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Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 23:52:20 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (abolition-usa) Lunchtime deaths: 12 children on Jovina Street

In a message dated 5/5/99 6:14:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<<
 The Guardian (UK)

 Thursday April 29, 1999

 MILIC WENT TO FETCH LUNCH. WHEN HE
 RETURNED HIS FAMILY WERE DEAD

 There is no sign of the soldiers and trucks
 NATO may have been seeking in Surdulica.

 By Maggie O'Kane in Surdulica

 What is left of the 12 children of Jovina Street is piled on four
 metal trellis tables in the back room of a white-tiled morgue. Their
 street was named after a childrens' poet, Zmaj Jovina, who took to
 writing stories after he lost his seven children to tuberculosis. Now
 Jovina Street has 12 more children to mourn.

 On Monday, between noon and 1pm -- nobody seems to remember
 exactly when - they died when a NATO missile burrowed into their
 hiding place in a cellar.

 'They were aged between five and 11,' said Dr Alexander Nicolic,
 though it was impossible to tell the ages from the four heaps of
 human remains on the table.

 Most were from the Voyislav family. They had been waiting for
 their grandfather to come back. He had gone to fetch a salad from his
 sister's garden for lunch.

 Milic Voyislav liked to make himself useful when he was at home
 on holiday. For 31 years he had worked in a car factory in Cologne,
 raising his children on the wealth of German industry.

 This holiday he was fulfilling a long term promise: the Voyislav
 family were finally getting a satellite dish. Dragan came at lunchtime
 to put it up.

 That's when the two planes came in, high above the suburban
 spread of Surdulica. There, most of the 300 houses are built from the
 money of migrant fathers; plain two-storey homes built in the 70s and
 80s, each with a car in the driveway.

 When the NATO planes had finished, the white four-door saloon
 in Milic Voyislav's driveway was crushed into a pancake - its number
 plate VR633-52 just discernible - and at least 20 people, 12 of them
 children, were dead.

 It is night and the earth movers are still working by the electric
 arc lights. Men in navy boiler suits, white hats and rubber gloves are
 picking between the rubble for more bodies.

 An old man, his jeans covered in dust, finds his sheepskin rug and
 a pair of his trousers in the debris. He shakes them, folds them and
 carefully lays them to one side.

 Next to him, Ilica Srebena is saying: 'My sister is here
 somewhere, she's here somewhere. I don't understand it. What were
 they trying to hit? The barracks have been empty since the beginning
 and they blew it up on April 6. There was nothing more here, we
 didn't expect them to come back.'

 There is no sign of the soldiers and trucks NATO may have been
 seeking in Surdulica. The road to the town, 300 miles south of
 Belgrade, is a ghost highway. Once the trucks of Germany, Austria
 and Hungary ploughed through Serbia on their way to Greece,
 Bulgaria and Romania. Now there is nothing.

 Further south, the great highway becomes a mud track through a
 village, winding under 16th century bridges and past mountain
 lodges. Soldiers are silhouetted in the doorways of their
 commandeered houses, their trucks stowed in farmers' barns or untidy
 garages with corrugated iron roofs. They are far from military
 barracks in towns like Surdulica and the streets where the Voyislavs
 live.

 In Britain, Surdulica's medical facilities would be called a cottage
 hospital, an ordinary place where women give birth and the old die.
 But late on Tuesday night it was not a place that belonged to humans.

 In the first room of the morgue, under hard electric strip lights, a
 giant white table cloth held a mass of human flesh - the parents and
 grandparents of the children of Jovina Street. Body parts were mixed
 with shredded carpet, newspapers, torn flesh and raw bone.

 Three generations of Milic Voyislav's family are here. Somewhere
 among them perhaps is Dragan, the man who had come to put up the
 long-awaited satellite dish.

 Dragan's friend stood in the morgue. 'He was putting it on the
 roof of Milic's house,' he said. 'I saw him up there, then it hit and
 when I turned my head I saw that there was no Dragan and no roof.'

 Milic Voyislav, a grandfather in his 60s who worked all his life in
 Cologne, had come home to visit his family - now there is no one left.
 Somewhere in the morgue are his wife Vesna, his daughter Llijana,
 his son Dladica, his grandchildren Jana, Marina and Sash, his brother
 Alexander and Alexander's wife, Stamena.

 'I went to my sister's to get the salad for lunch,' said the old man,
 'and when I got to the front of my house I saw what had happened
 and then my neighbour told me "they are all dead".'

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Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 03:28:10 -0700
From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Kosovo Crisis Website

Important website on Yugoslavia war, excerpts:

http://www.strategicstudies.org/crisis/newrome.htm#-NATO

"Ironically, the KLA=92s head of =E9lite forces, Muhammed al-Zawahiri, is=
 the
brother of Ayman al-Zawahiri, the military commander for Saudi-born
terrorist leader, Osama bin Laden."

[regarding recent civilian casualites]

One case in point was the bombing by NATO aircraft of four Kosovo refugee
convoys in one day during the week of April 11-17, 1999. The attention
focused around one of the convoys =97 the one which Yugoslav authorities =
first
reached, and filmed, and to which they brought journalists later =97 whic=
h at
first NATO denied attacking. NATO authorities at first said that it could
have been attacked by Yugoslav Super Galeb fighters, flying low. Graduall=
y,
however, the NATO spokesmen had to retreat, a step at a time, from that
position, although always maintaining that =93some Yugoslav aircraft=94 c=
ould
have been in the area and added to the carnage. NATO released video and
audio tapes which they later admitted were, in fact, not connected with t=
he
incident at all. Then they released stories about how difficult it was to
identify targets from 15,000 feet. Another minor piece of deception, as w=
e
shall see.

This writer has, however, heard the voice traffic between the initial str=
ike
aircraft and his EC-130 Hercules AWACS. This is what happened:

The four convoys were made of Kosovars who were returning to their homes =
in
the Dakovica area of Western Kosovo-Metohija, not far from the Albanian
border. They were moving away from the Albanian border, not attempting to
=93flee=94 from the =93ethnic cleansing=94. Given that the Clinton Admini=
stration
has made it clear that Kosovars cannot be allowed to re-settle their land=
s
without NATO supervision, this phase of the bombing war was not going as
planned. The continuation of the NATO strategy depended upon the continui=
ng
horror and tragedy of the refugees fleeing into Albania and Macedonia.

A USAF F-16 fighter was deployed to the area of the convoy in question. T=
he
following is the transcript of the mission radio traffic:

Pilot: =93Good day, I am in position 80. No movement underneath. Please
information on red MiGs [jargon for Yugoslav combat aircraft].=94

AWACS: =93Hello Charlie Bravo. Mother here. Patrol northwest direction
Prizren-Dakovica. There are no red MiGs in the air.=94

Pilot: =93OK, I am going to 3,000ft.=94

AWACS: =93Mother to Charlie Bravo. You get reinforcements in about 10 min=
utes.
There will be something interesting south of Dakovica.=94

Pilot: =93Charlie Bravo to Mother. I am coming out of the clouds, still
nothing in sight.=94

AWACS: =93Mother to Charlie Bravo. Continue to the north, course 280.=94

Pilot: =93Charlie Bravo to Mother. I am keeping 3,000 feet. Under me colu=
mns
of cars, some kind of tractors. What is it? Requesting instructions.=94

AWACS: =93Mother to Charlie Bravo. Do you see tanks? Repeat, where are th=
e
tanks?=94

Pilot: =93Charlie Bravo to Mother. I see tractors. I suppose the Reds did=
 not
camouflage tanks as tractors.=94

AWACS: =93Mother to Charlie Bravo. What kind of strange convoy is this? W=
hat,
civilians? Damn, this is all the Serb=92s doing. Destroy the target.=94

Pilot: =93Charlie Bravo to Mother. What should I destroy? Tractors? Ordin=
ary
cars? Repeat, I do not see any tanks. Request additional instructions.=94

AWACS: =93Mother to Charlie Bravo. This is a military target, a completel=
y
legitimate military target. Destroy the target. Repeat, destroy the targe=
t.=94

Pilot: =93Charlie Bravo to Mother. OK, copy. Launching.=94

NATO spokesmen, including the politically ambitious NATO Supreme Allied
Commander Gen. Wesley Clark, said: =93We may never know what really happe=
ned.=94
Clearly, that is not true.
- ------------------------------------another clip from above website--

Who and What is the KLA?

The Ushtria Clirimtare e Kosove (UCK) or Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) has
several =93parents=94 =97 including the Iranian and Bosnia-Herzegovina
governments =97 and several important =93midwives-cum-doting aunts=94, in=
cluding
the United States, Croatian and Turkish governments and a wide range of
individuals. The KLA would not be the significant factor it is today in t=
he
Kosovo crisis, however, had it not been for the blessing of the United
States Clinton Administration, and for the direct and indirect support gi=
ven
to it by the Clinton Administration.

It now seems clear that the US Clinton Administration and the German
Government have been actively supporting the KLA since 1992 with weapons,
training, intelligence and, most importantly, significant political
encouragement. The final turning point in KLA fortunes came when US speci=
al
envoys Richard Holbrooke and Peter Galbraith posed in 1998 for pictures w=
ith
the KLA leadership, thereby cementing the endorsement. Ironically, the KL=
A
has its origins in the stalinist/leninist/maoist Albanian Party of Labor =
of
the late Albanian leader Enver Hoxha. Today, although clearly of a maoist
bent =97 its leader, Adem Demaci, uses the maoist clenched fist salute
constantly =97 it also uses the appeals of nationalism and religion to wi=
n
converts among the Kosovar Albanians.

Gradually, following the end of the stalinist era in Albania in 1992, the
KLA, by now mainly operating out of Germany and among the expatriate
Albanian Kosovars, as well as inside Albania, began drifting more toward
becoming a purely criminal organization, almost totally preoccupied with
narcotics trafficking and extortion to sustain itself. Not much has chang=
ed
since then, apart from the addition to the KLA=92s persona of
political-military support from the Iranian Government and then from the =
US
and German governments.

In a landmark report =97 Italy Becomes Iran=92s New Base for Terrorist
Operations =97 written for Defense & Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy in =
late
1997, and published in the April-May 1998 edition, Senior Editor Yossef
Bodansky noted: =93[B]y late 1997, the Tehran-sponsored training and
preparations for the Liberation Army of Kosovo (UCK =97 Ushtria Clirimtar=
e e
Kosoves =97 in Albanian; OVK in Serbian), as well as the transfer of weap=
ons
and experts via Albania, were being increased. Significantly, Tehran=92s
primary objective in Kosovo has evolved from merely assisting a Muslim
minority in distress to furthering the consideration of the Islamic
strategic access along the Sarejevo-to- Tiran=EB line. And not only by
expanding and escalating subversive and Islamist-political presence can t=
his
objective be attained.=94

=93In the Fall of 1997, the uppermost leadership in Tehran ordered the IR=
GC
[Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps; the Pasdaran] High Command to launch =
a
major program for shipping large quantities of weapons and other military
supplies to the Albanian clandestine organizations in Kosovo.=94

=93... [B]y early December 1997, Iranian intelligence had already deliver=
ed
the first shipments of hand grenades, machine- guns, assault rifles, nigh=
t
vision equipment, and communications gear from stockpiles in Albania to
Kosovo. ... the Iranians began sending promising Albanian and UCK command=
ers
for advanced training in [Iranian-controlled] al-Quds forces and IRGC cam=
ps
in Iran. Meanwhile, weapons shipments continue. Thus Tehran is well on it=
s
way to establishing a bridgehead in Kosovo.=94

The report detailed the KLA=92s requirements for men and equipment, and
outlined the KLA=92s proposed theaters of operations. [The full text of t=
he
report is available on the Defense & Foreign Affairs website at
www.StrategicStudies.org.]

The report further went on to say that the KLA=92s radical wing was
considering the assassination of the leader of the moderate Democratic
League of Kosovo (DLK), Dr Ibrahim Rugova, and Fehmi Agani, the DLK deput=
y
chairman, and blaming Belgrade for the killings. Dr Rugova, however, esca=
ped
assassination and remained in Yugoslavia to help negotiate a peaceful
solution to the Kosovo crisis. Even after the NATO bombings began on Marc=
h
24, 1999, he remained in Yugoslavia to help negotiate an end to the crisi=
s,
a move which has led KLA sources to =93leak=94 to the media the fact that=
 Dr
Rugova was, in fact, =93a virtual prisoner=94 of the Yugoslav Government,
something which Dr Rugova=92s visibility in the Yugoslav media should hav=
e
dispelled.

Dr Rugova=92s position, however, is not one which the US Clinton
Administration wishes to hear. The US committed itself to the KLA, and
therefore to trying to break off Kosovo =97 with its 20 ethnic groups, no=
t
just the Kosovar Albanians =97 into a separate state. So the thought that=
 Dr
Rugova was =93a virtual prisoner=94 remained in the media interpretation,
blessed by the Clinton White House. Either because of political commitmen=
t,
or to simplify the public=92s perceptions, the Clinton Administration has
promoted the view that the KLA represents those Kosovo residents of Alban=
ian
origin. Clearly, the KLA does not. The KLA has for some years based its
revenue collection on extorting money from expatriate Kosovars under the
threat of assassination of their relatives at home, and on drug trafficki=
ng
and violence aimed largely at the Kosovo people themselves.

The KLA is the principal proponent of the =93greater Albania=94 philosoph=
y,
under which the organization first hopes to achieve an independent Kosovo
under its control and then to use that base to take over Albania itself,
given that Albania is currently in a virtual state of anarchy. Before tha=
t
stage is reached, however, the swelling Albanian minority in the Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYRM) would be targeted for either comple=
te
takeover or for the =93Albanian part=94 to be targeted for =93independenc=
e=94. These
are objectives which the KLA does not bother to hide. However, the German
and US administrations have chosen to ignore these objectives, and the
ongoing criminal activities of the organization.

As noted, the KLA, supported since 1992 by the US and Iran =97 who are, i=
n
fact, strategic opponents, given the Iranian clerical administration=92s
structural incompatibility with the West =97 received much support and
training from the radical Muslim leadership of Bosnia-Herze- govina, unde=
r
President Alija Izetbegovi=E6. It may be a matter of some significance th=
at
during 1992, before William Clinton became US President, he signed, as
Governor of the US State of Arkansas, an =93initiative=94 with the =93Soc=
ialist
Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina=94. In response, the Bosnians =93pronounce=
[d] the
month of April 1992 as =91The Month of Bosnia-Berzegovina and Arkansas=92=
=94. The
Official Gazette of the Bosnians, in February 1992, published the followi=
ng
item, dated February 15, 1992: =93On acceptance of the initiative of the
governor of the state of Arkansas, on establishment of close cooperation
with the Socialist Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina: The initiative of the
governor of the state of Arkansas on establishment of close cooperation
between the Socialist Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina in the field of
culture, education, economy, science and other forms of cooperation is
hereby accepted.=94

The implications for the KLA are apparent in this closeness.

Ironically, the KLA=92s head of =E9lite forces, Muhammed al-Zawahiri, is =
the
brother of Ayman al-Zawahiri, the military commander for Saudi-born
terrorist leader, Osama bin Laden. The US Clinton Administration has, of
course, declared bin Laden =93public enemy number one=94 for his alleged
involvement in the bombing of the two US embassies in East Africa in 1998.
And Ayman al-Zawahiri has been implicated in the assassination attempt in
1995 against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Little wonder that numerous US policy analysts, even those who are hostil=
e
to Yugoslavia as a basic stance, are extremely uncomfortable with the
Clinton Administration=92s close ties with the KLA.

There is no doubt that the involvement of the two brothers al-Zawahiri in
the two movements is not coincidental. Ben Works, director of the Strateg=
ic
Research Institute of the US, noted: =93There=92s no doubt that bin Laden=
=92s
people have been in Kosovo helping to arm, equip and train the KLA. ...
[T]he [US] Administration=92s policy in Kosovo is to help bin Laden. It a=
lmost
seems as if the Clinton Administration=92s policy is to guarantee more
terrorism.=94

Noted strategic analyst and columnist, former US Army Colonel Harry Summe=
rs,
said on August 12, 1998, that in Kosovo, the US found itself =93championi=
ng
the very Islamic fundamentalist terrorist groups who are our mortal enemi=
es
elsewhere=94.

The KLA=92s criminal activities are well-known in Europe, but in nearby I=
taly,
they are of greatest concern, because increased war will make its first
impact on the European Union=92s prosperity by affecting Italy. In the fi=
rst
two weeks of January 1999, alone, there were nine murders carried out in
Milan by KLA assets. The line between the KLA and the other purely crimin=
al
Albanian mafia elements is now indistinguishable.

And yet this is the group favored by the Clinton Administration (and as a
result by the Blair Administration in the UK) over the moderate Kosovo
Albanian leaders who have always sought to create a situation in which
Yugoslavs of Albanian origin could live, pray and work in harmony alongsi=
de
the other 25 Yugoslav nationalities. Indeed, Clinton and Blair deliberate=
ly
overturned a workable agreement signed by all Yugoslav parties in Kosovo =
so
that the KLA-written =93Rambouillet Accords=94 could be served up as an
ultimatum to the Yugoslav Government.

Agim Gashi, 35, an ethnic Albanian from the Kosovo capital, Pristina, was=
,
until his recent arrest, the major drug dealer in Milan. In a March 15,
1999, article (ie: before the bombing began) by writer William Norman Gri=
gg,
an Italian police telephone intercept was cited in which Gashi urged his
Turkish heroin suppliers to continue shipments during the holy Muslim per=
iod
of Ramadan. Gashi said that the continuation of the shipments was for the
sake of an important cause: =93To submerge Christian infidels in drugs.=94=
 But
at least part of the billions which Gashi made from the narcotics trade w=
ent
to buy a variety of weapons for the KLA. Most of the weapons were from
pirated Russian stocks, ironically. Today, Russia is trying to reinforce
Yugoslavia in the fight against the KLA and NATO.






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Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 12:38:56 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Petition Confirmation

>Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 10:50:33 -0400
>Subject: Petition Confirmation
>To: [e-mail]
>From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
>
>This email confirms that we've received your petition signup at
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>
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>
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>____________________
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GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty
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Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 14:11:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Congress Res. on Nuclear Weapons Abolition

ACTION ALERT!
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION TO ELIMINATE NUCLEAR WEAPONS

for cosponsors, how to contact your Representative and "talking points"
read on...

The Woolsey Resolution: House Resolution 82

On Feb. 24, 1999, Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) and 21 others took a giant step
toward lifting the specter of nuclear annihilation from future generations
by calling on the President to initiate multilateral negotiations on a
treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons world-wide. By May 3, House Resolution
82 had already attracted 33 co-sponsors. If your Rep. is a co-sponsor,
please thank him or her. If your Rep. is not listed below, please ask him
or her to join the others and co-sponsor the Woolsey Resolution.

Co-sponsors of House Res. 82 as of 5/2/99:

Rep. Robert Andrews
Rep. Tammy Baldwin
Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Rep. Peter DeFazio
Rep. Anna Eshoo (CA)
Rep. Eni Faleomavaega
Rep. Bob Filner (CA)
Rep. Barney Frank
Rep. Charles Gonzalez
Rep. Earl Hilliard
Rep. Maurice Hinchey
Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick
Rep. Barbara Lee (CA)
Rep. Bill Luther
Rep. Carolyn Maloney
Rep. Ed Markey
Rep. Jim McDermott
Rep. James McGovern
Rep. Cynthia McKinney
Rep. George Miller (CA)
Rep. Patsy Mink
Rep. Jerrold Nadler
Rep Eleanor Holmes Norton
Rep. John Olver
Rep. Lynn Rivers
Rep. Bobby Rush
Rep. Bernie Sanders
Rep. Louise Slaughter
Rep. Pete Stark (CA)
Rep.  Rep. John Tierney
Rep. Edolphus Towns
Rep. Robert Underwood
Rep. Henry Waxman (CA)

Call your Rep. at 202-224-3121.
Your Rep. can contact Woolsey's office at 202-225-5161.

TALKING POINTS

The Woolsey Resolution: Calling for a Treaty to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

A huge majority in the U.S. no longer sees any reason for maintaining a
nuclear arsenal, according to a 1997 nation-wide poll conducted by Lake,
Sosin, Snell & Associates. Of the 1,006 people polled, 87% wanted the U.S.
to negotiate an agreement to abolish nukes. And, 84% said they would feel
safer if no country, including the U.S., had such weapons. 77% responded
that the U.S. spends too much on its arsenal. Unlike similar surveys
conducted in decades past, this poll found no significant gender gap or
regional variation. Support for eliminating nuclear arms was  shared
equally by Democrats and Republicans.

Former head of the U.S. Strategic Air Command, General Lee Butler and more
than 60 other retired general and admirals from 17 countries issued a 1996
statement that the creation of a nuclear weapons-free world is both
"necessary" and "possible." Former President Jimmy Carter and more than 100
former and current heads of state and civilian leaders from 46 countries
said in 1998 that there exists a "moral imperative" for the abolition of
nuclear weaponry.

The time has come for abolition. The Woolsey Resolution urges the President
to initiate multilateral negotiations leading to the early conclusion of a
global treaty on nuclear weapons elimination. The U.S. has a vital security
interest in promoting the nonproliferation and disarmament of nuclear
weapons, states the Woolsey Resolution. Cited are the United States' duties
to pursue disarmament under Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty and
the 1996 World Court opinion that the threat or use of nuclear arms is
essentially illegal.

Ask your Representative to co-sponsor the 1999 House Resolution 82 to help
create the political climate for a nuclear weapons-free 21st century.

++++ Please note that my email address has changed to
<[e-mail]> on 3/1/99 ++++

Marylia Kelley
Tri-Valley CAREs
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
2582 Old First Street
Livermore, CA USA 94550

<http://www.igc.org/tvc/> - is our web site, please visit us there!
Our web site will remain at this location. Only my email address has
changed on 3/1/99.

[phone] - is our phone
[phone] - is our fax

Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley
CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
international Abolition 2000 network for the elimination of nuclear
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Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 14:21:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Congress Res. on Stockpile Stewardship

ACTION ALERT!
CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION TO CUT "STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP"

The Markey Resolution: House Concurrent Resolution 74

On March 24, 1999, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) and 17 other members of the U.S.
House of Representatives had the courage and foresight to call for a less
provocative, less wasteful, and more responsible, custodianship program for
the U.S. nuclear arsenal. By May 3, 1999 House Concurrent Resolution 74 had
already gathered 25 cosponsors. If your member of the U.S. House is a
co-sponsor, please thank him or her. If your member of the House is not
listed below, ask him or her to join the others and co-sponsor the Markey
Resolution.

Co-sponsors of H. Con. Res. 74 as of 5/3/99:

Rep. Thomas Allen
Rep. Robert Andrews
Rep. Thomas Barrett
Rep. Lois Capps (CA)
Rep. John Conyers
Rep. Donna DeGette
Rep. Anna Eshoo (CA)
Rep. Barney Frank
Rep. Luis Gutierrez
Rep. Barbara Lee (CA)
Rep. Nita Lowey
Rep. Carolyn Maloney
Rep. Ed Markey
Rep. James McGovern
Rep. Cynthia McKinney
Rep. Martin Meehan
Rep. George Miller (CA)
Rep. Jerrold Nadler
Rep. Major Owens
Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr.
Rep. Donald Payne
Rep. Lynn Rivers
Rep. Pete Stark (CA)
Rep. John Tierney
Rep. Mark Udall
Rep. Lynn Woolsey (CA)

Urge your Rep. to co-sponsor today.

To reach your Rep., call 202-224-3121. Your Rep. can contact Markey's
office at 202-225-2836.

TALKING POINTS

The Markey Resolution: A Necessary Antidote to Nuclear Weapons Forever

The "Stockpile Stewardship" program is the new name for nuclear weapons
research, development, testing, and production at the Dept. of Energy's
labs and other nuclear weapons facilities. At a price tag of $4.5 billion
annually, "Stockpile Stewardship" involves dozens of upgraded and new
research facilities and supercomputers, enhanced weapons production
capabilities, fusion devices and explosive tests using nuclear weapons
material including uranium and plutonium. The nuclear weapons establishment
claims that this program is needed to ensure the safety and reliability of
existing nuclear weapons. However, the program has little to do with
ensuring safety of the arsenal (preventing accidental detonations) or
verifying reliability (assuring the bombs explode as predicted). "Stockpile
Stewardship" is intended to maintain the capability to design new weapons
and to train a new generation of nuclear bomb makers.

The proliferation-provocative nature of U.S. "Stockpile Stewardship" was
demonstrated last year when India cited this program to justify its own
detonation of several underground nuclear tests. Pakistan followed suit.

What is the alternative? The Markey Resolution calls for an end to
"Stockpile Stewardship" and for a more responsible custodianship program
that is far smaller, less expensive and requires fewer facilities than the
current program. Moreover, the Markey Resolution provides for the
maintenance needs of the U.S. arsenal in a manner that is consistent with
U.S. obligations under the long-standing nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, which is awaiting ratification by
the U.S. Senate.

Ask your Representative to co-sponsor the 1999 House Concurrent Resolution
74 to redirect the DOE's "Stockpile Stewardship" program.



++++ Please note that my email address has changed to
<[e-mail]> on 3/1/99 ++++

Marylia Kelley
Tri-Valley CAREs
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
2582 Old First Street
Livermore, CA USA 94550

<http://www.igc.org/tvc/> - is our web site, please visit us there!
Our web site will remain at this location. Only my email address has
changed on 3/1/99.

[phone] - is our phone
[phone] - is our fax

Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley
CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
international Abolition 2000 network for the elimination of nuclear
weapons.



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Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 17:47:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) events! DOE database/Nix MOX, more

Hi folks. Here are events from the May 1999 Citizen's Watch. The DOE
database stakeholders meeting (part of the settlement in the cleanup
lawsuit) and the internation Nix MOX day may be of particularly wide
interest, geographically speaking. Read on... (P.S. -- give us a day or two
to set up the link from our website to DOE's. Thanks)

Monday, May 17
International "NiX MOX" Action Day
White House comment line:
[phone]

Join people around the world on this second annual "Nix MOX" day to oppose
the use of  plutonium in nuclear reactors. MOX stands for "mixed oxide
fuel" and is made by mixing uranium (the common fuel source in nuclear
reactors) with plutonium. The U.S. and Russia are embarking on a dangerous
path: using surplus nuclear weapons plutonium in their reactors. Vice
President Al Gore has been the chief U.S. negotiator, and the resulting
agreement, in which U.S. money goes to support the Russian MOX program, is
causing problems in both countries. Call the White House comment line and
ask Al Gore to support a program for immobilizing plutonium (e.g., in a
ceramic matrix) and keeping it out of the environment instead of MOX. Tell
Gore that putting plutonium in civilian reactors increases proliferation
risks. "Nix MOX" day is sponsored by the Nuclear Information and Resource
Service and many other organizations. Call Tri-Valley CAREs if you would
like to receive a "Nix MOX" fact sheet or action kit.

Thursday, May 20
Tri-Valley CAREs meets
1000 So. Livermore Ave.
[phone] for details

Calling all peace-makers and environmental advocates. Come and learn, share
and work together to create a healthy community-and a more peaceful world.
Sally will share her experiences at the Hague Appeal for Peace where 4,000
activists will be joined by Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the U.N., and
others to explore topics of disarmament, conflict resolution and human
rights. Marylia will be freshly returned from the nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty Preparatory Committee meeting at the U.N., and she will detail
disarmament initiatives and opportunities. A discussion of local activities
will follow. Also hear about "DC Days" and what's new at the Lab.

Thursday, June 3
Tri-Valley CAREs' mailing party
7 PM, Tri-Valley CAREs' office
2582 Old First St., Livermore
[phone] for details

Definitely, the social event of the month. If you can affix labels, munch
on snacks and chat with other wonderful people-then you are invited. Call
for more info, or just come and join the "party."

June 3 - 4
Nuclear and Toxic Waste
Central Internet DOE Database
National "Stakeholder" Forum
[phone] for details,
or link via http://www.igc.org/tvc

This is part of the lawsuit settlement won by Tri-Valley CAREs and 38 other
plaintiff organizations. The Department of Energy will be putting together
a comprehensive database on its wastes and contaminated facilities,
including Livermore. This first public forum is designed for those of us
monitoring (and being affected by) DOE activities. This is an opportunity
to tell DOE what we would like to see included in the database, and what
the Department can do to make the database useful to us, the public.
Deadline for your application for travel subsidy is May 14. Registration
deadline is May 19. Call us for details or access DOE's Internet
registration through our web site.

June 21 - Day of Global Healing

Arvol Looking Horse, keeper of a Lakota sacred medicine bundle, is, for the
4th straight year, calling for people everywhere to pray for peace on June
21, either with him or at sacred places in their own communities.
According to Lakota prophesy, we are currently in a time when the world,
faced with its greatest challenges, needs everyone to use prayer and
peaceful cooperation to resolve the moment of crisis.  Arvol has
successively  visited  East, West, & North points in the Western Hemisphere
over the last 3 years on June 21, which is also the summer solstice in the
European calendar. This year, Arvol will be in Costa Rica, the South point
of the 4 directions.  According to Arvol, June 21 is a significantly
beneficial time of the yearly cycle to have as many people around the world
pray at sacred sites simultaneously (10 am Central time).  Consider holding
your own local event, and participating in any manner that feels
comfortable for you. Or, to be a part of a medicine wheel on Mt. Tamalpais,
call Sally Light at [phone].

++++ Please note that my email address has changed to
<[e-mail]> on 3/1/99 ++++

Marylia Kelley
Tri-Valley CAREs
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
2582 Old First Street
Livermore, CA USA 94550

<http://www.igc.org/tvc/> - is our web site, please visit us there!
Our web site will remain at this location. Only my email address has
changed on 3/1/99.

[phone] - is our phone
[phone] - is our fax

Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley
CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
international Abolition 2000 network for the elimination of nuclear
weapons.



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Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 10:00:03 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: ALERT! Senate Comm. vote next week on Mobile Chernobyl

>Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 13:19:26 -0400
>Subject: ALERT! Senate Comm. vote next week on Mobile Chernobyl
>To: [e-mail]
>From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
>
>NIRS ACTION ALERT: PLEASE FORWARD
>MOBILE CHERNOBYL -- the High-Level Nuclear Waste Bill (would trigger the
>largest nuclear waste shipping campaign in history) is beginning to move
>in the U.S. Senate -- Energy Committee VOTE EXPECTED NEXT WEEK on S 608
>
>CALLS TO U.S. SENATE NEEDED NOW  -- Capital Switchboard: 202-224-3121
>Message: Stop Mobile Chernobyl, VOTE NO on S 608, The Nuclear Waste
>Policy Act of 1999, sponsored by Energy Committee Chair, Murkowski
>(R-AK)
>
>Or write -- Senator XYZ, US Senate, Washington, DC 20510
>
>Please call both your Senators, whether they are on the Committee or
>not. This issue is heating up on The Hill, and they all need to know we
>are watching and we care. The Senate is where we
>have traditionally won in this fight. We are in the 5th year of STOPPING
>the Mobile Chernobyl bill. We are winning, but now we have the hard job
>of KEEPING OUR WIN! Please forward this Alert widely to help bring a
>resurgence of focus on this issue -- it is much easier to stop nuclear
>waste trucks and trains on Capitol Hill than it is on the roads and
>rails near your home! Basic info follows...
>
>Also drop President Clinton a line and thank him for his
>continuing opposition to the Mobile Chernobyl bills. 202-456-1111 --
>wait on the line for an operator or send a letter President Clinton, The
>White House, Washington, DC 20500.
>
>ACTION ALERT: ATOMIC TRAIN -- a TV movie on NBC May 16 & 17 will be the
>biggest ad ever for the hazards of nuclear waste transport -- "The plot
>is fiction, the threat is real" -- a good time to get letters to the
>Editor in your paper about S 608 and its companion in the House (still
>pending) HR 45...or do an "action" alerting people to your local route!
>For projected nuclear waste transport maps of your state, visit the NIRS
>website www.nirs.org -- in the Don't Waste America section
>
>NIRS -- Nuclear Information & Resource Service -- is a national activist
>clearinghouse on commercial nuclear power and radioactive waste issues.
>1424 16th St NW    Suite 404     Washington, DC 20036   202-328-0002
>www.nirs.org       [e-mail]
>Stop Mobile Chernobyl Campaign: [e-mail]
>
>BACKGROUND:
>
>The nuclear utilities are paying top dollar -- tens of millions in
>contributions to congress members as well as advertising and lobby time
>-- to try to rewrite U.S. nuclear waste laws to their benefit as nuclear
>waste generators. For a current report on how much your U.S.
>Representative has accepted from the nuclear cartel, go to
>www.citizen.org/cmep.
>
>High-level nuclear waste is the irradiated fuel (also call "spent" fuel
>which is very misleading) from commercial nuclear reactors and military
>irradiated fuel and waste left from reprocessing of irradiated fuel.
>Military high-level waste includes the irradiated fuel from the nuclear
>fleet of submarines and aircraft carriers. It also includes research and
>production reactor fuels. If we were to be able to phase out all the
>reactors tonight, we would prevent more than half of to total nuclear
>waste that the Department of Energy (DOE) is already committed to
>dealing with under current law.
>
>Current law says that you and I as taxpayer would only
>take this deadly waste when there is a permanent, long term program in
>place. The new idea that the nuclear reactor owners are promoting would
>put up a nuclear waste parking lot dump -- on Native American land, in
>one of the most seismically active places in North America...the nuclear
>utility's idea is to move the waste NOW.
>
>This would be the largest nuclear waste shipping campaign in history.
>80,000 metric tons of the most intensely radioactive waste (lethal
>exposure in less than a minute if unshielded) would travel across 43
>states. It will take at least 30 years of continuous shipping to move
>this waste. More than 200 accidents expected according to
>DOE data, which also calculates that 50 million people live within 1/2
>mile of these shipping routes. To check out the projected shipping
>routes in your state, visit the NIRS website: www.nirs.org look in the
>Don't Waste America section.
>
>The site targeted for this parking lot dump (the shipping
>containers would literally sit in rows on a concrete slab) is Yucca
>Mountain, on Western Shoshone Lands in Nevada. It is the one site under
>study for a permanent geologic "disposal" site. The studies already
>completed by DOE and others show that Yucca Mountain will fail to
>isolate nuclear waste from the environment and should be disqualified.
>219 organizations sent a message to Energy Secretary Richardson last
>November calling upon him to drop this site from further consideration
>for nuclear waste disposal.
>
>Meanwhile Congress is still considering the parking lot concept. To
>their credit, DOE under the leadership of President Clinton has opposed
>the pending utility legislation -- saying they want to deliver a final
>answer on the permanent site before making a decision on temporary
>storage. President Clinton's veto threat is the ONLY way we (the
>environmental community) and the Senators from Nevada have been able to
>stop this legislation -- the utilities have enough votes to pass the
>legislation (and have in the last 2 congresses) but not enough votes to
>override the veto that Clinton has vowed to deliver.
>
>TOGETHER WE CAN STOP MOBILE CHERNOBYL -- WE DO THAT BY MAKING THE US
>SENATE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT DOES IMPACT ALL OF US.
>WHEN IT COMES TO NUCLEAR WASTE TRANSPORTATION, WE ALL LIVE IN NEVADA!
>
>Mary Olson
>Nuclear Information & Resource Service
>202-328-0002
>
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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