produce oxygen has reached a level where the overall oxygen
levels in the upper atmosphere have diminished to the point of seriously
interfering with the delicate balance of ozone layer production even asid=
e
from the disasterous effects of chlorine and other halogen pollutions
interfering with this phototropic production of the ozone layer.  This
qualitative evaluation was first brought to my attention by Adam Trombly,
the director of Project Earth in Colorado founded by Buckminster Fuller a=
nd
which uses succeeding generations of the latest computers to do enviromen=
tal
modeling with the continuous input of atmospheric measurements over the
years.  Trombly reported on July 31, 1988, that the trend at that time ga=
ve
grave predictions for many adverse changes in atmospheric dynamics includ=
ing
the prediction that if this trend were not reversed by ending the combust=
ion
of fossil fuels and saving the trees by 1998 we would begin to go through=
 a
"point of no return" after which it would be inevitable that by the year
2008 the ozone layer depletion would be severe enough to allow sufficient
solar radiation to penetrate the atmosphere so as to destroy ALL of the
oceanic phytoplankton which are not only the beginning of the oceanic
foodchain but also the one celled plants that produce over half of Earth'=
s
oxygen supply --- a condition that since then I have been discussing as a=
n
oxygen crisis which portends the destruction of life on Earth as we know =
it.
When I spoke with Trombly in May of 1997 he said that all of their comput=
er
modeling predictions had come true on target in the preceding years and a=
s
evidence of this he discussed the predicted increases in storm intensitie=
s
and storm wind velocities that we have been observing, saying that it wou=
ld
get much worse as it has.  Even if his picture is a "worst case scenario"=
 it
is my strong conviction that any comprehensive plan to address the
amelioration of global climate change must be sufficiently broad to inclu=
de
a way to address this worst case possibility.  Trombly was one of the
scientists on the team sent by Earth Island Institute to oversee and dire=
ct
the unprecedented international effort which successfully and quickly
extinguished the Iraq war Kuwaiti oil fires of high chlorine content oil.
The Project Earth website is http://www.projectearth.com and he may be
emailed from that site.

With regard to quantitative data on atmospheric oxygen levels, the only
numbers that I have seen which support Trombly's position are quite sketc=
hy
and not well attributed as to who made the measurements, with the excepti=
on
of the figure I mentioned previously from 1998 DOE CNES of a 33% increase=
 in
atmospheric carbon dioxide since pre-industrial times and I suspect based=
 on
the history of our government that this is very conservative estimate.  T=
his
does not mean a 33% decrease in atmospheric oxygen since the level of
atmospheric oxygen is far greater so the percentage of its depletion woul=
d
be far less, but the actual amounts of change are exactly the same,
stoiciometrically.   The best information that I have seen is that presen=
t
overall atmospheric oxygen levels are in any case nowhere near the 21% th=
at
you quoted but closer to 18-19%.  I have seen figures of 14-16% in some
areas and 11-13% in areas around cities where a lot of combustion is taki=
ng
place.  Exact and accurate figures, as you can imagine, especially ones t=
hat
everyone will agree with, are extremely difficult to find, at least for m=
e
with my newness to the internet and limited informational resources.
Whatever the actual amounts are, it is patently evident from the qualitat=
ive
analysis and undeniable trends of combustion and deforestation that this
argument warrents the application of due diligence in its more comprehens=
ive
evalutation, and quickly.

As to how to address amelioration of this problem, two factors must be
addressed.  How to reverse, not just reduce, the trends of increasing
atmospheric carbon dioxide and decreasing atmospheric oxygen.  The Kyoto
Protocol goals of simply reducing the rate of increased carbon dioxide
production to those of 1991 levels over the next ten years or so is simpl=
y
not adequate.  We need to REVERSE this trend to solve these problems and =
get
back to a healthy balance, not just slow the rate of increases in this
problem.

I have to go now to an appointment but will soon respond once again on my
reasoning and details behind my conclusion that the free energy technolog=
ies
and widespread hemp cultivation are the most important two areas for publ=
ic
activism on how to solve the problems of climate change, before it is too
late if it is not already.  In the phone conversation I mentioned above w=
ith
Trombly, he said that he personally felt that it was already too late and=
 he
was very upset to have to tell his 16year old daughter that there was no
future for life on Earth.

I have posted some of the details on these problems and solutions on my
GEAR2000 website below.

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From: David Crockett Williams <[e-mail]>
To: Jack Herer <[e-mail]>; Chris Conrad <[e-mail]=
>
Subject: My EarthDay Hemp Message, followup?
Date: Thursday, April 22, 1999 3:14 PM

Stop Global Warming with Free Energy and Hemp for Victory!

I bcc'd this response to Jean of today to her list below.  Thought that y=
ou
might want to add your comments on hemp/cannabis/marijuana issue to her
politically timid network.

From: David Crockett Williams <[e-mail]>
To: jean hudon <[e-mail]>
Subject: To Ameliorate Global Warming, Ozone Layer Depletion
Date: Thursday, April 22, 1999 2:47 PM

This is the second part of my response to Jean Hudon and Earth Rainbow
Network about the nature, scope, and remediation of overlooked hindrance
factors relating to adverse climate change, particularly ozone layer
depletion which is the "flip-side" to the greenhouse effect on the "coin"=
 of
climate change.   Ozone layer depletion allows increased levels of high
energy solar radiation to penetrate the atmosphere and in the area of
Antarctica, where the ozone layer depletion is most severe, recent report=
s
below indicate alarmingly increased melting of ice.

Since there was no dispute of my contention of the need to investigate an=
d
promote the so-called free-energy technologies to replace nuclear and fos=
sil
fuel power I will not go into more details here but refer for more info t=
o
links and discussions on the GEAR2000 website below.  The main thing
activists can do on this issue is to investigate it more deeply and to
support Dr. Ehsan Khan at the DOE in his efforts to get funding for the
development of these technologies in conjunction with Dr. Hal Puthoff's
efforts in theoretical physics to understand the already successful
experiments in this area, recognize that what has been previously mislabe=
led
as "cold fusion" is indeed a promising reality, and support private effor=
ts
such as Dr. Hal Fox with the Insitute for New Energy whose LENT (Low Ener=
gy
Nuclear Transmutation) technologies offer the additional advantage of
neutralizing radioactive wastes.

Regarding the question about my claims that the most important thing that
can be done to ameliorate global climate change, by reversing not just
reducing the present trend of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide and
decreasing atmospheric oxygen resultant from fossil fuel combustion, is a=
n
environmental-emergency-level resurrection on a global scale of the USDA'=
s
1941-45 Hemp for Victory "crash program" to grow this plant as widely as
possible as soon as possible, I will offer here a very brief summary of t=
he
information and logic on this that I submitted in my public comments
offering to DOE on CNES last year.  If there is an interest I will post
those details on that website where url links already can now be found to
the full hempstory, with authoritative source references, below summarize=
d.

[jackherer.com and chrisconrad.com links are on GEAR2000 site]--dcw

Even if we now had these new energy technologies in place, eliminating
entirely the combustion of fossil fuels, this would still not solve the
climate change problem because of the fact that so many trees have alread=
y
been destroyed and the atmospheric balance has already been so severely
disturbed, the present trend of increasingly catastrophic global climate
would continue, just at a lower rate of acceleration.  The only way to
actually begin to heal the atmosphere by replenishing atmospheric oxygen =
and
reducing carbon dioxide levels is to first figure out how to save the
remaining forests and then in the same move figure out the best way to
regreen the planet as rapidly as possible with whatever plants can best
consume maximum amounts of carbon dioxide, producing equivalent amounts o=
f
oxygen, as rapidly as possible.  Two factors need to be considered.  One =
is
the comparative bioefficiency of candidate plants (the amount of oxygen
produced per acre per year which is directly proportional to the amount o=
f
biomass per acre per year) and second is the pragmatic consideration of
which plants have the best economic motivations so that they can/will in
fact for that reason actually BE widely planted.

The best overall candidate (not the only one but the best by far) is the
hemp plant, the most valuable plant in human history (a history carefully
censored from the population for reasons explained below) for the overall
majority of today's needs for paper, fiber, fuel, food, medicines, compos=
ite
construction materials, chemical feedstocks, etc.  The most bioefficient
plants are older mature trees.  With respect to new plantings on empty la=
nd,
the US governement studies indicate that at least 4.1 times as much paper
can be made from an acre of hemp than an acre of trees over a 20 year
average period.  Most of the trees cut for their cellulose are used in
making paper, cardboard, and construction forms.  All of these products, =
and
many other composite construction materials (with modern technology), can=
 be
more efficiently made from hemp cellulose thus saving trees.  Hemp produc=
es
multiple times more biomass per acre than any other plant.  Because of al=
l
of its uses (fiber is better, stronger, longer lasting, etc; seeds are
second only to soybeans in protein but more digestible and contain immune
system activation fatty acids;  anything made from petroleum can be made
from biomass by pyrolysis, etc., etc., etc.) the hemp plant is overall th=
e
best choice for solving the problems described above relating to healing =
the
atmosphere and thereby ameliorating the greenhouse effect and the ozone
layer depletion that is being exacerbated by reduction in the atmospheric
oxygen from which the ozone layer is produced by sunlight acting on oxyge=
n,
the process already seriously compromised by chemical pollutions
(principally chlorine and other halogens from the breakdown of
halogenated hydrocarbons).

The only problem is that the hemp plant has been outlawed since 1937 by a
fraud perpetrated on the American Congress and people by calling it
marijuana in an historic and successful effort by certain industrialists,
and their banker and his nephew who was in charge of implementing this fr=
aud
from his postion within the goverment narcotics agency.  This fraud invol=
ved
William Randolph Hearst, Andrew Mellon, and the DuPont Chemical Company a=
nd
it was initiated to protect financial interests in forests for paper,
chemicals to make that paper (sulphuric acid, at the time 90% of DuPont's
business) and later the petrochemical fiber and drug industries.  Anyone =
who
is interested in the real facts on this can check details and find this t=
o
be absolutely true.  The drug policies which still prevail keeping this
plant outlawed are a criminal act effecting the future of life on Earth a=
nd
the lack of fortitude on the part of the activists who are propagandized
against hemp and fear to investigate and take a public stand on the truth=
 of
this matter are in fact participating in this criminal act if they do not
take this information seriously and take action before it is too late.

David Crockett Williams  22April99 Earth Day
Bachelor of Science, Chemistry (CSUN 1969)
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1999:   22APR Taos, NM, --->  Santa Fe 26APR
2000:  15JAN  San Francisco --> New York  24OCT
  19SEP* Washington, DC, Ceremony Rededicating
The Washington Monument as a Symbol of Peace.
*3rd Tuesday of September is annual opening of
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Remove the scourge of war from future generations
   http://www.egroups.com/list/global-peace-walk
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From: jean hudon <[e-mail]>
To: David Crockett Williams <[e-mail]>
Cc: Earth Council <[e-mail]>; EarthCulture
<[e-mail]>; Earthstewards Network <[e-mail]>;
Earthwatch-Friends of the EarthIreland <[e-mail]>; Easthstewards
<[e-mail]>; Ecological Society <[e-mail]>; Fo=
r
Mother Earth <[e-mail]>; For Mother Earth
<[e-mail]>; For Mother Earth <[e-mail]>; For mothe=
r
earth <[e-mail]>; Friends of the Earth <[e-mail]>=
;
Friends of the Earth International Secretariat <[e-mail]>; Globa=
l
Citizens Network <[e-mail]>; Global Green USA <[e-mail]>;
Green Earth Organisation <[e-mail]>; Green Party
<[e-mail]>; Green Party <[e-mail]>; Green Party of Aotear=
oa
<[e-mail]>; Rainbow Warrior <[e-mail]=
g>;
[e-mail]
<[e-mail]>;
[e-mail] <[e-mail]=
g>;
Greenpeace <[e-mail]>; Greenpeace
<[e-mail]>; Greenpeace
<[e-mail]>; Greenpeace
<[e-mail]>; Greenpeace
<[e-mail]>; Greenpeace
<[e-mail]>; Greenpeace
<[e-mail]>; Greenpeace
<[e-mail]>; Greenpeace
<[e-mail]>; Greenpeace Argentina
<[e-mail]>; Greenpeace At
<[e-mail]>; Greenpeace Australia
<[e-mail]>; Greenpeace Be
<[e-mail]>; Greenpeace BR
<[e-mail]>; Greenpeace Espa=F1a
<[e-mail]>; Greenpeace Luxembourg
<[e-mail]>; Greenpeace New Zealand
<[e-mail]>; Greenpeace USA
<[e-mail]>; GreenSpider <[e-mail]>;
Worldwatch Institute <[e-mail]>; Rainbow  Warrior
<[e-mail]>
Subject: Oxygen depletion data requested
Date: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 1:45 AM

Hello

This - the diminishing percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere because of
everything we burn (see below) - has also been for me a great concern for=
 a
long while, but I never saw any scientific data proving this. Anyone can
provide them?

Maybe Gaia has somehow maintained the homeostatic correct 21% oxygen
balance so far, but with the dwingling biomass to replenish it (plankton
and plant life being now widely destroyed), this feat is jeopardized IMHO.

Jean Hudon
Earth Rainbow Network Coordinator
http://www.cybernaute.com/earthconcert2000

And thanks David for passing this on ;-) Although I do NOT see hemp as th=
e
overall magical solution to regreening the Earth - sorry for not sharing
your enthusiasm on this.

From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Cc: "jean hudon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Ozone layer depletion and global warming
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999

In addition to the widely talked about impact on global warming due to th=
e
greenhouse effect of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (a 33% increas=
e
since pre-industrial times according to the DOE's 1998 Comprehensive
National Energy Strategy (CNES)http://www.hr.doe.gov/nesp/cnes.html ) the
"flip side" of the greenhouse effect also adding to global warming,
especially in the Antarctic area, is the ozone layer depletion that allow=
s
more high energy radiation to penetrate the atmosphere.  What is not
discussed yet by any media or even environmental activists or organizatio=
ns
is that the fundamental root of the ozone layer depletion is not in fact =
the
chemical pollutions like chlorine from bleaches and the breakdown of
halogenate hydrocarbons (although those are VERY serious factors) but the
main cause is the reduction in atmospheric oxygen from the same fossil fu=
el
combustion that produces increased carbon dioxide levels.  The reduction =
in
the atmospheric oxygen (from which ozone is made naturally) is exactly eq=
ual
to the increase in carbon dioxide (in actual amounts, not percentages).
This factor is virtually unknown to the general public.  In July 1988
computer environmental modeling experts made a number of predictions all =
of
which have been coming true on target.  One of those was that by 2008 the
ozone layer will be sufficiently depleted that the extra solar irradiatio=
n
will destroy ALL of the phytoplankton in the oceans, the one celled plant=
s
at the beginning of the oceanic food chain that produce over half of Eart=
h's
oxygen supply.  Already there is widespread damage and reductions in
phytoplankton populations.

How to solve this problem?  We must eliminate fossil fuel energy
technologies and replace them with  the new proven but suppressed so-call=
ed
"free energy" technologies (also mentioned in CNES, on p.57) and do
something to regreen the planet on an emergency basis to save the trees t=
hat
are left and to replenish atmospheric oxygen while reducing carbon dioxid=
e.
By far the best plant to do this, because it produces over four times as
much biomass per acre and because of its economic values to motivate
widespread cultivation, is the hemp plant which has been fraudulently
outlawed as marijuana since 1937.   More details on the both pragmatic an=
d
spiritual level solutions are found and referenced at
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000

David Crockett Williams
Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, CSUN 1969
[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999
From: Susan Ferguson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Global warming may increase ozone hole

[I have read that the ozone hole is now larger and our exposure to skin
cancer will be greater than ever this summer. A recent article in a healt=
h
care magazine suggests that people go out in the sun AFTER 4pm.
Sound extreme?  Check the skin cancer rates for yourself.   ---S]

Global warming may increase ozone hole
March 29, 1999

Despite international measures to reduce atmospheric concentrations
of ozone destroying halogens to protect the ozone layer, global
warming may lead to a weakening of the ozone layer, according to
international scientists.

A team of German, Swiss and British scientists reported in the March 26
issue of the journal Science that while future climate change is expected=
 to
heat up the lower atmosphere it is likely to cool the air at the altitude=
 of
the ozone layer in the stratosphere.

Cooler air in the stratosphere may lead to increased polar stratospheric
clouds, which are believed to play an essential role in ozone hole
chemistry.

In particular, the cloud particles may settle lower atmospheric layers,
thereby removing trace gases which under normal circumstances lead to a
deactivation of ozone-destroying chlorine.

In other words, in a colder stratosphere the sediment particles may inhib=
it
an important mechanism protecting ozone.

Full article

http://www.cnn.com/NATURE/9903/29/global.warming.enn/

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Melting of Antarctic ice shelves accelerates...04/09/99

SEE THE ATTACHED PICTURE I SENT YOU ALL TO ILLUSTRATE THIS ARTICLE!!

(ENN) Decades of warming temperatures in the Antarctic have caused two
ice shelves to break up and melt faster than
anyone expected, scientists from Colorado and the United Kingdom said
Wednesday. A warming trend in the region has caused the annual melt
season to increase by two to three weeks over the last 20 years, say
researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and
Ice Data Center and the British Antarctic Survey. In fact, the Larsen B
and Wilkens ice sheets on the Antarctic Peninsula have lost nearly 3,000
square kilometers of their total area in the last year, according to
satellite photos monitored by NSIDC.

According to the photos, the Larsen B ice shelf on the eastern side of
the peninsula has continued to crumble after an initial
small retreat in spring 1998. In a series of events that began in
November 1998, an additional 1,714 square kilometers of shelf
area caved away, said Research Associate Ted Scambos of CU-Boulder's
NSIDC.

On the southwest side of the peninsula, the Wilkins ice shelf retreated
nearly 1,100 square kilometers in early March of last
year, said Scambos. His team and colleagues at the British Antarctic
Survey in Cambridge had predicted the breakup would
happen and had their suspicions confirmed by satellite radar images.

"The radar images showed a large area of completely shattered ice,
indicating an ice front 35 kilometers back from its previous
extent," said Scambos. "The sudden appearance of thousands of small
icebergs suggests that the shelves are essentially broken
up in place and then flushed out by storms or currents afterward."

Scientists: Antarctic ice shelves breaking up fast
April 8, 1999

WASHINGTON (Reuters) --
Two Antarctic ice shelves have broken up more quickly than anyone predict=
ed,
indicating that the effects of global warming may be accelerating,
scientists said on Wednesday.

They published satellite images showing the Larsen B and Wilkins ice
shelves in "full retreat," having lost nearly 1,100 square miles (3,000
square km) of their total area in the last year.

Ted Scambos of the University of Colorado at Boulder said his team and
colleagues at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge had predicted the
break-up would happen, but not this quickly.

"It happened much faster than we thought," Scambos said in a telephone
interview. "Within this last calendar year we saw a retreat not only on
Larsen but the Wilkins."

...Sea level rising

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, global sea level has risen about=
 4
inches (10 cm) during the past century. It says if all the Earth's glacie=
rs
melted, which is unlikely, sea levels would rise by 260 feet (80 meters).

Antarctica, the fifth largest continent, contains about 90 percent of the
world's glacial ice.

Full article

http://www.cnn.com/NATURE/9904/08/antarctic.ice.reut/


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