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Date: 9 Jun 1999 08:20:37 -0400 International NGO Observers for East Timor Consultation International Federation for East Timor (IFET) On May 5, 1999 Indonesia and Portugal signed an agreement for the United The accord obligates Indonesia to take the necessary steps to repeal its The International Federation for East Timor (IFET)* is working to support But, as numerous first-hand and journalistic accounts have documented, the The people of East Timor thus find themselves at a crossroads of crisis Section E(f) of the "Agreement Regarding the Modalities for the Popular IFET observers will work primarily in three areas: 1. We will provide organized accompaniment, when requested, for 2. Our people in the field will monitor the human rights situation by 3. IFET personnel will observe the registration process, the campaign, the The International Federation for East Timor will coordinate this project IFET observers will be volunteers; most observers should expect to raise IFET-associated individuals and groups in different countries will oversee Although we will take responsibility for the people we bring to East In addition to agreeing to follow the U.N.-issued Code of Conduct, all IFET will carefully screen all applicants. All IFET observers will receive The project will deploy observers throughout the territory. While we The crucial time will be the weeks leading up to the vote. Some IFET * The International Federation for East Timor (IFET) was founded in 1991 - ------------------------------------------------------------- For further information on IFET or the observers project, contact: IN CANADA: IFET U.N. Representative Charles Scheiner. 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LOW INTENSITY NUCLEAR WAR With NATO air-strikes entering their third month, a new stage of the In addition to the radioactive fall-out which has contaminated the NATO TO THE "RESCUE OF ETHNIC ALBANIANS" Ethnic Albanians have not been spared by NATO air raids. Killing Presented as a humanitarian mission, the evidence amply confirms that With the "diplomatic shuttle" still ongoing, the Alliance is intent on General Wesley Clark, NATO's Supreme commander in Europe, confirmed in EXTENDING THE CONFLICT BEYOND THE BALKANS Drowned in the barrage of media images and self-serving analyses, the In this context, the installation of American power in Southern Europe In this regard, NATO's military intervention in Yugoslavia (in The consolidation of American strategic interests in Eastern Europe, In late April, Georgia, the Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and The members of this new pro-NATO political grouping not only tacitly Dominated by Western oil interests, the formation of GUUAM is not only THE WAR HAS STALLED NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROLS In turn, the War in Yugoslavia has significantly stalled nuclear According to Dr. Mary-Wynne Ashford, co-president of the Nobel Peace Aleksander Arbatov, deputy chairman of the Defence Committee of the "START II is dead, co-operation with NATO is frozen, co-operation on Mary-Wynne Ashford also warns that whereas Russia was moving towards ".... perceive their primary threat from the West. Officials in THE MEDIA WAR: "SILENCING THE SILENT MAJORITY" This war is also "a War against the Truth". With protest movements The hidden agenda is to "silence the silent majority." The Western Meanwhile, anti-war commentators (including former ambassadors and "Public opinion is confronted with a loaded question which allows only According to NATO's propaganda machine, "ethnic Albanians do not flee The refugee crisis we are told by NATO is limited to Kosovo. Yet the Reliable estimates put the number of refugees who have left Belgrade WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WAR CRIMES? Public "disapproval" of NATO bombings is immediately dismissed as Media double standards? Whereas President Milosevic and four members It is also worth mentioning that the UK government (whose Prime LAW SUIT DIRECTED AGAINST NATO LEADERS In May, a group of 15 Canadian lawyers and law professors together The list of crimes allegedly committed by NATO leaders includes: "wilful killing, wilfully causing great suffering or serious injury to Under the terms of reference of the ICTY "a person who planned, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson (and According to Walter J. Rockler, former prosecutor of the Nuremberg War "The bombing war also violates and shreds the basic provisions of the SHAKY EVIDENCE OF A "HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE" PRIOR TO THE BOMBINGS In the course of "covering-up" the real motivations of NATO in "Even in Kosovo an explicit political persecution linked to Albanian [W]ith an agreement made with the Serbian leadership at the end of The above assessments are broadly consistent with several independent "Upon my arrival the war increasingly evolved into a mid intensity CHRONOLOGY OF NATO PLANNING Carefully removed from the public eye, preparations for both "the air Responding to broad strategic and economic objectives, the Alliance's No time was lost: on May 6, 1998, the NATO Council met "to review Largely the consequence of KLA terrorism, the deterioration of the THE ROLE OF THE KOSOVO LIBERATION ARMY In parallel with the setting up of its military operations in Albania "...the realization has come to people [in NATO] that we [NATO] have While these "initial contacts" were acknowledged by NATO officially The concurrent building up of KLA forces was part of NATO planning. By On 24 September 1998, another key UN Security Council Resolution Following a renewed wave of KLA terrorism, the Yugoslav authorities This so-called "activation warning" was followed in mid-October by "an Under the impending threat of air strikes, a partial withdrawal was In the meantime, US envoy Richard Holbrooke had entered into Following the agreement between US envoy Richard Holbrooke and The terms of both the OSCE and NATO verification agreements were A FORMER "IRAN-CONTRAGATE" OFFICIAL HEADS THE OSCE VERIFICATION In the meantime, a career US diplomat, Ambassador William G. Walker Well documented by court files, William G. Walker --in association William G. Walker had been involved in the so-called Nicaraguan Walker was never indicted for criminal wrong-doings in the Iran- In Kosovo, William G. Walker applied his skills in covert operations "THE RACAK MASSACRE" The so-called "Racak massacre" occurred shortly before the launching "Eventually, even the Los Angeles Times joined in, running a story THE RAMBOUILLET PROCESS On January 22, senior officials of the so-called "Contact Group" of In the meantime, while supporting the KLA insurgency on the ground, While negotiations were ongoing in Rambouillet, NATO decided to On February 19, one day prior to the deadline, NATO Secretary General SENDING IN GROUND TROUPS UNDER A G-8 "PEACE PLAN" Since the brutal onslaught of the air campaign on March 24, the In other words, the proposed invasion force was to be more than double In the meantime, NATO's military establishment was forcing the pace of In addition to the 16,000 ground troops already stationed (well before "We've already put quite a lot of troops in Macedonia as the nucleus In late May, the 60,000 troops target was revised to 150,000. Alliance In early June, a NATO led invasion under a bogus G8-UN peace "House and Senate Democrats agree there is little support at this The US House of Representatives (in what appeared to be a partisan In late May, seventeen members of Congress launched a suit against "that the Defendant, the President of the United States, is The law suit launched in District Court (District of Columbia) also Plaintiffs also seek a declaration that a report pursuant to Section NATO AS "PEACE-KEEPERS" Echoing the barrage of self-serving NATO propaganda, the media scam An "international presence" consisting largely of NATO troops under Despite his perfunctory condemnation of NATO bombings, Russian In the meantime, the Alliance, however, had persisted in maintaining a If the G-8 proposal were to be ratified, NATO would first send in US A G-8 "peace proposal" (implying a de facto military occupation of THE SENDING IN OF "SPECIAL FORCES" In the meantime, an incipient undeclared ground War has already These "special forces" are "advising the rebels at their strongholds AN UNHOLY "MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE" In addition to the dispatch of Western special forces, Mujehadeen "[B]y early December 1997, Iranian intelligence had already delivered Bin Laden's Al Qa'ida allegedly responsible for last year's African NATO IN CLOSE LIAISON WITH KLA GROUND OPERATIONS According to Jane Defence Weekly (10 May 1999), the KLA's new chief of NATO spokesman Jamie Shea's response to the appointment of a War "I have always made it clear, and you have heard me say this, that Shea's statement that NATO has "no direct contacts with the KLA" is a Operations on the ground (led by the KLA and NATO Special forces) are PENTAGON SPONSORED MERCENARIES IN KOSOVO The KLA has also been provided with "a long-term training deal with THE KLA TO FORM A "POST-CONFLICT GOVERNMENT" A self-proclaimed provisional KLA government of Kosovo has been While openly promoting a "freedom movement" with links to the drug In April, Fehmi Agani, one of Rugova's closest collaborators in the According to a report of the Foreign Policy Institute: "...the KLA have [no] qualms about murdering Rugova's collaborators, The KLA military regime had replaced the duly elected (by ethnic The self-proclaimed Kosovar administration is made up of the KLA and `We want to develop a good relationship with them [the KLA] as they With the KLA poised to play a central role in the formation of a "post under NATO protection: "If we can help them and they want us to help In recent developments, the Alliance, however, has sought through the IMPOSING "FREE MARKET" REFORMS Wall Street analysts concur that "war is good for business" "ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION" The "post conflict" agenda (under the proposed G8 "peace initiative" "Free market reforms" are envisaged for Kosovo under the supervision "Civilian administration [in Kosovo] and reconstruction would be In close liaison with NATO, the Bretton Woods institutions had already The proposed "Marshall Plan" for the Balkans is a delusion. We recall The eventual "reconstruction" of Yugoslavia formulated in the context "The Allies will work with the rest of the international community to In turn, the so-called "reconstruction" of the Balkans by foreign The proposed "Marshall Plan" financed by the World Bank and the The pattern for Kosovo is, in this regard, similar to that of Moreover, even prior to the influx of refugees, NATO troops in In a cruel irony, a significant part of these incurred costs as well "[T]he Albanian government's formal structures have been paralysed by WHO WILL PAY WAR REPARATIONS? The extensive destruction of Yugoslavia, would normally require the We recall in this regard that whereas Vietnam never received War Similarly Baghdad has been "billed for the costs of the Gulf War", ENDNOTES 1. Statement by UNICEF Representative in Belgrade, quoted in Yugoslav 2. Report by Dr Siegwart-Horst Guenther, meeting of the PBS (Federal 3. International Action Center, "NATO Bombing Unleashes Environmental 4. Joseph Fitchett, "Is Serb Economy the True Target? Raids Seem Aimed 5. Tanjug Press Release, 25 May 1999. 6. Statement to Ambassadors of 19 NATO Countries, quoted in Daily 7. Ibid. 8. Sean Gervasi, Bosnia and Vietnam, draft text, 1995. 9. Financial Times, London, 6 May 1999, p. 2. 10. Ibid. 11. The Boston Globe, 8 April 1999. 12. According to Viktor Chechevatov, a Three-star General and 13. Dr. Mary-Wynne Ashford, "Bombings Reignite Nuclear War Fears", The 14. Quoted in Mary-Wynne Ashford, op. cit. 15 Quoted by Dr. Mary-Wynne Ashford, op. cit. 16. Dr. Mary-Wynne Ashford, op cit. 17. Quoted in The Washington Post, May 9, 1999, page A20. 18. World Socialist Website editorial, 24 May 1999. 19. Diana Johnstone, On Refugees, Paris, 30 May 1999. 20. Ibid. 21. See "Lawyers Charge NATO Leaders Before War Crimes Tribunal", 22. See Financial Times, 27 May 1999. 23. See "Lawyers Charge NATO Leaders Before War Crimes Tribunal", 24. Lawyers Charge NATO, op cit. 25. Ibid. 26. Ibid. 27. Chicago Tribune, 10 May 1999. 28. Intelligence Report from the 29. Status Report of the German Foreign Office, November 18, 1998 to 30. See, Roland Keith, "Failure of Diplomacy, Returning OSCE Human 31. US Department of Defense Press Release, 6 April 1999. The stated 32. Background briefing by a Senior Defense Official at NATO 33. Ibid. 34. US Department of Defense, Background Briefing, July 15, 1998. 35. For further details see Michel Chossudovsky, Kosovo `Freedom 36. Quoted in The Daily Telegraph, London, 25 September 1998. 37. See Federation of American Scientists, "Operation Determined 38. Quoted in Federation of American Scientists, op. cit. 39. See Roland Keith, Appendix, op. cit. 40. United States Court of Appeals, for the District of Columbia 41. Ibid. 42. Roland Keith, Appendix, op. cit. 43. Confirmed by several press reports as well as statements of the 44. Roland Keith, Appendix, op cit. 45. Daily Telegraph, London, 29 January 1999. 46. Federation of American Scientists, op. cit. 47. Ibid. 48. Ibid. 49. Ibid. 50. "Margaret Warner talks with Cook about the latest developments in 51. New York Times, 26 May 1999. 52. Washington Post, 23 May 1999. 53. Action launched in United States District Court for the District 54. Ibid., see also Truth in Media, Phoenix, 23 May 1999. 55. Washington Post, 27 May 1999. 56. Sunday Telegraph, London, 18 April 1999. 57. Libration, Paris, 19 May 1999. 58. Yossef Bodansky, "Italy Becomes Iran's New Base for Terrorist 59. Chris Steven, "Bin Laden Opens European Terror Base in Albania", 60. "War Crimes Panel Finds Croat Troops 'Cleansed' the Serbs," New 61. NATO Press Briefing, 14 May 1999. 62. Jim Lehrer News Hour, op cit. 63. According to Canadian MP David Price, April 19, 1999, UPI Press 65. "US Is Trying to Reconcile Ethnic-Albanian Separatists", Belgrade, 66. Quoted in Tanjug Press Dispatch, 14 May 1999. 67. See Michael Radu, "Don't Arm the KLA", CNS Commentary from the 68. New York Times, 2 February 1999. 69. Ibid. 70. Tanjug Press Dispatch, 30 May 1999. 71. See World Bank Development News, Washington, 27 April 1999. 72. Ibid. 73. See Michel Chossudovsky, Dismantling Yugoslavia, Colonising 74. Statement by Javier Solano, Secretary General of NATO, published 75. See Jan Oberg, Press Info, no. 59, Insecuring Macedonia, 76. Jane Intelligence Review, June 1999. 77. See Michel Chossudovsky, The Globalisation of Poverty, Impacts of * * * Permission is granted to post this text on community internet sites, Michel Chossudovsky Professor of Economics, University of Ottawa Voice 613-5625800, Ext. 1415 email chossudovsky@sprint.ca On the KLA: http://www.transnational.org/features/crimefinansed.html On the break-up of Yugoslavia: On the impact of the bombings: - ------------------------------ End of mai-not-digest V2 #1134 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 9 Jun 1999 08:27:51 -0400 Davantage de soutien .... Ci-dessous l'Appel enrichi de nouvelles signatures. APPEL Kosovo : Chaque jour qui passe, la guerre au Kosovo aggrave la situation des Nous demandons : - - l'arrt immédiat des bombardements de l'OTAN, Dans ce contexte de guerre et de montée des nationalismes dans l'ensemble Dores et déjà, nous avons pris contact avec des syndicats indépendants du Tous les dons pour acheter du matériel scolaire sont à envoyer à ladresse APPEL de BAJRAM KRUJA, président du Syndicat Indépendant de lEducation Le Syndicat Indépendant de l'Education d'Albanie et l'Union de *** Chers amis et collègues, Vous connaissez notre terrible situation. Des milliers de gens ont été ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 9 Jun 1999 08:30:12 -0400 ASESINADO UN INDIGENA POR LA POLICIA EN TILA, ZONA NORTE 7 de junio. A su vez, habitantes del municipio de Tila denunciaron en un documento que Segn el Subprocurador de Asuntos Indgenas del estado, Francisco Demeza el La PGJE informaron que "una vez arrestado, Arcos Torres fue trasladado Hacia las 22:00 horas, los manifestantes ingresaron a la alcalda, de donde Cuando el agente del Ministerio Pblico, Lester Gutiérrez, acudió al lugar La PJE informó que por los hechos fueron detenidos los agentes policiacos Por otra parte, la organización Xinich, dos de cuyos dirigentes fueron De acuerdo con denuncias de organizaciones sociales de la región, la Para borrarse de la lista: Para suscribirte, haz lo mismo, pero escribe: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 9 Jun 1999 08:30:35 -0400 07.06.99 Jesus Ramirez Cuevas A San Jose entraron 100 soldados el domingo En el ejido San Jose, en la region de Amador Hernandez, unos 100 soldados El comisariado ejidal de Zapotal, integrante de la El Ejercito incursiono hace varios dias en Francisco Villa y ha realizado Por los caminos del Rio Perla Para llegar a esta region hay que traspasar tres retenes militares, uno Los simpatizantes zapatistas que viven en Taniperla aceptaron hablar con La El Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray lorenzo de la Nada recogio los La entrevista se ve interrumpida por la subita llegada de tres soldados que A la entrada de la Cannada de Taniperla, en el cuartel militar de Monte Un helicoptero militar bajo hace unos dias en la comunidad Nueva Esperanza. Otro campesino procedente de la region de Las Cannadas informo que "mucha Los nuevos operativos militares y policiacos parecen aproximarse a los En un recorrido por la Cannada Taniperla, se pudo confirmar que militares y Corren rumores de que se preparan otras incursiones hacia Guanal, Dolores Representantes zapatistas de diversas comunidades de la cannada del rio Enlace Civil A.C. Para borrarse de la lista: Para suscribirte, haz lo mismo, pero escribe: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 9 Jun 1999 10:00:14 -0400 Roger ROMAIN Mas de 70 dias de bombardeos por parte de los americano-otanianos sobre Todo el potencial economico e industrial de YUGOSLAVIA, uno de los mas Recordemos que antes de YUGOSLAVIA, el VIETNAM del NORTE e IRAK sufrieron No se puede mas que expresar toda nuestra reprobacion y nuestro asco una tal En este asunto, EL TRIBUNAL PNAL INTERNACONAL, a sueldo de los USA y de la Hay tiempo aun de firmar el MANIFIESTO POR LA PAZ que va con este mensaje **************************************************** RECTIFICACION: - -----Original Message----- Para: contracorriente >################################################# **************************************************************** >International Leninist Current (ILC) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 9 Jun 1999 10:20:02 -0400 Peace Now - Emergency Letter June 7th, 1999 We have also felt that we as Canadians have been swept into a horrible We want to ask Prime Minister Chretien, Defense Minister Mr. Eggleton and We want to tell the people of Balkans and Yugoslavia that we grieve for We would ask you to send the following letter to the Prime Minister with This is an important time as we see the attempts for a lasting peace For Peace Now - Don Kossick, Cathy Holtslander, Michael Murphy and Len If you agree with this effort please sign this letter and pass it on to The Letter: We would like you to cease and desist immediately Canada's involvement in We are alarmed that Canada has not attempted to play a constructive role As we watch what is happening -- the unfolding daily tragedies in Kosovo; Please imagine what would happen in Canada if we were subject to the same We ask you right away to intervene to do everything possible for peaceful We also ask your government to make an immediate commitment to give long And finally we ask you to declare that Canada will vigorously support the Sincerely, To contact Hon. Jean Chretien pm@pm.gc.ca Community Outreach and Education Centre phone: (306) 933-4346 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 9 Jun 1999 10:21:42 -0400 WHAT REPORTERS KNEW ABOUT KOSOVO TALKS -- BUT DIDN'T TELL Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting June 2, 1999 New evidence has emerged confirming that the U.S. deliberately set out Furthermore, correspondents from major American news organizations But the evidence presented in "Forgotten Coverage" suggested that it was Now, in the June 14 issue of the Nation, George Kenney, a former State "An unimpeachable press source who regularly travels with Secretary of Providing further confirmation of Kenney's account, Jim Jatras, a "We intentionally set the bar too high for the Serbs to comply. They In interviews with FAIR, both Kenney and Jatras asserted that these are The revelation that American reporters knew about a U.S. strategy to More reporting is needed on the origins of this war, as well as the This release will be updated as new information becomes available. This media advisory was written by FAIR media analyst Seth Ackerman ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 9 Jun 1999 10:23:37 -0400 Petition de la coordination nationale Disponible sur le Web des sans-papiers "pajol": http://bok.net/pajol/sanspap/coordination/co08-06-99.html Francais, de droite ou de gauche, demandons la liberation des sans-papiers Il y a eu le mondial de foot ou l'on a parle d'integration, d'abolition du - - Il y a eu des centaines de milliers de " Tirailleurs Senegalais" a qui - - Il y a eu le 50eme anniversaire de la Declaration Universelle des - - Et il y a eu les siecles de colonisation, nous enrichissant, nous - - Comment avons-nous perdu toute forme de reconnaissance et de memoire? VEUILLEZ ENVOYER VOS SIGNATURES A LA > Alex Alayo, (Perou) un des grevistes de la faim de la Caravane pour les > Nous vous demandons, a tous, d'immediatement envoyer un fax de > En cas de deportation vers le Perou, Alex court le danger d'etre torture > Aidez-nous a sortir Alex de la prison. Il vous faut pour ce faire etre > Alex doit etre libere. > Pour de plus amples informations, priere de nous contacter aux numeros: > Contacter l'Association Internationale des droits de l'Homme de Breme, > Pour d'autres informations Internet-Addresse: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 9 Jun 1999 10:54:21 -0400 Quelqu'un sait si la librarie Pathfinder ou quelqu'un de là a un email? J.V ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 9 Jun 1999 12:53:44 -0400 June 8, 1999 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH SENDS LETTER TO SECURITY COUNCIL ON KOSOVO Human Rights Watch today sent a letter to members of the UN Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 9 Jun 1999 12:58:00 -0400 THE NEXT PURGE The political demise of two of Milosevic's closest associates in the days By an independent journalist in Belgrade In the days immediately preceding Belgrade's acceptance of a deal over Milorad Vucelic and Milovan Vitezovic have been two of the most influential Of the two, Vucelic was probably the more powerful. Although initially Vucelic was appointed chief executive of Radio Television Serbia (RTS)--the Vucelic removed all trade union activists and made the formation of a new, Later, Vucelic rose to the top of Milosevic's Socialist Party of Serbia In addition to his party role, Vucelic held a variety of lucrative posts in In recent years several of Vucelic's associates met a tragic end, executed In recent months Vucelic's star had been falling as he lost the position of Vucelic denied that he had deserted Yugoslavia, explaining that he had been Milovan Vitezovic, the other former Milosevic loyalist to have been Vitezovic became something of an unofficial poet laureate to the regime The circumstances of both of these dismissals remains murky. But with the The author is an independent journalist from Belgrade whose identity has IWPR'S BALKAN CRISIS REPORT, NO. 44 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 9 Jun 1999 14:10:31 -0400 I would like to invite you or anyone at your organization to join the I'd also like to get the CERJ list known among your own networks; There is no charge, fee, or obligation for this non-profit service. Though it is of modest size at around 700 voluntary subscribers, the CERJ One unusual feature of this manually-maintained international non-profit What about volume? The CERJ list currently carries about 20-30 plain-text Please visit our web site at A major part of CERJ's mission is to elevate the scholarly, intellectual, In our educational efforts, CERJ stresses the fact that vengeance and Specifically, CERJ raises the public's consciousness as to the true status We believe that since most people are conditioned to look exclusively to Acting as catalysts for changes in public policies, many of CERJ's In order to more consistently provide rehabilitation opportunities for CERJ also advocates for the careful substitution of Vermont-model At the local level, CERJ activists organize community justice initiatives, Through the work of its individual activists and its coalition member If you give your permission for CERJ to communicate with you through this So 'CERJers' are helping to mend the fabric of human societies, and are By the way, if you decide to write and ask to be subscribed, please include "What you cannot do is accept injustice -- you must make the injustice An inCERJent for justice, P.S.: In particular, you may be interested in the CERJ Justice List of - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 9 Jun 1999 14:11:31 -0400 Convoi syndical pour les Balkans Compte -rendu de la conférence telephonique du 9 juin Dernière minute: Les autres solutions ayant échouées, nous allons louer un camion de 38 Il y a encore de la place !!! CHANGEMENT !! La réunion de centralisation a été avancée au VENDREDI 11 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 9 Jun 1999 14:57:00 -0400 Occupation Is Not Liberation In spite of being called "a document to bring peace," a peace plan brought On May 3, Serbia was offered to either accept or refuse the peace plan for When the U.S. decided to impose its own rules upon the world, contrary to Still, what's most important is that Serbia and the world are facing great Forced to opt for a lesser of two evils, Serbia can survive and renew itself Ahtisaari and Chernomyrdin's plan contains the NATO demands, along with Delays in the implementation of the plan occurred primarily because the U.S. Another reason for difficulties and even a suspension in the talks on a After the so-called peace plan for Kosovo had been promulgated, and The genuine American interests, hiding behind cheap, ostensibly humanistic Bacon's said nothing new. He merely repeated what U.S. officials used to say We should still come that the document supposed to facilitate the - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Democratic Party of Serbia, Brace Jugovica 2a, 11000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 9 Jun 1999 15:00:48 -0400 Occupations sans-papiers sur tous les fronts Aujourd'hui mercredi 9 juin 1999, le mouvement des sans-papiers reprend Occupation numero 1 Occupation numero 2 ... confirmation d'un message qui vient d'arriver sur "pajol": >COMMUNIQUE >Aujourd'hui, 9 juin 99 a 16h00, quelques 150 membres du Troisieme >FTCR, ATF, ATTF, CEDETIM, UTIT Paris. Aujourd'hui mercredi, distribution de tracts et manif a l'interieur du Rappel: nouvelle action samedi R.V. 14h place du Chatelet Martin Texte du tract: LA JUSTICE POUR LES ETRANGERS: PRISON, EXPULSION, MEURTRE Comme le rappelait l'avocat des deux flics responsables de la mort d'un C'est le juge du 35bis qui decide de la prolongation de la retention C'est le juge qui, comme pour Diawara, emprisonne des milliers de L'un d'eux vient de se suicider a la prison de Fleury-Merogis. Appel a la desobeissance ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 9 Jun 1999 18:22:23 -0400 Received: from smtp27.bellglobal.com by l.pop50.bellglobal.com Agencia de Noticias Nueva Colombia * Violentos choques en Chinchin=E1 y m=E1s movilizaciones en el Violentos choques en Chinchin=E1 y m=E1s movilizaciones en el pa=EDs ANNCOL, Junio 9 de 1999.- Cuando ayer martes, la Polic=EDa Como consecuencia de los enfrentamientos siete manifestantes La poblaci=F3n de Chinchin=E1 decidi=F3 m=E1s tarde bloquear la Entre tanto 15 mil ind=EDgenas paeces y guambianos volvieron a En Sincelejo los maestros y otros trabajadores del estado La Federaci=F3n Colombiana de Educadores anunci=F3 por su parte un Paramilitares atacan desarrollo alternativo Por Tibisay Soto. AFP-Venezuela Del Catatumbo -. Los paramilitares incursionan en el En la entrevista con un grupo de periodistas, efectuada en un =93Pensamos que la ofensiva de los paramilitares no solamente es La mayor=EDa de los m=E1s de 2.000 desplazados colombianos que El 90% de estos desplazados son poblaci=F3n flotante que se Zamora asever=F3 que =93esta es una zona donde se ha venido Dijo que los labriegos est=E1n dispuestos a =93recibir recursos de Sostuvo que los campesinos =93llegaron a acuerdos con las FARC y =93Se ven=EDa desarrollando una puja entre las partes: el Gobierno Los campesinos reciben una paga de 4.000 pesos (unos 2,50 Un joven de 15 a=F1os que se desplazaba hacia territorio Otros campesinos dijeron que los guerrilleros orientan a las Los grupos comunales entregan carnets a los productores y se =93La falta de trabajo, el desempleo, el alto costo de la vida y Zamora dijo que unos 150 paramilitares incursionaron en la A estos 150 hombres se suman, seg=FAn el comandante guerrillero, =93Combatientes hay muchos, no pudiera decir la cifra, ustedes Seg=FAn el l=EDder subversivo, entre Ej=E9rcito y autodefensas =93no =93Ciertamente ellos son tropas oficiales (el Ej=E9rcito), =93All=ED habr=EDa que hacer una excepci=F3n y si las fuerzas armada= Contras/paras de Nicaragua bajo mando de Carlos Casta=F1o en Por la revista Cambio 16: Testimonio real sobre derechos humanos en Colombia Encuentro con los l=EDderes Gilberto Guerra Hern=E1ndez El s=E1bado 12 de junio tendr=E1 lugar una charla y Los dos dirigentes, representantes de las El acto se desarrollar=E1 en el CAFE MARX ubicado en -----------------------------------------------------------------------= M=E1s enlaces: * La agenda secreta de EE.UU. para Colombia En el pa=EDs de la guerrilla: Por Juan Jes=FAs Aznarez, El Pa=EDs, Espa=F1ol English Svenska Italiano Deutsch Francais Danska Norska Como consecuencia de los enfrentamientos siete manifestantes quedaron La población de Chinchiná decidió más tard= La Federación Colombiana de Educadores anunció por su En la entrevista con un grupo de periodistas, efectuada en un punto =93Pensamos que la ofensiva de los paramilitares no solamente es para La mayoría de los más de 2.000 desplazados colombianos El 90% de estos desplazados son población flotante que se hab&i= Zamora aseveró que =93esta es una zona donde se ha venido plant= Dijo que los labriegos están dispuestos a =93recibir recursos d= Sostuvo que los campesinos =93llegaron a acuerdos con las FARC y se ve= =93Se venía desarrollando una puja entre las partes: el Gobiern= Un joven de 15 años que se desplazaba hacia territorio venezola= Otros campesinos dijeron que los guerrilleros orientan a las comunidad= =93La falta de trabajo, el desempleo, el alto costo de la vida y el ba= A estos 150 hombres se suman, según el comandante guerrillero, =93Combatientes hay muchos, no pudiera decir la cifra, ustedes entiend= =93Ciertamente ellos son tropas oficiales (el Ejército), nosotr= =93Allí habría que hacer una excepción y si la= El sábado 12 de = Los dos dirigentes, rep= El acto se desarrollar&= En - --Boundary_(ID_2/YOUR+dMGH7wiVsWAngaw)-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 9 Jun 1999 19:46:27 -0400 Commission du Manifeste Internationaliste: Comunistas de Euskal Herria (Pays Vasco); Massimo Piermarini del sindicato MANIFESTE INTERNATIONALISTE POUR L'ARRET IMMEDIAT DE L'AGRESSION L'agression militaire des USA-OTAN, déclenchée le 24 mars contre la RFY, n'a C'est, de plus, une violation continue de toutes les lois et conventions a.. Ils ont déclenché l'agression contre une nation souveraine par la force Nous signalons la grande responsabilité de l'Union Européenne dans cette C'est maintenant que doit s'élever une protestation, une clameur et une a.. la fin des bombardements et de l'agression des USA-OTAN contre la RFY. POUR LA PAIX IMMEDIATE ! NI LES USA-OTAN, NI LEURS LAQUAIS ! Le 1er juin 1999. PREMIERES ADHESIONS: *Agrupación de Tres Cantos (Madrid) del Partido Comunista de España.(PCE) *Alexandre MOUMBARIS de EDITIONS DEMOCRITE. France *Canadian Friends of Soviet People *Comité Central del PARTIDO COMUNISTA VIRTUAL (de España) *COMUNISTES de CATALUNYA *COMUNISTAS de EUSKAL HERRIA (Pais Vasco) *Editorial Board, Northstar Compass *ESPAA ROJA, revista comunista. *George Gruental (USA) , Lista Marxista-leninista de Internet (corrigé) *Hermandad Proletaria ESPAA ROJA *LIGA COMUNISTA REVOLUCIONARIA, Austria (ILC) *Lorenzo Peña, Investigador Cientfico, Instituto de Filosofa del CSIC *Massimo Piermarini, rappresentante sindacale COBAS-Scuola Liceo Classico *PARTI du TRAVAIL de BELGIQUE (PTB) *Per Rasmussen, social-worker. Denmark, Communist. *PUEBLO UNIDO-VANGUARDIA POPULAR (Costa Rica) . Secretario General, Humberto *U.S. Friends of Soviet People DEUXIEMES ADHESIONS: *Agurtzane Beitia Bengoa del sindicato L.A.B. *Amaia Gómez Perez, economista. Del sindicato L.A.B. *Arantzazu Beitia Bengoa, profesora. Del sindicato L.A.B. *Carlos Martinez de Morentin, Concejal de HB en Zamudio (Bizkaia) *Charles Champetier, Rédacteur en chef d'Eléments, Coordinateur national du *COMITES de HUELGA de SAMARA. PARTIDO de la DICTADURA del PROLETARIADO. *David Silver, profesor retirado, New York , USA * Instituto Carlos Balino, En Defensa de la Revolucion Cubana y la Patria. *Jon Corlett *Jorge Andrade, estudiante universitario. New Jersey. USA *Natxo Narbona Hernani , impulsor del Manifiesto Interncionalista y de los *Nekane Jurado Juntera , parlamentaria de Diputación de Alava por Herri *PARTIDO de la LIBERACION de ARGENTINA (PL). Sergio Ortiz, Secretario *PARTIDO DEMOCRATICO POPULAR REVOLUCIONARIO y EJERCITO POPULAR *PROYECTO EMANCIPACION,.ARGENTINA. Fernando Ramon Bossi *Roberto Villate Ruiz de Godejuela, Sociólogo *VOCE OPERARIA, Italia, (ICL) TROISIEMES ADHESIONS: *Alizia Strtze, historiadora y candidata en las listas de EUSKAL *Carme Tort, pediatra del Institut Catala de la Salut (Catalunya) *CENTRE D'ETUDES POLITIQUES ET SOCIALES, Francia *COL:LECTIUS COMUNISTES DE CATALUNYA (PCPE) *COMMUNIST ACTION, Inglaterra *COORDINADORA CONTRA LA 3 GUERRA MUNDIAL (CC3GM), Argentina *COORDINADORA ESTATAL DE SOLIDARIDAD CON CUBA, Estado Español. * Iñaki Gonzalez de Garay, historiador, Pais Vasco *IZQUIERDA CASTELLANA DE SALAMANCA, España. *Karen Leask, Morden, Manitoba, Canada *Louise Leask, Virden, Manitoba, Canada *Luis Soto, Director de Radio Ribes, president seccio Sindical de CGT Ajunt *Montse Ortiz, comunista catalana *Nino Pagliccia, Cuba solidarity activist, Vancouver, Canada *PARTIDO COMUNISTA DE LOS PUEBLOS DE ESPAA (PCPE) *Plataforma por la constitución del PARTIDO COMUNISTA DE EUSKAL HERRIA - *Quim Boix, enginyer industrial, Catalunya *Ramon Urteaga, militante de ASKAPENA, Pais Vasco. *Sandra Carmona, Coordinadora de la Brigada de solidaridad con Cuba Ernesto *Willy Nocetti, militante internacionalista. **************************************************************************** EL IMPERIALISMO Y LA GUERRA En funcion de todo ello hemos llegado a una encrucijada historica en la que Por la humanidad doliente, por la vida! En pie los parias de la tierra! Que pare ya el crimen de lesa humanidad de los imperialistas USA-OTAN MUERTE AL IMPERIALISMO!
From: "Jean-Guy_Aubé"
Subject: Fwd: (act-mtl-d) NGO Observer
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From: maggie@web.net (Maggie Helwig)
Subject: NGO Observers project for East Timor
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Nations to conduct a "popular consultation" on "special autonomy" for East
Timor on August 8, 1999. If the ballot is a free and fair reflection of
the
wishes of the people of East Timor, it will end the long-standing
violation of
international law resulting from Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East Timor
and
the ongoing military occupation.
annexation of East Timor and transfer authority over the territory to the
United Nations if the East Timorese people reject autonomy. If the voters
approve autonomy, Portugal and the U.N. will legally recognize East Timor
as
part of Indonesia. For the first time, the people of East Timor will be
able to
decide their political status.
United Nations efforts to ensure that the East Timorese people are able to
make
that decision in an atmosphere free of coercion and terror. We are sending
people to East Timor to observe the consultation process. We will not
campaign
for or against autonomy, but will be there to support the East Timorese
people's right to decide for themselves.
Indonesian military and the paramilitary "civilian militias" it is
supporting
are trying to subvert the vote. Violence against supporters of
independence has
reached horrific levels over the last several weeks. The paramilitaries
have
killed more than 150 people since April, and forced more than 50,000
people to
flee their homes, often inflicting violence against random civilians to
create
a climate of universal fear.
and
opportunity. We in the international community can help ensure that East
Timor
turns toward opportunity. For this reason, the International Federation
for
East Timor (IFET) is encouraging individuals and groups to join our
project to
send nonpartisan volunteer observers to East Timor to ensure a fair vote
without prejudice to the outcome. In addition to observing and reporting
on the
campaign and voting process, IFET observers, by their visible presence as
representatives of the world community, will help deter violent efforts to
subvert the process.
Consultation of the East Timorese Through a Direct Ballot" states that
"International observers will be able to observe the consultation process
under
terms to be developed by the United Nations to regulate the process." In
this
regard, international community has a role to play in reducing violence
intended to prevent the East Timorese from participating in "a free and
fair
popular consultation process."
East Timorese human rights workers, high-profile personnel
associated with local religious institutions, East Timorese
people campaigning for the consultation, and others who feel
threatened.
personal observation and by interviews with religious personnel, public
officials, local non-governmental organizations, political activists, and
the population in general. These monitors will communicate their findings
to an IFET office in Dili which will regularly report the information to
U.N. officials, journalists, national governments and other appropriate
authorities.
actual day of balloting (including polling sites, people travelling to and
from voting, and other related matters), as well as the transportation of
ballots and the tallying of votes. We will issue a report. Some of us will
remain in East Timor after August 8 to observe that there is no
retaliatory violence and that subsequent steps proceed smoothly.
As an international federation, IFET takes no position for or against the
proposed autonomy plan. We are in East Timor to ensure that the East
Timorese
people are able to make that decision themselves. Our observers will be
non-
partisan; we will work with non-aligned groups in East Timor as well as
with
various Indonesian non-governmental organizations, U.N. personnel, and
other
observer missions. IFET will also be in contact with both pro-independence
and
pro-autonomy advocates, as well as with Indonesian civilian and military
officials, to ensure them that we are not taking sides.
on the
international level. The project will not receive any logistical, security
or
financial support from the United Nations, but the U.N. will provide
accreditation to IFET observers and we will follow the U.N. Code of
Conduct for
observers. There will be other observer missions in East Timor during the
consultation process. IFET will endeavor to coordinate our work with
theirs -
we are part of a larger effort by the international community to ensure
the
legitimacy of the U.N. consultation process. Our unique role is to
facilitate
participation by NGO and individual activists and human rights workers
from all
over the world, but we have no intention to preclude other observer
delegations.
their
own costs of transportation, food, and lodging. At the same time, IFET
will be
raising substantial funds to establish an office in Dili and to hire staff
to
coordinate the project within and outside of East Timor. We hope that
participating groups and individuals will help raise money for these
common
costs.
the
recruitment, screening, training and coordination of observers from those
countries, but they will do so according to internationally- established
procedures and in close consultation with the international IFET
coordinating
group. IFET will also have people based in East Timor to help with
logistics
(lodging, deployment, etc.) as individuals arrive in Dili.
Timor, our
first priority is to support the East Timor consultation, and we will
endeavor
to minimize problems caused by IFET observers. Participants must be in
good
physical health (as certified by a medical release) and be able to work
under
pressure and with emotional and psychological stress. IFET observers will
be
mature, stable individuals. Most, therefore, will be 25 years old or
older, but
some will be as young as 18. The working language of the IFET observer
project
will be English. Facility with Indonesian, Tetum, and/or Portuguese would
be of
great benefit. For non-English- speaking IFET observers, other observers
from
their home country will provide interpretation.
observers associated with the IFET project will sign a contract by which
they
agree to be nonviolent, nonpartisan, and to respect IFET decisions. If we
find
that a participant has failed to abide by the contract and undermined the
larger project, IFET could terminate that person's relationship with our
project and/or take additional steps to distance them from our mission.
training before going to East Timor. Once there, IFET and/or our East
Timorese
and Indonesian partners will provide further orientation. Our people will
have
a range of experience and knowledge of election monitoring and East
Timor's
situation, culture and language.
certainly
want observers to have a presence in rural areas, we will make sure that
observers are stationed in towns of relative size for safety, logistical
support, and ease of communication. Our observers will be deployed in
pairs or
larger groups.
observers
will arrive by June 13, the start of voter registration. We hope to have
at
least 100 in place by early July, with more arriving as August 8
approaches. We
encourage observers to stay for at least one month, but we will not
dissuade
qualified people from coming for shorter periods. Some IFET observers will
stay
in East Timor after the vote and the announcement of the results,
especially if
the voters reject autonomy. Depending on the situation and the need, this
could
develop into an ongoing project.
by
East Timor support organizations from four continents as a clearinghouse
for
non-governmental initiatives on East Timor. IFET is accredited with the
United
Nations Department of Public Information. Our secretariat is in the
Philippines
and we have a representative at the U.N. in New York. IFET includes more
than
30 members from 19 countries, including both single-issue East Timor
groups and
others with a wider range of concerns.
Maggie Helwig
710 Bathurst St
Toronto, ON, M5S 2R4
ph/fax 1-416-537-7290
e-mail maggie@web.net
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P.O. Box 1182, White Plains, NY 10602 USA
Ph:1-914-428-7299 fax:1-914-428-7383
ifet@etan.org
Asia-Pacific Coalition on East Timor
c/o Initiatives for International Dialogue
27-D Rosario Townhouse, Galaxy St.
GSIS Heights, Matina, Davao City 8000 PHILIPPINES
Ph/fax. 63-82-299-2052 iiddvo@skyinet.net
East Timor International Support Center (Australia)
East Timor Relief Association (Australia)
Australia-East Timor Association
Australians for a Free East Timor
Friends of East Timor, Western Australia
Hobart East Timor Committee (Australia)
East Timor Alert Network (Canada)
Canadian Action for Indonesia and East Timor
Pacific Concerns Resource Centre (Fiji)
Agir Pour Timor (France)
Association Solidarité Timor-Oriental (France)
Watch Indonesia! (Germany)
Gesellschaft fur Bedrohte Volker (Germany)
East Timor Roundtable (Hong Kong)
East Timor Ireland Solidarity Campaign
Indian Society for Human Rights
Free East Timor - Japan Coalition
East Timor Information Network (Malaysia)
International Platform of Jurists for East Timor (Netherlands)
Norwegian Cooperation Council for East Timor and Indonesia
Asia-Pacific Coalition on East Timor (Philippines)
Com. para os Direitos do Povo Maubere (Portugal)
Paz é Justica para Timor Leste (Portugal)
A Paz é Possivel em Timor Leste (Portugal)
Movimento Christo para a Paz (Portugal)
Instituto de Estudios Polticos para América Latina y Africa (Spain)
sttimor Kommitten (Sweden)
TAPOL (U.K.)
British Coalition for East Timor
East Timor Action Network (USA)
International Secretariat, Parliamentarians for East Timor
(list in formation)
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From: "Jean-Guy_Aubé"
Subject: Fwd: Les_Pénélopes - mai 1999
mai 1999
"Devenir heureux implique de libérer la subjectivité humaine de
l'ignorance, de l'oppression et de l'inculture qui pèsent sur cette
dimension essentielle de son existence : la différence sexuelle "
J'aime à toi. Luce Irigaray 1992
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SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR
Points de vue - Mémoire
Lauréates du Concours Simone de Beauvoir :
La femme dans la mythologie, par Nora Cayeux
On ne naît pas femme, on le devient, par Nora El Quadim
Certains affirment que légalité des sexes... , par Nelly Bargeaud
Maldonne, par Bénédicte Rembert
http://www.mire.net/penelopes/pages/sdb/Point/cote.htm
Nouveaux médias
NTIC et éducation
Ours contre pirates
Les personnes gées se sentent ignorées par les médias, par Adel Arab
Une radio rurale influence la vie d'une communauté, par Michee Boko
Les Pays du Tiers-monde favorisent les médias traditionnels au détriment
dInternet
http://www.mire.net/penelopes/pages/ntic/newmed.htm
La toile d'elles, Numero 1, 15 mai 1999
Informez le CEAMO !
Théorie féministe : heureuse initiative
http://www.mire.net/penelopes/pages/ntic/internat.htm
Création d'une coordination permanente des médias libres
http://www.mire.net/penelopes/pages/ntic/internet.htm
Future_Body, par Tina La Porta
La langue bien pendue, par Zoey Kroll
http://www.mire.net/penelopes/pages/ntic/artiste.htm
Dossier spécial Kosovo
Le réseau des femmes en noir sur Internet
Les Etats-Unis veulent priver les Serbes d'Internet
Viol comme arme de guerre
Appel de la Hague
Quand les femmes inventent des méthodes non violentes pour négocier les
conflits.
Femmes en train pour Pékin en solidarité avec les femmes en Albanie
Déclaration des femmes israeliennes, juives et palestiniennes
Appels et propositions d'action concrète en direction des femmes du
Kosovo réfugiées en Albanie.
Appel du centre des femmes de Tirana.
Message from Women's center
Action de l'association Medica (Cologne)
Information et action contre l'enlèvement d'une femme médecin et
présidente de la Ligue des femmes albanaises à Pristina le 22 avril.
Message action urgente Flora Brovina
Solidarité avec les groupes citoyens des Balkans !
Lettre d'Ali Shabanaj
Femmes et représentation politique
Femmes et guerre
Féministes révolutionnaires
Femmes, sciences et recherche
Supprimer les inégalités hommes/ femmes
Ecole dété : limage des Autres
Prix du gouverneur général au Canada
Conférence de Paris. Suite
Véronique O'Leary et la différence
4e Fierté Lesbienne / Paris 99
Nouvelles de lEspace
Elections européennes
Femmes, cardiopathie et alcool
Prochoix crée le Fonds de lutte contre lhomophobie
http://www.mire.net/penelopes/pages/actualites/agitprop/agitprop.htm
Procréation et productivité
Foot au féminin
Harcèlement - ras le bol !
Touche pas à mon gynéco !
Hommage à Rosa Luxembourg
En mai, mange ce quil te plaît !
20 ans de Quinzaine Nationale de la Femme au Sénégal
Employabilité des femmes diplômées
Respect des femmes immigrées
Droit de vote des femmes au Koweit
Une ville de femmes
Viol et Sida en Afrique du Sud
http://www.mire.net/penelopes/pages/actualites/agitprop/echofr.htm
Pour un féminisme moderne
Les assises nationales du sport féminin
Allocution de clôture de Marie-Georges Buffet
Atlanta ñ Sydney+
http://www.mire.net/penelopes/pages/actualites/agitprop/nousfr.htm
Une mère en prison
Une organisation de femmes pakistanaise connue attaquée
Femme brésilienne, victime de la Mafia : Rosemary compte sur vous
Soutien à Lisa King, victime de viol
http://www.mire.net/penelopes/pages/actualites/solidari/solidari.htm
Revues
Une vague de non-violence : la lettre dinformation de Wave
Femmes-Infos se penche sur la chaussure
Prochoix n10
Deux femmes dans la maison : Marie Desplechin et la camaraderie des femmes
Pipilotti Rist
Une collection de dessins : aperçu sur les relation femmes /art à
l'époque classique
Deux femmes dans les jardins du palais royal : Martine Abakanowicz et
Beverley Pepper
Beverley Pepper au jardin des Tuileries.
Maelle Labussière
Ouverture de la biennale de Venise
http://www.mire.net/penelopes/pages/actualites/kiosque/kiosque.htm
offre d'emplois
Directrice de projet
Coordonnatrice de recherche
Coordonnatrice des communications
Liberté Aux Joueuses !
Duras traverse la Manche
http://www.mire.net/penelopes/pages/actualites/service/service.htm
Mondialisation
La mondialisation vue par les philosophes, par Florence Louis
Quand les navettes tisseront toutes seules..., par Florence Louis
Lendettement des pays pauvres, aubaine des pays riches, par Pascale
Castro-Belloc
La cour suprme deshérite une femme au Zimbabwe, par Lewis Machipisa
Les mines tuent ou mutilent en moyenne deux personnes par semaine au
Mozambique, par Delfina Mugabe
L'infécondité frappe le Sud-Est du Gabon, par Antoine Lawson
Touche pas à mon gynéco !, par Dominique Foufelle
Geneviève Fraisse, une intellectuelle dans la cité, par Michèle Dessenne
et Joelle Palmieri
Un plus grand nombre de femmes se présentent aux élections au Malawi,
par Hazwell Kanjaye
L'entreprise familiale victime du Régime d'assurance-emploi, par Elsa
Boulet
Plus de 5000 femmes sont quotidiennement maltraitées en Afrique, par
Kumbirayi Glenda Mashingaidze
http://www.mire.net/penelopes/pages/frdocu.htm
soirs à 21h en direct, ou quand vous le désirez en différé
http://www.canalweb.net/vers/cyberfemmes.asp
dans la mondialisation en Afrique
africa@attac.org
http://www.mire.net/penelopes/pages/humeur2.htm
sources de tous les continents. La grande majorité provient de réseaux
de femmes. A ce titre, elles sont rarement publiées dans les médias
traditionnels (télévision, radio, presse écrite). Certains papiers sont
totalement inédits.
From: "Jean-Guy_Aubé"
Subject: Fwd: (act-mtl) Chossudovsky o
From: dq405@freenet.carleton.ca (Mark Dillon)
Subject: Michel Chossudovsky on NATO's War of Aggression
Globalization of Poverty, Impacts of IMF and World Bank Reforms, Third
World Network, Penang and Zed Books, London, 1997. Member of the Ad
Hoc Committee to Stop Canada's Participation in the War in Yugoslavia.
War has unfolded. NATO's "humanitarian bombings" have been stepped up
leading to mounting civilian casualties and human suffering. Thirty
percent of those killed in the bombings are children.1 In addition to
the use of cluster bombs, the Alliance is waging a "low intensity
nuclear war" using toxic radioactive shells and missiles containing
depleted uranium. Amply documented, the radioactive fall-out causes
cancer potentially affecting millions of people for generations to
come. According to a recent scientific report, "the first signs of
radiation on children including herpes on the mouth and skin rashes on
the back and ankles" have been observed in Yugoslavia since the
beginning of the bombings.2
environment and the food chain, the Alliance has also bombed
Yugoslavia's major chemical and pharmaceutical plants. The bombing of
Galenika, the largest medicine factory in Yugoslavia has contributed
to releasing dangerous, highly toxic fumes. When NATO forces bombed
plants of the Pancevo petrochemical complex in mid-April "fire broke
out and huge quantities of chlorine, ethylene dichloride and vinyl
chloride monomer flowed out. Workers at Pancevo, fearing further
bombing attacks that would blow up dangerous materials, released tons
of ethylene dichloride, a carcinogen, into the Danube."3
ethnic Albanians in Kosovo is said to be "inevitable" in carrying out
a "humanitarian operation on behalf of ethnic Albanians". In addition
to the impacts of the ground war between the KLA and the Yugoslav
Armed Forces, the bombings and the resulting radioactive fall-out in
Kosovo have been more devastating than in the rest of Yugoslavia.
NATO's brutal air raids of towns and villages in Kosovo have triggered
the exodus of refugees. Those who have fled their homes to refugee
camps in Macedonia and Albania have nothing to return to, nothing to
look forward to... An entire country has been destroyed, its civilian
industry and public infrastructure transformed into rubble. Bridges,
power plants, schools and hospitals are displayed as "legitimate
military targets" selected by NATO's Combined Air Operations Centre
(CAOC) in Vicenza, Italy and carefully "validated prior to the pilot
launching his strike."
inflicting as much damage on the Yugoslav economy (including Kosovo)
as possible prior to reaching a G8 brokered "peace initiative" which
will empower them to send in ground troops. "Allied commanders have
steadily widened their list of economic targets... Increasingly, the
impact of NATO air strikes has put people out of work... causing water
shortages in Belgrade, Novi Sad and other Serbian cities. ... [T]he
effect was to shut down businesses, strain hospitals' ability to
function and cut off water..."4. Some 115 medical institutions have
been damaged of which several have been totally demolished. And
hospital patients --including children and the elderly-- are dying due
to the lack of water and electricity...5
late May that "NATO'S air campaign has not reached its peak yet and
the alliance should be prepared for more civilian casualties."6.
General Clark also confirmed that "he would be seeking to increase the
number of air strikes in Kosovo and expand the range of targets.7 As
the bombings entered their third month, there was also a noticeable
change in "NATO rhetoric". The Alliance had become increasingly
unrepentant, NATO officials were no longer apologising for civilian
casualties, claiming that the latter were contributing to "helping
Milosevic's propaganda machine."
broader strategic interests and economic causes of the War go
unmentioned. The late Sean Gervasi writing in 1995 had anticipated an
impending War. According to Gervasi, Washington's strategic goals
stretched well beyond the Balkans. They largely consisted in
"installing a Western-style regime in Yugoslavia and reducing the
geographic area, power and influence of Serbia to a minimum...."8
and the Mediterranean also constitutes a step towards the extension of
Washington's geopolitical sphere of influence beyond the Balkans into
the area of the Caspian Sea, Central Asia and West Asia.
violation of international law) also sets a dangerous precedent. It
provides "legitimacy" to future military interventions. To achieve its
strategic objectives, national economies are destabilised, regional
conflicts are financed through the provision of covert support to
armed insurgencies... In other words, the conflict in Yugoslavia
creates conditions which provide legitmacy to future interventions of
the Alliance into the "internal affairs of sovereign nations".
the Balkans (and beyond) was not only marked by the enlargement of
NATO (with the accession of Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic as
NATO members) barely two weeks before the beginning of the bombings,
the War in Yugoslavia also coincided with a critical split in
geopolitical alignments within the Commonwealth of Independent States
(CIS).
Moldava signed a pact in Washington, creating GUUAM, a regional
alliance which lies strategically at the hub of the Caspian oil and
gas wealth, "with Moldava and the Ukraine offering [pipeline] export
routes to the West".9 This geopolitical split bears a direct
relationship to the crisis in Yugoslavia. The region is already
unstable marked by nationalist conflicts and separatist movements.
support the bombings in Yugoslavia, they have also agreed to "low
level military cooperation" with NATO while insisting that "the group
is not a military alliance directed against any third party, namely
Moscow."10
intent on excluding Russia from the oil and gas deposits in the
Caspian area but also in isolating Moscow politically thereby
potentially re-igniting Cold War divisions...
arms-control initiatives leading to the cancellation of an exchange
program "that would have had US and Russian nuclear weapons officers
in constant contact at year's end to prevent any launches as a result
of Year 2000 computer troubles."11
Moreover, Russia's military has also voiced its concern "that the
bombing of Yugoslavia could turn out in the very near future to be
just a rehearsal for similar strikes on Russia."12.
Prize winning International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear
War (IPPNW), the impact of NATO bombings of Yugoslavia "on nuclear
weapons policy is an extremely serious development... Russians feel
a sense of betrayal by the West... because NATO took this action
outside the UN."13
Russian State Duma U.S.-Russian relations describes the War in
Yugoslavia as the "worst most acute, most dangerous juncture since
the U.S.-Soviet Berlin and Cuban missile crises."14 According to
Arbatov:
missile defence is out of the question, and Moscow's willingness to
co-operate on non-proliferation issues is at an all-time low.
Moreover, anti-U.S. sentiment in Russia is real, deep and more
wide-spread than ever, and the slogan describing NATO action - "today
Serbia, tomorrow Russia," is "deeply planted in Russian's minds."...15
integration with Europe, they [the Russians] now:
[Russia's] Foreign Affairs (Arms Control and Disarmament) told us that
Russia has no option but to rely on nuclear weapons for its defence
because its conventional forces are inadequate.... Even if the
bombings stop now, the changes in Russia's attitude toward the West,
its renewed reliance on nuclear weapons with thousands on high alert,
and its loss of confidence in international law leave us vulnerable to
catastrophe.... This crisis makes de-alerting nuclear weapons more
urgent than ever. To those who say the Russian threat is all rhetoric,
I reply that rhetoric is what starts wars".16
developing around the World, NATO has reinforced its clutch over the
mass media. In a stylised ("wag the dog") media mascarade, the
Alliance is relentlessly portrayed as "the saviour of ethnic
Albanian Kosovars". A full-fledged "cover-up operation" has been set
in motion with a view to thwarting public debate on the War.
media heeding to the Alliance's demands has blatantly misled public
opinion. Casually portrayed on TV screens, civilian deaths are
justified as inevitable "collateral damage". According to the
Pentagon, "there is no such thing as clean combat."17
OSCE officials) have been carefully removed from mainstream public
affairs programmes, TV content is closely scrutinised, the images of
civilian deaths and destruction relayed from Belgrade are seldomly and
selectively displayed, journalists are under tight supervision. While
the media does not hesitate to criticize NATO for having committed
"errors" and "tragic mistakes", the legitimacy of the military
operation and its "humanitarian mandate" are not questioned:
one answer. In the present war, that question is, "Doesn't ethnic
cleansing have to be stopped?" This simplification allows the media to
portray Yugoslavia rather than NATO as the aggressor. The alliance, in
a complete inversion of reality, is presented as conducting an
essentially defensive war on behalf of the Kosovar Albanians..." when
in fact ethnic Albanians are the principle victims of NATO's
"humanitarian bombings."18
the bombings" and the ground war between the KLA and the Yugoslav
Army. According to Diana Johnstone this makes them "nearly unique
[because] throughout history, civilians have fled from war zones....
No, as we have heard repeatedly from NATO spokesmen and apologists,
Kosovo Albanians run away from only one thing: brutal ethnic
cleansing carried out by Serbs."19
evidence (withheld by the Western media) confirms that people
throughout Serbia are fleeing major cities:
to escape the bombing at 400,000. Most are women and children, as with
the Kosovo Albanians. At least another 500,000 have left Serbia's
other cities, notably Novi Sad and Nish, where NATO bombing has caused
air pollution, cut the water supply, and struck purely civilian
targets such as market squares. Altogether, according to the Italian
daily "Il Manifesto", the NATO bombing has produced at least a million
refugees in Serbia. Predrag Simic, foreign policy adviser to Serbian
opposition leader Vuk Draskovic, told a Paris conference [in late May]
that Kosovo was being so thoroughly devastated by NATO bombing that
nobody, neither Albanians nor Serbs, would be able to go back and live
there".20
"Serb propaganda". Those who speak out against NATO are branded as
"apologists of Milosevic". While most anti-War critics in NATO
countries are not defenders of the Milosevic regime, they are
nonetheless expected to be "balanced" in their arguments. "Looking at
both sides of the picture is the rule": anti-war commentators are
invited to echo NATO's fabricated media consensus, to unequivocally
"join the bandwagon" against Milosevic. Under these circumstances, an
objective understanding and analysis of the role of the Milosovic
government since the civil War in Bosnia and in the context of the
present crisis in Kosovo has been rendered virtually impossible.
of his government were indicted by the Hague International Criminal
Tribunal (ICTY) (late May) for organising a policy of "ethnic
cleansing" in Kosovo, the news media failed to mention that several
parallel law suits were launched at The Hague Tribunal (ICTY),
accusing NATO leaders of "crimes against humanity."21
Minister Tony Blair is among the list of accused in one of the
parallel law suits) has provided The Hague Tribunal with "intelligence
on the situation within Kosovo" since the beginning of the bombings.22
Part of this intelligence material was relayed by the KLA with which
British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook has been in frequent contact as
well as through British Special Forces (SAS) directly collaborating
with the KLA.
with the American Association of Jurists (with members in more than 20
countries) launched a suit against NATO leaders at the ICTY in the
Hague.23 The suit points to "open violation" of the United Nations
Charter, the NATO treaty, the Geneva Conventions and the "Principles
of International Law Recognized by the Nuremberg Tribunal". The latter
makes: "planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of
aggression or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements
or assurances" a crime.24
body or health, extensive destruction of property,... employment of
poisonous weapons [implying radioactive fall-out] or other weapons to
cause unnecessary suffering, wanton destruction of cities, towns, or
villages, or devastation not justified by military necessity,... "25
instigated, ordered, committed or otherwise aided and abetted in the
planning, preparation or execution of a crime shall be individually
responsible for the crime" and "the official position of any accused
person, whether as Head of State or Government or as a responsible
Government official, shall not relieve such person of criminal
responsibility or mitigate punishment."26
former President of Ireland) confirmed in Geneva on 30 April that the
Prosecutor of the War Crimes Tribunal (ICTY) has the mandate not only
to prosecute Serb forces but that the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and
NATO may also come under scrutiny, "if it appears that serious
violations of international humanitarian law have occurred."
Crimes Trials:
United Nations Charter and other conventions and treaties; the attack
on Yugoslavia constitutes the most brazen international aggression
since the Nazis attacked Poland to prevent "Polish atrocities" against
Germans. The United States has discarded pretensions to international
legality and decency, and embarked on a course of raw imperialism run
amok."27
launching the War, the international media has also failed to mention
that an official intelligence report of the German Foreign Ministry
(used to establish the eligibility of political refugees from Kosovo)
confirmed that there was no evidence of "ethnic cleansing" in Kosovo
in the months immediately preceding the bombings. Who is lying? German
Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer had justified NATO's intervention
pointing to a "humanitarian catastrophe", yet the internal documents
of his own ministry say exactly the opposite:
ethnicity is not verifiable. The East of Kosovo is still not involved
in armed conflict. Public life in cities like Pristina, Urosevac,
Gnjilan, etc. has, in the entire conflict period, continued on a
relatively normal basis. The actions of the security forces [were] not
directed against the Kosovo-Albanians as an ethnically defined group,
but against the military opponent [KLA] and its actual or alleged
supporters."... 28
1998 ... both the security situation and the conditions of life of
the Albanian-derived population have noticeably improved...
Specifically in the larger cities public life has since returned to
relative normality."29
evaluations of the humanitarian situation in Kosovo prior to the
onslaught of the bombing campaign. Roland Keith, a former field office
director of the OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (KVM), who left
Kosovo on March 20th reported that most of the violence in Kosovo was
instigated by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA):
conflict as ambushes, the encroachment of critical lines of
communication and the [KLA] kidnapping of security forces resulted in
a significant increase in government casualties which in turn led to
major Yugoslavian reprisal security operations... By the beginning of
March these terror and counter-terror operations led to the
inhabitants of numerous villages fleeing, or being dispersed to either
other villages, cities or the hills to seek refuge... The situation
was clearly that KLA provocations, as personally witnessed in ambushes
of security patrols which inflicted fatal and other casualties, were
clear violations of the previous October's agreement [and United
Nations Security Council Resolution 1199]. The security forces
responded and the consequent security harassment and
counter-operations led to an intensified insurrectionary war, but as I
have stated elsewhere, I did not witness, nor did I have knowledge of
any incidents of so-called "ethnic cleansing" and there certainly were
no occurrences of "genocidal policies" while I was with the KVM in
Kosovo. What has transpired since the OSCE monitors were evacuated on
March 20, in order to deliver the penultimate warning to force
Yugoslavian compliance with the Rambouillet and subsequent Paris
documents and the commencement of the NATO air bombardment of March
24, obviously has resulted in human rights abuses and a very
significant humanitarian disaster as some 600,000 Albanian Kosovars
have fled or been expelled from the province. This did not occur,
though, before March 20, so I would attribute the humanitarian
disaster directly or indirectly to the NATO air bombardment and
resulting anti-terrorist campaign."30
campaign" and "the ground War" have been ongoing for almost a year
prior to the beginning of NATO's "humanitarian bombings" on March 24th
1999.
first priority was to secure the stationing of armed combat troops in
Macedonia on the immediate border with Kosovo. US Secretary of Defense
William Cohen had travelled to Skopje in late December 1997 for
discussions with the Macedonian government and Military. These high
levels talks were followed a few months later by the visit of
Macedonia's Defense Minister L. Kitanoski to Washington for meetings
at the Pentagon. On the agenda: the establishment of a NATO base in
Macedonia.31
alliance efforts" in the region; a major military exercise entitled
"Cooperative Best Effort" was slated to take place in Macedonia in
September. NATO nonetheless "reassured the international community"
that the military exercise was not meant to be "a rehearsal", rather
it was to enable "NATO military authorities to study various options.
Decisions on whether to execute any of those options would be a matter
for future decision."32
security situation in Kosovo conveniently provided NATO with a pretext
to build up its ground forces in Macedonia (composed largely of
British and French troops). According to NATO, it was therefore
necessary to envisage "a more complicated and ambitious [military]
exercise [in Macedonia] to send a clear political signal [to Belgrade]
of NATO's involvement".33
and Macedonia, NATO had established direct links with the Kosovo
Liberation Army (KLA). A US Department of Defense briefing confirms in
this regard that "initial contacts" between the KLA and NATO had taken
place by mid-1998:
to have the UCK [acronym for KLA in Albanian] involved in this process
because they have shown at least the potential to be rejectionists of
any deal that could be worked out there with the existing Kosovo
parties. So somehow they have to be brought in and that's why we've
made some initial contacts there with the group, hopefully the right
people in the group, to try and bring them into this negotiating
process. 34
only in mid-1998, the KLA had (according to several reports) been
receiving "covert support" and training from the CIA and Germany's
Bundes Nachrichten Dienst (BND) since the mid-nineties.35
mid-1998 "covert support" had been gradually replaced --despite the
KLA's links to organised crime-- by official ("overt") support by the
military Alliance in violation of UN Security Council Resolution UNSCR
1160 of 31 March 1998 which condemned: "...all acts of terrorism by
the Kosovo Liberation Army or any other group or individual and all
external support for terrorist activity in Kosovo, including finance,
arms and training."
(UNSCR 1199) was adopted which called "upon the authorities in
Belgrade and the leadership of the Kosovar Albanian community
urgently to enter without preconditions into a meaningful dialogue on
political status issues." It also required Belgrade to withdraw its
troops from Kosovo.
were blamed for the "crackdowns on ethnic Albanians" providing NATO
defense ministers meeting in Vilmoura Portugal (September 24th on the
same day as the adoption of UNSCR 1199) with the "justification" to
issue an "activation warning" for a campaign of air strikes against
Serb positions. The Vilmoura statement called upon Belgrade to "take
immediate steps to alleviate the humanitarian situation..., stop
repressive actions against the population and seek a political
solution through negotiations with the Albanian majority".36
activation order" by the North Atlantic Council authorising NATO's
Supreme Commander for Europe General Wesley Clark to initiate "limited
air strikes" and a "phased air campaign" ... should the Yugoslav
authorities refuse to comply with UNSCR 1199.37
carried out by Belgrade (following the adoption of UNSCR 1199)
creating almost immediately conditions for the KLA to occupy positions
previously held by retreating Serb forces. In turn, the strengthening
of the KLA was accompanied by renewed terrorist activity and a
consequent "worsening of the security situation". NATO's hidden
objective, in this regard, was to use the KLA insurgency to further
provoke ethnic tensions and generate social strife in Kosovo.
discussions with President Milosovic. Forged under the threat of NATO
air strikes, negotiations on Kosovo's political status had also been
initiated in Pristina between a Serbian delegation led by President
Milan Milutinovic and Ibrahim Rugova, President of the Democratic
League (DLK) representing ethnic Albanians. While Mr Christopher Hill,
the US envoy had been invited as an observer to these meetings,
Milutinovic had insisted that the negotiations (which proceeded from
UNSCR 1199) were an internal matter.
President Slobodan Milosevic, Yugoslavia was to complete negotiations
on "a framework for a political settlement" by the 2nd of November
1998. Moreover, a Verification Mission to establish compliance with
resolutions UNSCR 1160 and UNSCR 1199, was put in place in Kosovo
under the auspices of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe (OSCE). A parallel NATO air verification mission (complementing
the OSCE verification mission) was established following an agreement
signed in Belgrade on 15 October 1998 by the Yugoslav Chief of General
Staff and NATO Supreme Allied Commander for Europe, General Wesley
Clark.
subsequently embodied in UNSCR 1260 of October 24th. Whereas Belgrade
was given a 96 hour "deadline for compliance", the Alliance decided to
postpone the initiation of air strikes following talks in Belgrade
(October 25-26) between President Slobodan Milosevic and General
Wesley Clark. According to the Alliance statement: "NATO will remain
prepared to carry out air operations should they be necessary" 38. In
the meantime, NATO launched Operation Eagle Eye using unarmed aircraft
and unmanned predator aerial vehicles (UAVs). Eagle Eye surveillance
activities were coordinated with the "ground verification" mission
conducted by OSCE observer teams and by the Kosovo Diplomatic Observer
Mission (KDOM).
MISSION
was appointed Head of the OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (KVM). A
tailor-made assignment: Walker was well-known for his role in the
"Iran-Contragate" scandal during the Reagan administration. The KLA
insurgency was in many regards a "carbon copy" of the Nicaraguan
Contras which had also been funded by drug money with covert support
from the CIA.
with Oliver North-- played a key role in channelling covert funding to
the Nicaraguan Contras while serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State for Inter-American Affairs in the Reagan Administration. In this
capacity, he became a special assistant to Assistant Secretary of
State Elliot Abrams, "a figure whose name would soon be making its way
into the headlines on a daily basis in connection with ... the
"Iran-Contra" affair."39
Humanitarian Assistance Office ("NHAO") in the State Department which
was a cover-up fund whereby covert military aid was supplied to the
Contras. The objective was to circumvent the so-called "Boland
Amendments", --ie. "riders" to the Department of Defense Appropriation
Act, "which prohibited the [US] government from spending money for the
purpose of overthrowing the government of Nicaragua". 40 Confirmed by
files of the US Court of Appeal (District of Columbia), "Walker
attended some meetings of the Restricted Interagency Group for Central
America, of which Oliver North was a member".41
Contragate scandal. Upon completing his work with Oliver North, he was
appointed US Ambassador to El Salvador. His stint in El Salvador
coincided with the rise of the death squadrons and a period during
which the country was virtually "under the grip of US sponsored State
terror."42
acquired in Central America. As head of the Kosovo Verification
Mission (KVM), Walker maintained close links to the KLA military
command in the field.43 From the outset of his mission in Kosovo, he
used his position to pursue the interests of the Alliance.
of the Rambouillet "peace initiative". although it turned out to be a
fake, the Racak massacre nonetheless played a key role in "setting the
stage" for NATO's air raids. William Walker declared (in his capacity
as head of KVM) that the Yugoslav police had carried out a massacre of
civilians at Racak on January 15th. The Yugoslav authorities retorted
that local police had in fact conducted an operation in this village
against the Kosovo Libration Army and that several KLA soliders had
died in cross-fire. As later reported by several French newspapers (Le
Monde, Le Figaro and Liberation), it was confirmed that the "Racak
massacre" was indeed a fake put together with a view to discrediting
Belgrade:
entitled "Racak Massacre Questions: Were Atrocities Faked?" The theory
behind all these exposs was that the KLA had gathered their own dead
after the battle, removed their uniforms, put them in civilian
clothes, and then called in the observers."44.
six countries (including the US, Russia, Britain, France, Germany and
Italy) meeting in London called for a peace conference which would
bring together the Yugoslav government and "representatives of ethnic
Albanians." In turn, NATO warned that it was "ready to act" if the
peace plan to be finalised by the Contact Group were rejected. United
Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan concurred during a visit to NATO
headquarters in Brussels that the threat of force was "essential" to
press both sides into a settlement.45
the Alliance had also contributed to spearheading KLA leader Hashim
Thaci (a 29 year "freedom fighter") into heading the Kosovar
delegation to Rambouillet, on behalf of the ethnic Albanian majority.
The Democratic League headed by Ibrahim Rugova had been deliberately
side-stepped. The Alliance was relying on its KLA puppets (linked to
organised crime) to rubber-stamp an agreement which would have
transformed Kosovo into an occupied territory under NATO military
rule.
increase the readiness of its assigned forces "so as to make them able
to execute the operation within 48 hours".46 In other words, "peace
negotiations" had been initiated in Rambouillet (contrary to the
Vienna Convention) under the threat of impending air strikes. NATO had
granted a three weeks period to the parties meeting in Rambouillet to
conclude negotiations.
Javier Solano reaffirmed that, "if no agreement is reached by the
deadline set by the Contact Group, NATO is ready to take whatever
measures are necessary to avert a humanitarian catastrophe".47 And on
22 March 1999, NATO'S North Atlantic Council authorised"the Secretary
General to decide, subject to further consultations, on a broader
range of air operations if necessary."48 And on 23 March 1999, NATO's
Secretary General directed the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe
General Wesley Clark to initiate air operations in the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia. Air operations commenced on 24 March 1999
under the nickname "Operation Allied Force."49
Alliance has continued to build up its ground combat troops on the
Macedonian border in anticipation of an impending military invasion.
Initially NATO had envisaged a Kosovo occupation force of 50,000
troops which could be increased to 60,000 with a larger US share than
the 4,000 initially envisaged under Rambouillet.
that under Rambouillet (28,000 troops) while also enforcing all the
normative clauses of the initial Rambouillet agreement including the
"free movement" of NATO combat units throughout Yugoslavia.
international diplomacy. The Alliance hinted in May that a ground
offensive could be launched prior to reaching a "peace agreement"
sanctioned by the G8 and ratified by the United Nations Security
Council.
the beginning of the bombings) in Macedonia (of which almost half are
British), some 7000 NATO troops and "special forces" were also present
in Albania, not to mention the NATO troops stationed in
Bosnia-Herzegovina under Operation Joint Endeavour:
of that operation", said British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook. "There
are over 12,000 there already... and last weekend [14-15 May] we
committed another two and a half thousand to go there. We need to
build up - actually we need to build up now..."50.
officials estimating that "if the alliance later decides to mobilize
for a land attack ... an invasion force could number more than 150,000
soldiers."51 Prime Minister Tony Blair in a separate statement had
(without any form of parliamentary debate) confirmed the sending of
50,000 British troops as part of the 150,000 invasion force.
initiative was put forth. While the latter served to appease and
distract public opinion, it usefully provided the Alliance with a
semblance of legitimacy under the UN Charter. It also purported to
overcome the hesitation of elected politicians including German
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Italian Prime Minister Massimo
D'Alema. The US Administration also required the "rubber stamp" of the
United Nations Security Council so as to acquire the assent of the
Republican dominated Congress:
point for launching ground troops... even if Clinton and other NATO
leaders could reach a consensus on such a dramatic shift in tactics.
For now, Clinton has said he is opposed to ground troops."52
"anti-Clinton" vote) has declined to even endorse the air campaign
while signifying its refusal to authorize a "ground war" without
congressional approval. In early April, Republicans and Democrats
joined hands in the House and threw out a proposed "declaration of war
on Yugoslavia" by an overwhelming 427-2 vote.
President Clinton pointing to the blatant breach of the US
Constitution:
unconstitutionally continuing an offensive military attack by United
States Armed Forces against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia without
obtaining a declaration of war or other explicit authority from the
Congress of the United States as required by Article I, Section 8,
Clause 11 of the Constitution, and despite Congress' decision not to
authorize such action." 53
pointed to the violation of the War Powers Resolution of 1973, a
Vietnam War-era legislation which requires "the sitting President
congressional approval for the "introduction into hostilities" of the
U.S. armed forces for longer than 60 days":
1543(a)(1) of the War Powers Resolution was required to be submitted
on March 26, 1999, within 48 hours of the introduction into
hostilities in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia of United States
Armed Forces. Additionally, Plaintiffs seek a declaration that,
pursuant to Section 1544(b) of the Resolution, the President must
terminate the use of United States Armed Forces engaged in hostilities
against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia no later than sixty
calendar days after March 26, 1999. The President must do so unless
the Congress declares war or enacts other explicit authorization, or
has extended the sixty day period, or the President determines that
thirty additional days are necessary to safely withdraw United States
Armed Forces from combat.54
now consists in skilfully portraying Alliance ground troops as bona
fide "peace-keepers". Public opinion should not be deluded as to the
meaning of a G8-UN brokered diplomatic solution.
the G8 proposal (ratified by the Serbian Parliament in early June)
could include a token participation of "non-NATO forces" including
Russia and the Ukraine. While Moscow agreed in early June that all
Yugoslav forces be withdrawn from Kosovo alongside the disarmement of
the KLA, Russian envoy Viktor Chernomyrdin nonetheless insisted that
the command structure of the proposed international force be under the
control and jurisdiction of the United Nations.
President Boris Yeltsin is a Western puppet. Chernomyrdin writing in
the Washington Post had earlier warned that a continuation of the air
raids could hurt US-Russian relations: "The world has never in this
decade been so close as now to be on brink of nuclear war..." adding
that "Russia would pull out of the negotiating process if NATO
bombing, which started March 24, doesn't stop soon."55
unified NATO command structure (which was unacceptable to Moscow and
Belgrade). NATO has also stepped up the bombings as a means of
pressuring Belgrade into accepting (without prior negotiation) NATO's
"five conditions".
Marines into Kosovo from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit in the
Adriatic Sea. The Marines would be part of a so-called "Enabling
Force" prior to the moving in of a force of 50,000 troops.
Kosovo) could be formally ratified at the Cologne G7-G8 Summit in
mid-June. All G7 heads of government and heads of State together with
President Boris Yeltsin will be in attendance at Cologne in what is
hoped to be a highflown display of unity in favour of a (G8
sanctioned) NATO led invasion. NATO nonetheless warned in early June
that should the diplomatic initiative not succeed, the Alliance would
proceed with a ground invasion involving 150,000 troops....
commenced: special British, French and American forces were reported
to be advising the KLA in the conduct of ground combat operations
against regular units of the Yugoslav Army. To support this
initiative, a Republican sponsored bill was launched in the US
Congress to provide direct military aid to the KLA.
in northern Albania, where the KLA has launched a major recruitment
and training operation. According to high-ranking KLA officials, the
[British] SAS is using two camps near Tirana, the Albanian capital,
and another on the Kosovar border to teach KLA officers how to conduct
intelligence-gathering operations on Serbian positions".56 In May,
three French special forces officers wearing uniforms of the French
Armed Forces ("Parachutistes") were reported killed on the
Albania-Yugoslavia border by the Yugoslav daily Vecernje Novosti.
According to the French daily Libration, the three men were allegedly
"instructors in charge of coordinating ground war activities by the
KLA..."57.
mercenaries and other Islamic fundamentalist groups (financed inter
alia by Iran and Saudi financier Osmane Bin Laden) have been
collaborating with the KLA in the ground war.
the first shipments of hand grenades, machine-guns, assault rifles,
night vision equipment, and communications gear... Moreover, the
Iranians began sending promising Albanian and UCK [KLA] commanders for
advanced military training in al-Quds [special] forces and IRGC camps
in Iran...58.
embassy bombings "was one of several fundamentalist groups that had
sent units to fight in Kosovo, ... Bin Laden is believed to have
established an operation in Albania in 1994 ... Albanian sources say
Sali Berisha, who was then president, had links with some groups that
later proved to be extreme fundamentalists".59
staff is former Croatian Armed Forces Brigadier General Agim Ceku (an
ethnic Albanian) who is currently under investigation by the War
Crimes Tribunal in the Hague (ICTY) for his role in "summary
executions, indiscriminate shelling of civilian populations and
`ethnic cleansing' during the War in Bosnia."60
criminal as KLA chief of staff was communicated in a Press Briefing:
NATO has no direct contacts with the KLA. Who they appoint as their
leaders, that is entirely their own affair. I don't have any comment
on that whatever.61
lie. It is in overt contradiction with other Alliance statements: "I
speak regularly to Hashim Thaci, the leader of the Kosovo Liberation
Army who's in Kosovo. I spoke to him at the end of last week" said
British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook.62
now being carefully coordinated with the air campaign. Moreover, some
50 Canadian armed forces "are working with the KLA in Kosovo" to help
report "where the bombs are falling" so they can better target "where
the next bomb should go."63
Military and Professional Resources International [MPRI], a mercenary
company run by former American officers who operate with semi-official
approval from the Pentagon and played a key role in building up
Croatia's armed forces [during the War in Bosnia]."64 And General
Brigadier Agim Ceku (despite his role in "ethnic cleansing" in
Bosnia), is currently collaborating closely with the Pentagon's
mercenary outfit MPRI on behalf of the KLA.
established. With KLA leader Hashim Thaci as Prime Minister
designate, the KLA has already been promised a central role in the
formation of a "post-conflict government".
trade, NATO was also intent in bypassing the civilian Kosovo
Democratic League and its leader Ibrahim Rugova who had earlier called
for an end to the bombings. Rugova was branded as a "traitor" by the
KLA. According to Albanian state-run TV, the KLA had sentenced Rugova
to death accusing him of being "an agent of the regime in Belgrade."65
Democratic League was killed. The Serbs were blamed by NATO
spokesperson Jamie Shea for having assassinated Agani. According to
Skopje paper Makedonija Danas quoting reliable sources in Albania:
"Agani was killed... on the orders of Tirana where Thaci is located
with the members of his illegal government".66
whom it accused of the "crime" of moderation. Most recently, although
Rugova's recent meeting with Milosevic may well have been under
duress, the KLA declared Rugova a "traitor" - yet another step toward
eliminating any competitors for political power within Kosovo."67
Albanians) civilian provisional Kosovar government of President
Ibrahim Rugova. In a statement issued in April, the KLA considered the
(parallel) "parliamentary elections" organised by the Democratic
League and held in March 1998 to be invalid.
the Democratic Union Movement (LBD), a coalition of five opposition
parties opposed to Rugova's Democratic League (LDK). In addition to
the position of prime minister, the KLA controls the ministries of
finance, public order and defence. In the words of US State
Department spokesman James Foley:
transform themselves into a politically-oriented organization,'
..`[W]e believe that we have a lot of advice and a lot of help that
we can provide to them if they become precisely the kind of political
actor we would like to see them become.'68
conflict" government, the tendency is towards the installation of a
"Mafia State" with links to the drug trade. The US State Department's
position is that the KLA would "not be allowed to continue as a
military force but would have the chance to move forward in their
quest for self government under a 'different context'" meaning the
inauguration of a de facto "narco-democracy"
them in that effort of transformation, I think it's nothing that
anybody can argue with."69
intermediation of US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to
reconcile divisions between Thachi, Rugova and other ethnic Albanian
leaders "primarily with a view to strengthening its [the Alliance's]
own position in the region."70
particularly during a period of "economic slowdown". The US Congress
has approved increased budgetary allocations to finance the War in
Yugoslavia which will result in multi-billion contracts for America's
Defense industry. In turn, the War will boost the military-industrial
complex and its related high tech sectors in the US and Western
Europe. A ground war combined with a prolonged military occupation (as
in Bosnia) will prop up military spending. In turn, covert support and
financing of "freedom fighters" (extending beyond the Balkans into
Central Asia and the Middle East) will contribute to boosting the
lucrative contraband in small arms for an expanding market of
insurgent nationalist movements.
consists in establishing in Kosovo an occupied territory under Western
administration (broadly on the same model as the 1995 Dayton Agreement
imposed on Bosnia-Herzegovina).
of the Bretton Woods institutions. Article I (Chapter 4a) of the
Rambouillet Agreement stipulates that: "The economy of Kosovo shall
function in accordance with free market principles".
carried out by non-military bodies including the EU and the OSCE, with
input from the World Bank and the IMF to rebuild war-damaged
infrastructure and rehouse refugees.71
analyzed the consequences of an eventual military intervention leading
to the military occupation of Kosovo: almost a year prior to the
beginning of the War, the World Bank conducted "simulations" which
"anticipated the possibility of an emergency scenario arising out of
the tensions in Kosovo".72 The "simulations" conducted in Washington
have in fact already been translated into a panoply of "emergency
recovery loans" for Macedonia and Albania, and there is more to
come... Since the imposition of the embargo, Yugoslavia, however, is
no longer considered a member of the Bretton Woods institutions and
will not be eligible for IMF-World Bank loans until the sanctions are
lifted.
that in Bosnia, the costs of reconstruction were of the order of 50
billion dollars. Western donors initially pledged $3 billion in
reconstruction loans, yet only a meagre $518 million dollars were
granted in December 1995, part of which was tagged (under the terms of
the Dayton Peace Accords) to finance some of the local civilian costs
of the Implementation Force's (IFOR) military deployment as well as
repay debt arrears with international creditors.73
of the "free market" reforms and financed by international debt
largely purport to create a safe haven for foreign investors rather
than rehabilitate the country's economic and social infrastructure.
The IMF's lethal "economic medicine" will be imposed, the national
economy will be dismantled, European and American banks will take over
financial institutions, local industrial enterprises which have not
been totally destroyed will be driven into bankruptcy. The most
profitable State assets will be transferred into the hands of foreign
capital under the World Bank sponsored privatisation programme. In
turn, "strong economic medicine" imposed by external creditors will
contribute to further boosting a criminal economy (already implanted
in Albania and Macedonia) which feeds on poverty and economic
dislocation.
help rebuild Kosovo once the crisis is over: The International
Monetary Fund and Group of Seven industrialized countries are among
those who stand ready to offer financial help to the countries of the
region. We want to ensure proper co-ordination of aid and help
countries to respond to the effects of the crisis. This should go hand
in hand with the necessary structural reforms in the countries
affected -- helped by budget support from the international
community.74
capital will signify multi-billion contracts to multinational firms to
rebuild roads, airports and bridges which will eventually be required
(once the embargo is lifted) to facilitate the "free movement" of
capital and commodities.
European Development Bank (EBRD) as well as private creditors will
largely benefit Western mining, petroleum and construction companies
while fuelling the region's external debt well into the third
millennium. And the countries of the Balkans are slated to reimburse
this debt through the laundering of dirty money in the domestic
banking system which will be deregulated under the supervision of
Western financial institutions. Narco-dollars from the multi-billion
dollar Balkans drug trade will be recycled (through the banking
system) and channelled towards servicing the external debt as well as
"financing" the costs of "reconstruction".
Macedonia and Albania. Since the early 1990s, the IMF's reforms have
impoverished the Albanian population while spearheading the national
economy into bankruptcy. The IMF's deadly economic therapy transforms
countries into open territories. In Albania and Macedonia it has
fostered the growth of illicit trade and the criminalisation of State
institutions.
Macedonia and Albania had already occupied civilian facilities
(including hotels, schools, barracks and even hospitals) without
compensating the national governments for the use of local services.75
as those associated with the refugee crisis are now to be financed not
by the Alliance but by the national governments on borrowed money:
the crisis. The country's treasury has been emptied by the initial
efforts to help the refugees."76
Alliance to "pay war reparations" to Belgrade. However, following a
pattern set in both Vietnam and Iraq, the Alliance will no doubt
compel Belgrade "to pay for the costs" of Operation Allied Force
(including the cruise missiles and radioactive shells) as a condition
for the "normalisation of relations" and the lifting of the economic
embargo.
reparations payments, Hanoi was compelled --as a condition for the
"normalisation" of economic relations and the lifting of the US
embargo in 1994--, to recognize the "bad debts" of the defunct Saigon
regime which were largely used to finance the US War effort. By
recognizing (in a secret Paris Club agreement negotiatied in 1993) the
legitimacy of these debts, Vietnam had accepted "to pay war reparation
damages" to her former enemy.77
- - --ie. accumulated Iraqi debts including private claims against Iraq
have been carefully recorded by a special unit of the UN Security
Council. The recognition of these debts by Baghdad at some future date
will be a condition for the lifting of sanctions on Iraq.
Daily Survey, Belgrade, 23 May 1999, No. 4351.
Socialists), Bonn, 17 May 1999.
Catastrophe in Europe", Press Release, 14 May 1999).
at Bolstering Resistance to Milosevic", International Herald Tribune,
Paris, 26 May 1999.
Telegraph, London, 28 May 1999.
Commander of ground forces in Russia's Far East, quoted in The Boston
Globe, 8 April 1999
Victoria Times-Colonist. 13 May 1999, page A15. Mary-Wynne Ashford is
co-president of the Nobel Peace Prize winning IPPNW.
Toronto, 6 May 1999.
Toronto, 6 May 1999; see also Jude Wanniski, "Memo to US House
Majority Leader", Polyeconomics, New York, 10 May 1999.
German Foreign Office, January 12, 1999 to the Administrative Court of
Trier.
the Upper Administrative Court at Mnster, February 24, 1999.
Rights Monitor Offers A View From the Ground in Kosovo", The Democrat,
May 1999.
purpose of the mission was "to discuss a range of security issues with
the recent ethnic clashes in Kosovo." In Skopje, the agenda consisted
in examining security arrangements to be implemented after the
termination of United Nations UNPREDEP programme.
Headquarters, Thursday, June 11, 1998.
Fighters' Financed by Organised Crime, Ottawa, 1999.
Force", 24 March 1999, see also Financial Times, October 12, 1998.
Circuit, Filed January 23, 1996, Division No. 86-6, in Re: Oliver L.
North.
KLA, see also Radio 21 Dispatch, Tirana, February 28, 1999.
the Yugoslav conflict", Jim Lehrer News Hour, 21 May 1999.
of Columbia, Complaint for Declaratory Relief, Preliminary Statement,
District of Columbia, 27 May 1999.
Operations," Defense and Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy, London,
February 1998. Bodansky is Director of the US House Congressional Task
Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare
Sunday Times, London, 15 November 1998.
York Times, 21 March 1999.
Dispatch. 64. Sunday Telegraph, London, 18 April 1999.
Tanjug Press Dispatch, 30 May 1999.
Foreign Policy Research Institute, 7 April, 1999).
Bosnia, Covert Action Quarterly, No. 56. Spring 1996.
in The National Post, Toronto May 1999).
Transnational Foundation TFF, March 18, 1999.
IMF and World Banks Reforms, Third World Network Penang and Zed Books,
1997, chapter 8.
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From: "Jean-Guy_Aubé"
Subject: Fwd: rectificatif/conv/synd/B
Tout à l'heure j'ai faut une erreur: il faut lire CFDT Renault-Guyancourt
et pas CGT-Renault-Guyancourt. Je renvoi le tract rectifié. mille excuses.
J.
Voici l'Appel pour un "convoi syndical pour les Balkans" enrichi de
nouvelles signatures : SUD-FNAC Paris, SUD-Etudiant, Syndicat Départemental
de lEducation Nationale - 92-CGT, CGT CRVA Rhône Poulenc Rorer, Fédération
SUD-Rail, CFDT-Renault Guyancourt.
Merci pour votre soutien.
Convoi syndical pour les Balkans
c/o SUD-TMT, 23 rue de la Mare, 75020 Paris.; E-mail :
fax 01 44 62 12 43,
Arrt des bombardements,
Aider les peuples des Balkans
populations civiles déjà largement touchées par les années de guerre
larvée, et de privations provoquées notamment par les dirigeants
nationalistes serbes.
La responsabilité de l1Union Européenne et des USA via l1OTAN est écrasante
>: loin d'aider la population du Kosovo, les bombardements ont permis au
gouvernement serbe d'intensifier l'épuration ethnique et de multiplier les
massacres au Kosovo tout en réprimant les opposants serbes et en ressoudant
autour de lui la population de Serbie dans un réflexe de défense
nationaliste.
- - le retrait des troupes serbes du Kosovo, le retour des réfugiés et la
recherche d'une solution politique qui passe obligatoirement par la prise
en compte des aspirations du peuple Kosovar et le respect de son droit à
l'autodétermination dans un Kosovo pluri-culturel,
- - l1accueil des réfugiés qui le souhaitent et leur libre circulation dans
tous les pays d1Europe.
des Balkans, l'expression autonome de la société civile, des syndicats et
des associations est un élément décisif pour le maintien et le
développement de liens entre les communautés basés sur le dialogue et les
valeurs démocratiques et pour la reconstruction de solidarités et de luttes
sociales dépassant les clivages entre les peuples.
Kosovo et dAlbanie. Ces contacts seront élargis sur toutes les parties de
l1ex-Yougoslavie et des Balkans. Suite à la demande de ces syndicats (voir
les extraits de ces deux appels au verso), un convoi de matériel scolaire
partira en juin pour les camps de réfugiés dAlbanie et de la Macédoine.
Par votre soutien financier vous rendrez concrète notre solidarité. - mai
1999
ci-dessus. Chèque au nom de Secours Ouvrier pour la Bosnie , marquer au
dos : convoi syndical pour les Balkans , ou virement au C.C.P. de SOB:
38 485 85 K La Source.
Premiers signataires : SUD-PTT, SUD-Education, CGT-ONIC, SOB (Secours
ouvrier pour la Bosnie), CNT, SUD-FNAC Paris, SUD-Etudiant, Syndicat
Départemental de lEducation Nationale - 92-CGT, CGT CRVA Rhône Poulenc
Rorer, Fédération SUD-Rail, CFDT-Renault Guyancourt
dAlbanie et d'AGIM HYSENI, président de l'Union de l'Education, de la
Science et de la Culture du Kosovo
l'Education, de la Science et de la Culture du Kosovo sont membres de
l'Internationale d'Enseignement (I.E.) avec qui ils ont récemment signé un
accord de coopération. Les deux syndicats travaillent ensemble pour aider
les réfugiés du Kosovo. Ils travaillent également avec le Ministère
albanais de l'Education, pour que les enfants du Kosovo puissent commencer
une école d'été du 6 juin au 16 Août. Nous travaillons aussi pour un
programme à long terme (si les élèves sont encore en Albanie en septembre)
pour permettre de commencer la nouvelle année scolaire en septembre. Pour
faciliter notre travail, tout soutien et toute aide seraient les bienvenus,
d'Europe et du monde entier, de la part des syndicats, des O.N.G. et de
toutes les personnes intéressées à nous aider. Pour cette raison, nous
avons besoin :
1/ de matériel d'éducation pour les élèves et les enseignants ( livres,
cahiers d'exercices, craies, stylos etc.)
2/ de matériel pour les écoles maternelles et pour les enfants qui ont
besoin d'un soutien psychologique ou d'une rééducation.
3/ de matériel de bureau (ordinateurs, imprimantes, photocopieurs, tables,
tableaux etc.)
4/ de soutien financier en vue de publier un magazine pour enfants, pour
organiser des concerts, des spectacles de marionnettes et pour aider les
membres des syndicats à loger des réfugiés chez eux. Merci d'avance pour
votre coopération et votre soutien.
Respectueusement
Bajram Kruja, Agim Hyseni
Rr " Quemal Stafa " Nr. 226, Tirana, Albanie, tel : 00 355 42 283 26 695
Lettre d'ALI SHABANAJ, vice-président du syndicat " Union de l'Education,
de la Science et de la Culture du Kosovo " (SBASHK)
forcés de quitter leurs foyers au Kosovo à cause des violences du génocide
perpétré par les fascistes et paramilitaires serbes. La majorité de ces
réfugiés malgré eux a été obligée de venir en Albanie, qui est pourtant un
pays pauvre dont l'économie est en ruine. Il y a 420.000 réfugiés en
Albanie. 200.000 d'entre eux sont des élèves et des étudiants, 10.000 sont
des enseignants de toutes les disciplines et ges. Ces chiffres augmentent
tous les jours. Notre syndicat représente ces enseignants et déjà nous
organisons l'enseignement de nos enfants dans les camps de réfugiés et
ailleurs. Le premier problème est évidemment le fait que les enfants sont
traumatisés et nous devons les réconforter. Le second problème est que
l'année scolaire a été sérieusement perturbée et nous devons organiser une
" école dété " à partir du 6 juin. Notre troisième problème est que nous
devons préparer la nouvelle année scolaire qui commence en septembre. Il y
a aussi des problèmes d'assistance, comment retrouver des familles etc. Et
naturellement aucun de nous n'est payé. Nous avons aussi besoin d'avoir
nos propres locaux pour organiser notre travail.
Vous pouvez nous aider :
1/ en nous envoyant des stylos, des crayons, des tubes de peinture, du
papier, des jouets, de l'équipement sportif, des instruments de musique,
de la craie, des feutres et d'autres matériels scolaires. Par ailleurs la
plupart des camps n'ont pas d'électricité, nous espérons que cela va
changer.
2/ nous avons besoin aussi d'équipements scolaires pour tous ges, tables,
chaises, tableaux noirs, tampons, des salles de classe fixes ou mobiles.
3/ des livres en Albanais, le gouvernement albanais n'est pas en mesure de
les imprimer.
4/ il nous faudrait aussi des personnels pour des périodes courtes ou
longues. Nous avons besoin, en particulier de conseillers spécialement
formés, nous n'en avons que quatre en Albanie. Des enseignants, des
surveillants, des groupes de thétre et autres qui peuvent nous aider pour
monter notre école d'été sont invités à nous rejoindre. Ils doivent
subvenir à leurs besoins, ils doivent avoir leur propres tentes, matériel
de cuisine etc.
5/ de la nourriture de toute sorte pour nos syndiqués et les enfants.
6/ pour nos bureaux, nous avons besoin de téléphones, faxes, ordinateurs,
imprimantes, de logiciels. Pour faire marcher nos bureaux il nous faut
500DM (approximativement : 1700 Fr.) par mois.
sincèrement vôtre
Ali Shabanaj
reçu le 18/5/1999
From: "Jean-Guy_Aubé"
Subject: Fwd: [enlacecivil-l] INDIGENA
Habitantes del municipio de Tila destruyeron oficinas de la alcalda de ese
lugar, en protesta porque cuatro policas de Seguridad Pblica estatal y
municipal detuvieron a Cándido Arcos Torres quien murió mientras era
trasladado a consecunecia del maltrato y los golpes que le propinaron los
agentes del orden.
la polica agredió a golpes y macanazos a Arcos Torres, "al grado de
destriparle los testculos", por lo que pidieron "todo el castigo de la
ley" en contra de los presuntos agentes homicidas.
domingo pasado en la cabecera municipal de Tila 18:00 horas, agentes
policiacos recibieron un llamado de auxilio para detener a Cándido Arcos
Torres, miembro de la organización Abux, (ligada al EZLN), quien en
"estado de ebriedad" provocaba "escándalos" en va pblica.
hacia las instalaciones de la polica, pero en el trayecto sufrió una
"cada" producto de un "desmayo", lo que posteriormente le provocó la
muerte.
sustrajeron documentos del archivo municipal y "saquearon" oficinas de
obras pblicas y la del alcalde, y tomaron radios de comunicación.
Al salir del edificio quemaron una camioneta de la policia de Seguridad
Pblica.
para dar fe del fallecimiento de Arcos Torres, los manifestantes lo
retuvieron durante tres horas. Exigan que a la vctima no se le practicara
la necropsia, pero ese lunes se le practicó en el
municipio de Yajalón.
Jess Montejo Nñez y Lázaro Pérez López, acusados del delito de homicidio.
detenidos la semana pasada acusados de ser militantes zapatistas y de haber
organizado un bloqueo de un camino rural, aseguró que las constantes
incursiones del Ejército y la polica estatal aumentaron a partir de mayo
en las comunidades con presencia del EZLN para hostigarlas" y "sembrar el
miedo".
polica y el Ejército federal intensificaron los patrullajes, retenes e
incursiones a comunidad con el propósito de "reactivar y organizar" a los
grupos paramilitares ligados al PRI que operan en la zona norte.
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HOSTIGAMIENTO MILITAR E INCURSIONES EN LA SELVA LACANDONA
entraron este domingo. Se desplegaron por todo el pueblo y catearon algunas
casas mientras los campesinos simpatizantes zapatistas se retiraron a los
montes cercanos para evitar un enfrentamiento. "Estuvieron varias horas y
se fueron en la tarde de regreso a El Calvario donde tienen hay un
campamento militar con 300 efectivos del Ejercito. No los queremos aqui, no
sabemos que va a pasar si vuelven porque no nos vamos a ir", sennalo Jose
Raul representante zapatista entrevistado en Zapotal, comunidad distante a
tres horas a pie de San Jose.
ARIC-Independiente,sennalo que "a pesar de los rumores de que el Ejercito
tambien quiere entrar a nuestro pueblo no abandonaremos nuestras casas.
Vamos a resistir porque no queremos que los militares se instalen aqui. En
asamblea tomamos un acuerdo con toda la comunidad de que entre todos nos
vamos resistir pacificamente".
patrullajes sobre el poblado Las Tazas, en ambas poblaciones el EZLN tiene
una fuerte presencia. Ubicada en la region de Amador Hernandez, San Jose es
una comunidad cercada, por un lado por el campamento militar de El Calvario
y por el otro el de San Caralampio. En la cannada Taniperla hay campamentos
militares en Monte Libano y Taniperla.Las cannadas de Patihuitz y de La
Soledad cuentan con cuarteles y campamentos militares en San Quintin, La
Soledad, La Sultana y La Garruchala. En la region de la Tazas hay tres
campamentos militares. Cada 20 kilometros hay un cuartel militar y varios
puestos de control del Ejercito.
cerca de Nueva Estrella, otro en Montelibano y un tercero en Taniperla. En
este ultimo lugar, la revision del vehiculo la realizan policias de
Seguridad Publica. "estamos buscando bebidas embriagantes", contesta el
comandante policiaco cuando se le pregunta porque realizan una labor que se
supone debe hacer el Ejercito mexicano. "Es que trabajamos en
coordinacion", sennalo el soldado encargado de anotar los nombres de los
viajeros.
Jornada protegidos por la noche para no ser identificados por los
paramilitares priistas que operan ahi ni por los soldados que ocupan desde
hace un anno, los terrenos de la escuela primaria. En una calle oscura
Abelardo, un viejo campesino zapatista, denuncio que el 2 y el 3 de junio
fueron detenidos dos simpatizantes del EZLN del ejido El Censo. "A las tres
de la mannana llegaron 3 camiones de Seguridad Publica a esa comunidad y
detuvieron a Miguel Hernandez Santiz. Iban con ellos un grupo de priistas
paramilitares de Taniperla. La quitaron dos radios de banda civil que
tenia.
testimonios de los dos detenidos: Miguel y Joaquin Hernandez Sanchez, su
primo. Miguel recordo: "los policias de Seguridad Publica entraron a mi
casa en la madrugada, destruyeron mis cosas, me golpearon y me insultaron.
A puras groserias me acusaron de ser zapatista y que por eso me iban a
llevar. Cuando mi mama vio esto estaba llorando y la agarraron a cachetadas
para que se callara"
Don Abelardo, fuma aspiro rapido su cigarrillo para que la luz no delatara
su presencia. En ese momento denuncio que los soldados recorren las calles
molestando a las mujeres. "Cada tarde, 6 camiones de Seguridad Publica
patrullan El Censo y en el camino hacia Taniperla interrogan a los
campesinos y les preguntan de que organizacion son, sin son zapatistas. En
los patrullajes van revueltos los paramilitares, encabezados por Pedro
Chulin Jimenez y los policias de Seguirdad Publica".
despues de alumbrar con su lampara a los reunidos y contarlos, preguntaron
para disimular: "no saben donde venden cerveza?", eso que iban de uniforme
y estaban en activo dentro del pueblo.
Libano se puede ver una advertencia escrita: "La Selva nos pertenece:
Agrupamiento Mendoza del Ejercito mexicano", junto a ella esta pintada la
imagen de un tigre con un casco.
Los soldados advirtieron a los indigenas que ahi viven: "retirense de la
selva, busquen otro lugar donde vivir porque el Ejercito va entrar a la
reserva de Montes Azules", denuncio Manuel Lopez, promotor de derechos
humanos de esta region. "Sabemos que el gobierno nos quiere desalojar pero
nunca vamos a salir de la tierra que nos pertenece", respondieron los
pobladores, segun Manuel.
gente esta llegando a La Garrucha -sede del municipio autonomo Francisco
Gomez- por si el Ejercito quiere entrar". Por su parte, hasta la tarde de
hoy, las tropas militares continuaban concentrandose en el cuartel
instalado a la entrada de ese pueblo.
Montes Azules, corazon de la Selva Lacandona, retaguardia geografica de la
guerrilla. Segun el Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Lorenzo de la Nada, el
objetivo seria "cerrar el cerco militar en contra de las posiciones
zapatistas y obligar a los pueblos que apoyan al grupo armado a un exodo de
la selva".
policias han incursionado o realizado operativos en las poblaciones de San
Jose, El Censo y Taniperla. Los representantes zapatistas de Zapotal que
pertenecen al municipio autonomo Ricardo Flores Magon, denunciaron tambien
los ataques a las comunidades de Nazareth y Francisco Villa.
Hidalgo, Zapotal y San Jeronimo, y de que de continuar con los operativos
militares puedan ocurrir enfrentamientos entre zapatistas y los soldados.
Perla y de San Miguel, desmintieron que realicen bloqueos o mantengan
retenes en los caminos. "Hay paso normal, no es cierto que estemos
impidiendo el paso, son pretextos que utiliza el gobierno para atacar a los
pueblos que apoyamos la lucha del EZLN". En diversas comunidades de los
municipios autonomos que visito La Jornada, como Francisco Gomez, San
Manuel y Ricardo Flores Magon los zapatistas negaron que existan dichos
retenes.
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Subject: CMI informa 3
N 3. LA COMISION DEL MANIFIESTO INTERNACIONALISTA INFORMA:
[ Para adhesiones al Manifiesto Internacionalista o informaciones dirigirse
a contracorriente: vallseca@arrakis.es ]
conseiller communal PCB (1971-1994)
BELGIQUE
Web : http://gallery.uunet.be/Roger.ROMAIN/
E-mail : Roger.ROMAIN@village.uunet.be
YUGOSLAVIA, violando la Carta de las Naciones-Unidas y todas las
convenciones internacionales, para llegar a imponer un verdadero diktat y la
ocupacion militar de KOSOVO !
bellos paises de Europa, toda su infrastructura destruida, decenas de
billones de euros de destrucciones, centenares de miles de KOSOVARES
lanzados masivamente a las carreteras como consecuencia del principio de los
bombardeos (igual que durante el exode de 1940!), la misma ONU arrinconada
con la complicidad de su secretario general : que clamor de indignacion
mundial hubiera habido por parte de ciertos "progresistas", "democratas",
defensores de la "Libertad" y de los "derechos del hombre", si une barbarie
criminelle asi hubiera sido cometida por la 'URSS en tiempos en que los
comunistas detentaban aun el poder y su "dictatura" en su pays!
ellos tambien los bombardeos "humanitarios" por parte de los
norteamericano-occidentales. Cuando no imponen bloqueos y embargos
economicos, envian sus bombas y proyectiles para convencer a los pueblos de
la justeza de su politica de conquistas neo-colonialistas e imperialistas.
Esto es el nuevo orden mundial capitalista al cual debemos oponernos hoy.
politica cinica, hipocrita y criminal.
OTAN, por supuesto no juzgara a TODOS los criminales de guerra. En cuanto a
la SOCIAL-DEMOCRACIA europea, y a su lado los ministros comunistas en
Francia e Italia, los ministros ecologistas en Italia, en Francia y en
Alemania, ha jugado tambien un papel primordial y repugnante al lado de
CLINTON, BLAIR, CHIRAC, SCHROEDER y otros D'ALEMA que no sera olvidado por
todos los trabajadores.
enviando vuestro acuerdo a Contracorriente : vallseca@arrakis.es
De: magellan@netrio.com.br
CC: A Luta Continua
Fecha: martes 8 de junio de 1999 17:56
Asunto: RE: El magiar se hace pasar por comunista !
>Compañeros:
>Cumple acrecer a la información del compañero Marko Ajdaric (abajo) que las
>opiniones expuestas por el señor Tibor Raboczkay ni siquiera reflejan la
>posición del Partido Verde del Brasil, sección de So Paulo (PV/SP), al
cual
>pertenece, mientras con frecuencia deja que otros as la confundan.
>Además, hace algunas semanas, en listas brasileñas, él ya hizo alabanzas al
>antiguo regente de Hungra Miklós Horthy, que fue el más leal aliado de
>Hitler, más que Mussolini, que los otros gobiernos tteres de Europa
>Oriental, que Franco o que el régimen colaboracionista de Vichy, y a su
>tiempo estableció cuotas de trabajo contra los judos magiares. No
>obstante, el señor Tibor encierra sus mensajes con consignas contra el
racismo.
>Saludos, Roberto Magellan
- -----Original Message-----
De: Marko Ajdaric
Para: vallseca@arrakis.es
Fecha: martes 8 de junio de 1999 19:23
Asunto: En: [listapt] RE: El magiar se hace pasar por comunista !
>(confirman las dudas sobre el muy suspechoso señor 2)
>bien, el Magellan ya lo hice pasar a manos tuyas
>-----Mensagem original-----
>De: magellan@netrio.com.br
>Para: contracorriente
>Cc: A Luta Continua
>
>Data: Terça-feira, 8 de Junho de 1999 13:58
>Assunto: [listapt] RE: El magiar se hace pasar por comunista !
>c/o RKL, PF 325, 1060 Wien
>Austria
>Tel/Fax +43 1 504 00 10
>ilc@comports.com
>Quienes son los criminales
>Llamado de la Corriente Leninista Internacional contra la persecución de
>las fuerzas antiimperialistas de Italia
>Los dirigentes polticos de Italia, esclavos de los militaristas
>norteamericanos y cómplices del masacre contra los pueblos yugoslavos,
>quieren utilizar el asesinato cometido por las autodenominadas Brigadas
>Rojas" (BR) para lavarse de su culpa y presentarse como vctimas de
>terroristas criminales".
>La desvergenza no tiene lmites!
>Con el pretexto de la persecución de los terroristas" el gobierno de D
>Alema ha desencadenado en toda Italia una ola de represión contra la
>izquierda revolucionaria. Cientos de perquisiciones contra obreros,
>empleados, desocupados, estudiantes y militantes destacados en la lucha
>contra la agresión de la OTAN a Yugoslavia. Con el aplauso de Fini y
>Berlusconi el gobierno de centro izquierda quiere acallar los sectores más
>activos del movimiento contra la guerra sucia.
>La ola represiva está acompañada de una campaña de terrorismo sicológico
>por los periódicos y la televisión. Se publca cualquier clase de calumnias
y
>mentiras con el fin de levantar el sospecho que detrás de cada militante
>antiimperialista está un terrorista.
>En particular la Corriente Leninista Internacional (CLI), su sección
>italiana Voce Operaia (Voz Obrera) y el movimiento contra la guerra en
>Umbra se ha vuelto la el blanco preferido de la campaña represiva del
>gobierno. En los periódicos y la televisión se ha afirmados que
>* las BR se han fundado en Umbra en una reunión con Austriacos y Alemanes
>* la dirección de las BR está en Umbra
>* en Umbra se organizan campos paramilitares antiimperialistas.
>El portavoz de la OTAN Jamie Shea se ha atrevido a afirmar que unos
>elementos subversivos ya han viajado demasiado a Belgrado para hacer
>alusión que estos camaradas junto con los servicios secretos de Yugoslavia
son los
>culpables de los atentados.
>Hemos llegado otra vez al punto donde a través de las mentiras y la
>imputación se quiere oprimir a los que, lejos de haber elegido la
>clandestinidad, luchan de cara abierta y en pblico contra el sistema
>capitalista, el gobierno y los partidos esclavos de los EE.UU. y las
>empresas multinacionales.
>Contra esta campaña sucia de calumnias!
>Contra todos los intentos de criminalización de la oposición
>anticapitalista!
>Contra el gobierno de la guerra y las mentiras!
>Roma-Viena, 3 de Junio 1999
From:
Subject: Lettre pour la Paix a Chretien
Dear Friends,
Welcome to this Anti War - Peace Now Electronic Chain Letter. We are
writing this letter in the hope of connecting with the many people who
are opposed to Canada continuing to support the NATO war in the Balkans.
Day
after day we all witness the real war against people, communities and the
environment on TV news broadcasts. At the same time the unreal movie war,
Star Wars, and the replays of Independence Day are being shown on North
American networks. Is this an intentional numbing of our society that
allows us to accept the continuing horror of the real war?
event
with no way of demanding why we are there in the first place, and what is
the accountability and social responsibility of our political leadership
for
the role they have played and are continuing to play within the NATO
alliance.
Foreign Minister Mr. Axworthy to cease and desist the aggressive military
role of Canada in NATO, and to instead become leaders for peace, and to
create every opportunity for peace. Having peace also means a commitment
to
give long term meaningful support in the reconstruction of the physical,
economic and social structure in Yugoslavia and the Balkans.
them and the communities that have been obliterated by all sides of this
deadly conflict. We grieve as well for those voices in Yugoslavia and
Balkans whose efforts and dreams for a truly democratic open society and
harmonious
peaceful relationships have been shattered by the militarism on all sides.
copies to Mr. Axworthy and Mr. Eggleton. Change it as you see fit. Please
send it on to another 10 people and ask them to do the same. Remember 100
people connecting to another 10 people is 1,000 people and those 1,000
connecting to another 10 people each is 10,000 and so on.
settlement hanging in the balance. We echo the words of special Russian
envoy Victor Chernomyrdim that it is impossible to talk peace with bombs
falling. We have to ask the Canadian government leadership to cease and
desist in this continuing descent into a military conflagation of
undescribable human and
environmental destruction - and to call for an immediate cessation of any
forms of hostility by NATO and an immediate return alongside the United
Nations to working out a lasting and permanent peace settlement.
Usiskin, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
others that you are in contact with and ask them to send the following
letter to Prime Minister Chretien.
Dear Prime Minster Chretien,
We are writing you as ordinary Canadian citizens concerned deeply that the
moment for peace in the Balkans could be lost.
the NATO war in Yugoslavia. We want you to play a constructive role in
suspending all NATO hostilities in order to create a positive moment for
peaceful negotiations. We echo Viktor Chenomyrdin's words in the
Washington
Post that it is "impossible to talk peace with the bombs falling"
for peace as has, for example, Greece which is also a member of NATO.
NATO'S relentless efforts to destroy the infra-structure, people and
communities of Yugoslavia; the long-term destruction of the environment of
the Balkans including the unleashing of radioactive particles through the
use of uranium depleted armaments; the placement of land mines which will
cause continuing destruction after the formal war is over, the sidelining
of the United Nations as a tool for peace, blatant violations of
international law international law; you and other Canadian leaders,
because of your role in mounting the NATO attack, being charged with war
crimes by an
international group of jurists -- we ask you to please on behalf of the
Canadian people to speak out against the destruction and to act in
building
peaceful alternatives.
military attacks as NATO is carrying out in the Balkans. The CBC studios
in
downtown Toronto would have been blown up. All the electricity and power
generators for Ottawa would have been destroyed. The major Highway 401
bridge leading into Montreal would have been bombed. The Pickering Nuclear
Plant would be bombed with catastrophic environmental damage, the cross
Canada CP And CN rail lines would be destroyed and so on. Indeed, it is
hard for us to imagine the level of destruction in Yugoslavia and Balkans,
but we do know that there are people and communities at the end of those
bombs and cruise missiles.
negotiations and a peaceful settlement - to recognize that peaceful
options cannot be pursued as bombs are falling. WE THEREFORE ASK YOU TO
CALL
FOR AN END TO THE BOMBING SO THAT THE PRESENT NEGOTIATIONS
FOR A PEACE SETTLEMENT CAN BE CONCLUDED.
term meaningful support in the reconstruction of the physical, economic
and social structure in Yugoslavia and the Balkans.
United Nations as the primary organization for enforcing and supporting
relations between nations throughout the world, and will adhere to
international laws and convenants regarding relationships between nations
and communities globally.
Your name, organization, address.
To contact Art Eggleton eggleton.a@parl.gc.ca
To contact Lloyd Axworthy axworthy.l@parl.gc.ca
To contact Alexa McDonough mcdonough.a@parl.gc.ca
To contact Svend Robinson robinson.s@parl.gc.ca
To contact Gilles Duceppe duceppe.g@parl.gc.ca
To contact Joe Clark pcinfo@pcparty.ca
To contact Preston Manning manning.p@parl.gc.ca
614B 10th Street East
Saskatoon, SK
S7H 0G9
fax: (306) 668-2516
email: outreach@link.ca
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From:
Subject: Reporters sur le Kosovo
Media analysis, critiques and news reports
Media Advisory:
Was Rambouillet Another Tonkin Gulf?
to thwart the Rambouillet peace talks in France in order to provide a
"trigger" for NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia.
reportedly knew about this plan to stymie the Kosovo peace talks, but
did not inform their readers or viewers.
FAIR's May 14 media advisory, "Forgotten Coverage of Rambouillet
Negotiations," ( http://www.fair.org/press-releases/kosovo-solution.html
asked whether the media had given the full story on Rambouillet. News
reports almost universally blamed the failure of negotiations on Serbian
intransigence. The headline over a New York Times dispatch from Belgrade
on March 24 - the first day of the bombing - read "U.S. Negotiators
Depart, Frustrated By Milosevic's Hard Line."
U.S. negotiators, not the Serbs, who blocked an agreement.
Department Yugoslavia desk officer, reports:
State Madeleine Albright told this [writer] that, swearing reporters to
deep-background confidentiality at the Rambouillet talks, a senior State
Department official had bragged that the United States 'deliberately set
the bar higher than the Serbs could accept.' The Serbs needed, according
to the official, a little bombing to see reason."
In other words, the plan for Kosovo autonomy drafted by State Department
officials was intentionally crafted to provoke a rejection from Serb
negotiators. In his Nation article, Kenney compares this plan to the
Gulf of Tonkin incident.
foreign policy aide to Senate Republicans, reported in a May 18 speech
at the Cato Institute in Washington that he had it "on good authority"
that a "senior Administration official told media at Rambouillet, under
embargo" the following:
need some bombing, and that's what they are going to get."
actual quotes transcribed by reporters who spoke with a U.S. official.
They declined to give the names or affiliations of the reporters.
create a pretext for NATO's war on Yugoslavia - but did not report on it
- - raises serious questions about the independence of mainstream news
organizations.
opportunities for peace that may have been overlooked.
( mailto:SAckerman@fair.org ).
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From:
Subject: Sans papiers
From:marc@info.unicaen.fr
DEMANDE DE GRACE PRESIDENTIELLE
POUR LA LIBERATION DES SANS-PAPIERS
EN PRISON POUR DEFAUT DE PAPIER
emprisonnes seulement pour defaut de papiers (plus de 3000) a l'occasion
du
14 juillet, et pour entrer dignement dans l'an 2000.
- - Il y a eu le rassemblement mondial de la jeunesse sous la direction du
pape qui a parle de fraternite entre tous les peuples. Ces millions de
jeunes seraient venus de si loin pour rien ? N'avons nous rien a leur
montrer ?
racisme, ce ne peut etre encore une fois que des mots !!!
- - Il y a eu le 150eme anniversaire de l'abolition de l'esclavage (dont
furent victimes des millions d'innocents africains). Cet anniversaire ne
peut rester qu'une fete a l'Assemblee nationale, ou qu'un monument erige
sur un parc. Un geste a la hauteur de cette commemoration est de redonner
la liberte a leurs descendants retenus en prison pour avoir voulu venir
travailler, dans l'ultime but d'envoyer l'argent au pays d'ou ils
viennent,
pour venir nous defendre, et en mourir par dizaines de milliers.
l'on n'a pas demande de visa d'entree ni de carte de sejour pour venir
nous
defendre et en mourir par dizaine de milliers.
Droits
de l'Homme et de notre pays ou elle est nee, faire un pas en avant ne
permettrait-il pas de faire faire un pas en avant a tous les autres pays
ou
ils ne sont pas respectes ? En effet, les plus sages des fracais nous ont
appris au cours de notre histoire que l'exemple etait la seule forme
d'autorite avec resultats (et non pas les conseils ou critiques)
transformant en grande puissance mondiale.
COORDINATION NATIONALE DES SANS-PAPIERS,
94 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud
75011 Paris
Fax: 01 43 57 57 88
Nom Prenom Adresse Profession Signature
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Un des grevistes de la faim de Cologne arrete.
From:marc@info.unicaen.fr
> droits des refugies et des immigres qui ont occupe le bureau des Verts a
> Cologne, vient d'etre arrete alors qu'il se rendait a une reunion.
> L'arrestation a eu lieu sur le Lichtendorf-Sud (A1 Direction Norden). Il
> est garde a vue a vue Kamen. Il est a craindre qu'il ne soit demain
> defere dans la prison de deportation de Buren.
> protestation au ministre de l'interieur du Nordrhein-Westfalen (Dr
> Behrens). N 0211 8713355. Priere d'en envoyer copie a l'Association
> Internationale des Droits de l'Homme - Bremen.
> a mort.
> le plus actif possible. Donner libre cours a votre imagination.
> Organisez des actions de protestation, maintenant ! ! !
> (0049) 171 / 71 88 982 - (0049) 171 / 1609993
> Tel: 00421) 5577093 au cas ou ces numeros seront provisoirement
> inaccessibles.
> http://www.humanrights.de/
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From: "Jorge Valera"
Subject: Pathfinder email
Merci d'avance.
From: "nath"
Subject: HRW Letter to Security Council re Kosovo
Council outlining the organization's views on the pending peace deal for
Kosovo. The organization stressed the need for human rights protection
and accountability if the settlement is to be lasting and just.
Particularly important, the letter says, are:
- - a strong human rights monitoring mechanism with public reporting
- - the safe and sustainable return of refugees
- - cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for Former
Yugoslavia
- - fostering democratic institutions
For the full text of the letter, please see the HRW website at:
http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/kosovo98/index.htm
From: "nath"
Subject: THE NEXT PURGE
before a peace agreement may herald the latest political cleansing.
Kosovo, two prominent associates of Slobodan Milosevic departed the Serbian
political scene in a move which political analysts here believe may herald
yet another purge.
individuals in Serbia during the past decade. Until last month they were
both trusted members of the Yugoslav president's inner circle. Now they are
casualties of a reshuffle of the Belgrade establishment as Milosevic seeks
to reassert his authority within Serbia. A deep purge may be in the offing.
critical of the Milosevic regime, he transformed himself into one of the
Yugoslav President's most loyal lieutenants and held a succession of top
posts in the administration.
cornerstone of the Milosevic regime--at the end of 1992 and immediately set
about purging the institution, either dismissing journalists deemed
unsuitable by the authorities or obliging them to take forced leave.
independent union among RTS employees impossible. The independent
union--which at the time would have been the first in Serbia-aimed to
introduce a professional code of conduct for journalists, including
objective and accurate reporting.
(SPS) where he became chief whip of the SPS parliamentary group. In this
capacity, he became the Yugoslav president's chief liaison with the
Montenegrin authorities.
Serbia's business and cultural life. One of the country's so-called
"tycoons", he was chief executive of Telecom Serbia, president of
Yugoslavia's Volleyball Association and friend and business partner to all
of Serbia's new rich.
by unknown assassins. These include Radivoje Nikcevic, director of the
Sumadija housing association, Radovan Stojicic-Badza, chief of Serbian
police, and Zoran Todorovic, a leading official of Yugoslav Left (JUL), the
political party of Milosevic's wife Mirjana Markovic. None of the murders
has been resolved.
the chief whip of the SPS parliamentary group. Then, in May, RTS reported
that he had been sacked from Serbia Telecom, for allegedly leaving the
country during the NATO bombing campaign.
in Salonika in Greece with the country's volleyball team. But he has not
been reinstated.
dismissed, was originally a popular writer of children's books, aphorisms,
and television drama. He won notoriety in the early 1990s for coining the
phrase "the happening of people" to describe the mass protest meetings
staged by Milosevic to pressurise the leaderships of Vojvodina and
Montenegro into resigning so that he could install new governments willing
to do his bidding.
when he was appointed editor-in-chief of arts and cultural programming at
SRT. Although aspiring to become director-general of the organisation, he
never reached this position and has now fallen from grace and been
dismissed.
regime searching for scapegoats and needing to confirm new internal
alliances, they may not be the last.
been concealed.
From: "Jean-Guy_Aubé"
Subject: Fwd: (act-mtl-d) Fwd: Invitat
global Campaign for Equity-Restorative Justice (CERJ) email distribution
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From: "Jean-Guy_Aubé"
Subject: Fwd: convoi syndical:on part
c/o SUD-TMT, 23 rue de la Mare, 75020 Paris.; E-mail :
fax 01 44 62 12 43,
tonnes (70 mètres cubes de volume de chargement !!!).
Le camion va partir impérativement pour l'Albanie et la Macédoine le 16
JUIN, chargement le 15 à Gennevilliers.
La Poste fournit des tableaux, des feutres et des ordinateurs, on achetera
des cahiers, on a le chargement des groupes des femmes,
Le camion s'arrtera en Italie (et peut tre en France) pour charger les
collectes des assocs.
ALORS a VOS CHEQUES,ou/et don du materiel scolaire (en palettes si
possible).
juin à 18h à SUD-Education, 30bis rue des Boulets, métro: rue des Boulets
From: "nath"
Subject: Occupation Is Not Liberation
to Belgrade by international mediators Martti Ahtisaari and Viktor
Chernomyrdin on behalf of the United States, the European Union and Russia,
which, however good or bad it may be, was adopted by the Serbian parliament
and the Yugoslav president, has failed to bring peace and the NATO bombing
of Serbia continued. Hence a question of what is the essence of the plan
delivered to Belgrade by Ahtisaari and Chernomyrdin, and what has hindered
implementation of the document adopted by all parties to the conflict,"
President of the Democratic Party of Serbia Vojislav Kostunica said at a
press conference on June 7.
Kosovo, outlined by the U.S., EU and Russia. Effectively, the plan contains
demands set by countries involved in the aggression, accompanied by everyday
mass destruction and massacres and most blatant violation of the
humanitarian law. The core of this plan is made up of the well known NATO
conditions which the wrapping, Russia's participation in particular, is
supposed to cover. The plan brought to Belgrade by Ahtisaari and
Chernomyrdin is less favourable to Serbia than the Rambouillet agreement,
because it contains no elements of Serbia's authority in Kosovo, the
Yugoslav army presence is minimal and planned within the second phase of the
implementation process, while there are no time limits for the NATO
occupation of Kosovo.
the existing ones, it also made another decision - to occupy the unoccupied
part of the Balkans and, after the cessation of Cold War and the collapse of
communism, dig the deepest and most durable military trenches in Europe. In
other words, the U.S. would like to keep the existing and build new military
bases in Europe. Contracts Washington has signed with NATO's old and newly
fledged members (Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary) or impatient candidates
for the membership of NATO are still less disadvantageous than inconclusive
agreements with ill-defined timing, which made it possible for the alliance
to enter Bosnia, Albania and Macedonia, and which will enable it to come to
Kosovo tomorrow.
The outcome of such American plans could have been less detrimental to us
had the complex Kosovo issue been tackled at all over the past ten years.
Unfortunately, that was not the case, which the ease with which the Serbian
parliament and the Yugoslav president adopted the plan testifies to. The
U.S., European and Russian envoys devoted more time to the Kosovo issue than
Serbia's highest representative body. The extension of this war, that is
killing, would place Serbia in a situation, in which the very physical
survival of its people and fragments of its sovereignty that still can be
saved, would be brought into question.
evil today, and its name is American hegemony. Neither Europe nor Russia or
China are ready or able to resist it today. Among others, former U.S.
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger tried to point out the scope of that evil
by saying:"Europe must insist on an independent foreign policy to escape the
influence of the U.S. hegemony."
Serbia proper is choosing between two evils today, while tomorrow, it may be
deprived of a chance to choose at all. Having this in mind, things are to be
called by their names for the sake of present and future generations, and
the whole wide world that watched the destruction of a European country
going on before its very eyes. The NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, that is
Serbia, which bore the full brunt of the war, is nothing but an illegal and
brutal act in light of the international law. NATO committed countless
crimes during its bombing campaign, turning a blind eye to the international
norms and the Geneva Conventions in particular. The plan brought to Belgrade
by Ahtisaari and Chernomyrdin is not a peace plan, but rather a plan for
occupation or a pure ultimatum. The acceptance of such a plan is a kind of
surrender, because Serbia will lose control of part of its territory,
Kosovo. Serbia will also lose sovereignty over the rest of its territory out
of Kosovo, since the Ahtisaari-Chernomyrdin plan provides that Yugoslavia's
anti-aircraft defense has to withdraw from a 25-km mutual security zone,
while a buffer zone will be defined, behind which the Yugoslav and Serbian
forces are to pull out.
both materially and spiritually, but only without any self-deception over
the true nature of the ostensible peace plan. Both the ruling and opposition
political parties have greatly contributed to that self-deception with
their, ostensibly different but in fact identical, claims that "sovereignty
and territorial integrity of Yugoslavia and the role of the United Nations
are finally restored," (the Socialist Party of Serbia) and that "a great day
has come for Serbia" (the Serbian Renewal Movement). They also say that our
fist duty, apart from the fact that the war is not over yet and that the
country is completely demolished, is to revoke the state of war and schedule
elections (the Alliance for Change). Despite such irresponsible statements,
the Serbs can and must survive the U.S. occupation without any illusions
about its true nature, just like they survived the Ottoman conquests. Those
hiding the facts and celebrating the occupation as liberation, act just like
the Serbs glorifying the values of the Ottoman rule, whose notorious name of
"poturica" (converts to Islam) is still remembered.
minor concretisations concerning the Yugoslav army's withdrawal from Kosovo.
After a lot of futile diplomacy and Washington's attempts to impose its well
known Bosnian model for occupation upon everyone, Moscow in the first place,
which means "SFOR on the surface (that is KFOR in the Kosovo case) and NATO
within," the version of the plan that arrived in Belgrade was hastily
prepared and remained inconclusive in many aspects, but in a way that
Washington may make the best use of tomorrow. Thus, the plan says that "an
international security presence, with fundamental participation by NATO,
must be placed under unified command and control." In a footnote published
by Reuters, the Americans interpreted "unified command" as the NATO command,
while the Russians refuted such an explanation.
officials wished once again to turn the things upside down. They wanted a
withdrawal agreement between the Yugoslav Army and NATO to be made first,
instead of making an appropriate Security Council resolution in the first
place, which would place, at least formally and symbolically, the
international force in Kosovo under the U.N. auspices.
military and technical agreement was that the Yugoslav Army insisted that
guarantees be given as to both a period of time the army needed for the
pull-out and the Albanian terrorists' possible attacks on the army, the
wounded and a significant number of civilians expected to follow the
Yugoslav military. Washington supports the KLA both politically and
militarily, and, according to a statement by the head of the U.S. Chiefs of
Staff, Henry Shelton, it also refuses to disarm the Albanian terrorists.
What happened to the former Yugoslav People's Army in Slovenia, Croatia and
Bosnia must be prevented at any cost. Recall the Bosnian war, when, on May
3, 1991, in Sarajevo, in Dobrovoljacka Street, forces controlled by Alija
Izetbegovic, the then chairman of the Bosnian presidency, attacked a
retreated Yugoslav army convoy, even though Izetbegovic guaranteed a
Canadian general in charge that the Yugoslav soldiers would enjoy full
security.
subsequently celebrated by part of our political public, U.S. officials made
it perfectly clear again that the genuine goal of their initiatives, both
peaceful and offensive, was that Kosovo should become a U.S.-controlled part
of Serbia, and that the least possible number of Serbs should remain in the
province. The fact that the U.S. occupation of Kosovo, that is part of
Serbia, will be wrapped in the NATO and U.N. flags is of no significance
whatsoever.
rhetoric, were unveiled by the Pentagon spokesman, Kenneth Bacon, who,
suffering from either superfluous cynicism or the lack of sanity, said that
"Serbian civilians will probably flee Kosovo along with the Serbian troops,"
since "Kosovo is not going to be a very happy place for the Serbs." He
underlined that the Serbian refugees will be allowed to "return to Serbia,"
thereby treating the Kosovo citizens as U.S. subjects.
when the Serbs were exiled from Krajina. Their exodus was not considered a
humanitarian problem at the time, nor had anyone thought of dropping bombs
on Croatia to enable the Serbs to return to their homes. Those, almost
identical statements, confirmed it would have been much less ethic tensions
and conflicts in the Balkans if they had not been stirred up and invigorated
by Washington's military and political strategists.
establishment of peace at the G8 meetings, as well as those in the Security
Council and those held by military experts, will justify its name, at least
partly and formally, and bring an end to the NATO barbarism in Serbia, and
at least some safety and calm to the army and people in Kosovo.
Tel: (381 11) 182 535; 183 525; 638 013; 328 2886
Fax: (381 11) 328 1793
From: "Jean-Guy_Aubé"
Subject: Sans papiers
From:marc@info.unicaen.fr
l'initiative contre la politique xenophobe de Jospin et occupe sur tous les
fronts.
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13h, le Collectif Anti-Expulsions deploie une grande banderolle devant la
Saint-Chapelle, metro Cite a Paris (ceux qui etaient montes sur le toit de
l'hotel Ibis le 23 janvier dernier). Apres intervention d'une grosse armada
de flics, ils ont ete relaches vers 16h
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16h, une centaine de personnes environ, principalement du Troisieme
collectif (ceux du temple des Batignoles), accompagnees de personnalites
comme Leon Schwartzenberg, se retrouve au metro Denfert-Rochereau, puis
s'installe dans les locaux (magnifiques) de la Societe des Gens de Lettres,
au 38 rue du faubourg St-Jacques dans le 14eme. Ils sont en train de
s'organiser pour une occupation longue...
>Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 16:51:40 +0200
>From: FTCR ex-UTIT
>Subject: 3eme collectif - Occupation
>collectif, viennent d'occuper a Paris "la Societe des Gens de Lettres",
>situee au 38, rue du fg Saint - Jacques. Par cette occupation, ils
>interpellent fortement les pouvoirs publics sur la situation dramatique
>des sans papiers, qui n'a que trop dure et dont ils demandent la
>regularisation.
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Message 2 99/06/09 12:18
Subject:actions du collectif anti-expulsions
From:zerner@paris7.jussieu.fr
palais de "justice" ecourtee par l'intervention de nos vaillantes forces de
l'ordre et un peu continuee dans le car de flics. Tout le monde est
ressorti.
Moshen Sliti, Tunisien residant en France depuis 19 ans, en possession
d'une carte de sejour valable jusqu'en 2006, victime de la double peine
pour une condamnation datant de 1990, a ete assassine le 26 mai 1999, lors
de son expulsion par la DICCILEC. Le juge de Marseille, qui a decide
prolonger la dtention de Moshen est responsable de sa mort au camp de
deportation d'Arenc, alors qu'il allait etr expulse. En effet, lors de
saplaidoirie, son avocat avait demande son assignation a residence du fait
de son etat de sante, de sa carte de sejour valable et de ses garanties de
representation.
expulse tamoul en 1990: ses clients n'ont fait qu'appliquer les ordres. de
meme les juges sont un des rouages de la machine a reprimer, voire
assassiner les etrangers, machine enfantee par la loi et les decisions
politiques.
C'est le juge qui prononce les interdictions du territoire et entraine
les expulsions et les cas de double
peine.
personnes pour irregularite de sejour et refus d'embarquement.
Le fait d'agir dans les regles ne soulage en rien la responsaabilite de
tous ceux qui jouent un role dans la machine a expulser. Il n'y a pas
d'erreurs, il y a une politique de precarisation qui voue a la
clandestinite une partie de la population, et qui se permet d'en expulser
certains. Il n'y a pas de bavures, il n'y a qu'un quotidien de la
deportation.
Liberation de tous les sans -papiers emprisonnes
Fermeture des centres de retention
Abrogation des lois contre les etrangers
Liberte de circulation et d'installation
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cumpl=EDa una orden de desalojo de familias sin vivienda, que
hab=EDan ocupado el lote de La Piedra, la poblaci=F3n de los otros
barrios de Chinchin=E1 (Caldas) se solidariz=F3 en masa con los
destechados. Se generaliz=F3 entonces en el casco urbano un
prolongado choque a piedra con los uniformados.
quedaron heridos, 35 fueron atendidos en centros de salud por
los efectos de gases lacrim=F3genos lanzados por la Polic=EDa y un
polic=EDa fue herido. Una persona que intentaba impedir saqueos
fue muerta.
carretera que de Manizales conduce a Pereira, dejando aislado
el centro de la principal zona cafetera de Colombia. El toque
de queda fue declarado por las autoridades.
Ind=EDgenas bloquean la Panamericana
bloquear la carretera Panamericana en Piendam=F3 (Cauca), como
resultado del incumplimiento por parte del Gobierno de los
acuerdos suscritos con ellos el pasado s=E1bado. El Ministro del
interior se comprometi=F3 a expedir un Decreto, pero al hacerlo
hoy el texto acordado "estaba cambiado en aspectos de fondo",
seg=FAn denunciaron dirigentes del Consejo regional Ind=EDgena del
Cauca CRIC. Los ind=EDgenas se hab=EDan quedado acampando, al lado
de la carretera, pero ahora est=E1n de nuevo sobre ella.
Nuevo paro nacional de educadores
colmaron las calles de la ciudad para manifestarse contra el
Plan Nacional de Desarrollo y el programa de despidos en las
dependencias del departamento de Sucre.
nuevo paro nacional para protestar por el desconocimiento de
derechos adquiridos por los maestros y anunci=F3 que coordinar=E1n
la protesta con otras organizaciones sindicales y populares.
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Catatumbo, regi=F3n nororiental de Colombia, para acabar con el
plan de desarrollo que impulsan campesinos con orientaci=F3n de
la guerrilla, afirm=F3 el comandante Rub=E9n Zamora, del Frente 33
de las FARC, que opera en esa regi=F3n del pa=EDs.
punto colombiano de la l=EDnea fronteriza, Zamora, adem=E1s de
arremeter contra los paramilitares, habl=F3 sobre el principal
cultivo del =E1rea: la coca, de la cual hay 37.000 hect=E1reas
cultivadas.
para generar el terror sino para impedir que la comunidad
contin=FAe planteando la necesidad de desarrollar la regi=F3n del
Catatumbo=94, dijo Zamora.
huyeron a territorio venezolano por el cerco paramilitar son
jornaleros de las fincas de cultivo de coca o productores
independientes con sembrad=EDos menores.
hab=EDa trasladado desde otros puntos de Colombia hacia el
Catatumbo para trabajar en labores mejor remuneradas,
informaron organismos humanitarios presentes en la zona.
planteando la necesidad de sustituir los cultivos de coca,
para lo cual los campesinos ofrecieron la regi=F3n con el fin de
implementar programas alternativos=94, explic=F3.
la comunidad internacional=94, pero prefieren administrarlos
ellos mismos =93porque no hay garant=EDa por parte del Gobierno,
si se tiene en cuenta la corrupci=F3n=94.
se ven=EDa ejecutando un plan hacia el desarrollo integral y
alternativo de la regi=F3n, en el que la misma comunidad ha
venido planteando c=F3mo concibe el modelo de desarrollo en
contra de las posiciones de los gobernantes de la regi=F3n y del
Gobierno Nacional=94, aclar=F3.
por limitar esas posibilidades y la comunidad por ampliarlas.
Todo esto hace parte de las estrategias del Estado para
aniquilar las luchas sociales y que apuntan a cerrarle el
camino al proceso de paz=94, asegur=F3.
Lucro y control
d=F3lares) por cada arroba (cada una de 12,5 kilos) de coca que
=93raspen=94 (un proceso que consiste en sacar las hojas de las
matas).
venezolano explic=F3 a la AFP que =93raspaba hasta ocho arrobas
diarias=94.
comunidades, les limitan la extensi=F3n de su cultivo de coca, y
les exigen que los combinen con otros cultivos.
=93Ahora se est=E1 exigiendo que por cada hect=E1rea de
coca que cultiven, siembren media hect=E1rea de
alimentos=94, indicaron las fuentes.
encargan de que cumplan con esa disposici=F3n y cancelen
tributos, con los cuales estos mismos grupos construyen
caminos y les prestan otros servicios.
el bajo precio del caf=E9 nos lleva a trabajar en cultivos
il=EDcitos=94, asegur=F3 un campesino desplazado.
=BFComplicidad?
zona en seis camiones, con permiso del Ej=E9rcito, y un grupo
=93bastante grande=94 de guerrilleros los combaten para impedirles
que se apoderen de la zona.
unos 800 efectivos del Ej=E9rcito acantonados en la zona.
entienden, los primeros d=EDas estuvimos combatiendo las FARC;
posteriormente, acudieron a apoyarnos los compa=F1eros del ELN y
el EPL=94, agreg=F3.
=93Si no hubiera sido por la ayuda del Ej=E9rcito a
trav=E9s del ametrallamientos, abastecimiento de
alimentos y municiones, nosotros hubi=E9ramos logrado
evitar que los paramilitares siguieran penetrando en
la zona=94, sostuvo.
se ha producido ni un solo intercambio de disparos; tenemos la
absoluta seguridad. Los campesinos lo saben, ustedes pueden
hablar con ellos y les dir=E1n que jam=E1s se ha presentado
combate=94, asegur=F3.
nosotros somos guerrilleros, pero aqu=ED no se trata de
continuar la confrontaci=F3n que sostenemos a diario sino que se
trata de garantizar la vida de los campesinos del Catatumbo=94,
expres=F3.
s
est=E1n interesadas en proteger la vida y honra de los
ciudadanos colombianos deben combatir a los paramilitares, y
estamos seguros que, junto con la insurgencia, hubi=E9ramos
logrado garantizar a los campesinos el retorno a su patria y
seguir trabajando la tierra, como lo ven=EDan haciendo=94,
concluy=F3.
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y Cesar Jerez Mart=EDnez de la Asociaci=F3n Campesina
Del Valle Del R=EDo Cimitarra en Colombia.
debate, testimonial sobre la grave situaci=F3n de
derechos humanos en Colombia, el desplazamiento
masivo del campesinado por las masacres de los
paramilitares y las fuerzas armadas Y las
perspectivas del proceso de paz en =E9ste pa=EDs
estremecido por la violencia.
organizaciones agrarias, realizan una gira por
Europa para denunciar la situaci=F3n y solicitar la
solidaridad
KUNGSGATAN 84, centro de Estocolmo a partir de la
una de la tarde .
- Ser=E1 moderador, el periodista Germ=E1n Silva Lozada.
INVITAR=C1 A UN CAF=C9 colombiano.
Organiza LA ASOCIACION DE COLOMBIANOS JAIME PARDO
LEAL.
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"Con ese fin se estudia la posibilidad de pelear en el
Congreso para que se doble la partida actual =96de US$250
millones anuales=96 y que se destine exclusivamente al
fortalecimiento de las Fuerzas Armadas. (...) Con base en lo
anterior, se acudir=EDa al presidente peruano Alberto Fujimori
para que asuma el liderazgo de la regi=F3n y encabece una fuerza
multilateral de car=E1cter pol=EDtico que tenga como fin
=93supervisar=94 m=E1s de cerca los avances o retrocesos en la
situaci=F3n del orden p=FAblico de Colombia."
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e;s
movilizaciones en el país
ANNCOL, Junio 9 de 1999.- Cuando ayer martes, la Polic&iacu=
te;a
cumplía una orden de desalojo de familias sin vivienda, que hab&ia=
cute;an
ocupado el lote de La Piedra, la población de los otros barrios
de Chinchiná (Caldas) se solidarizó en masa con los destech=
ados.
Se generalizó entonces en el casco urbano un prolongado choque a
piedra con los uniformados.
heridos, 35 fueron atendidos en centros de salud por los efectos de gases
lacrimógenos lanzados por la Policía y un policía
fue herido. Una persona que intentaba impedir saqueos fue muerta.
e
bloquear la carretera que de Manizales conduce a Pereira, dejando aislado
el centro de la principal zona cafetera de Colombia. El toque de queda
fue declarado por las autoridades.
Indígenas bloquean la Panamericana
Entre tanto 15 mil indígenas paeces y guambianos volvieron a bloqu=
ear
la carretera Panamericana en Piendamó (Cauca), como resultado del
incumplimiento por parte del Gobierno de los acuerdos suscritos con ellos
el pasado sábado. El Ministro del interior se comprometió
a expedir un Decreto, pero al hacerlo hoy el texto acordado "estaba cambi=
ado
en aspectos de fondo", según denunciaron dirigentes del Consejo
regional Indígena del Cauca CRIC. Los indígenas se hab&iacu=
te;an
quedado acampando, al lado de la carretera, pero ahora están de
nuevo sobre ella.
Nuevo paro nacional de educadores
En Sincelejo los maestros y otros trabajadores del estado colmaron las
calles de la ciudad para manifestarse contra el Plan Nacional de Desarrol=
lo
y el programa de despidos en las dependencias del departamento de Sucre.
parte un nuevo paro nacional para protestar por el desconocimiento de der=
echos
adquiridos por los maestros y anunció que coordinarán la
protesta con otras organizaciones sindicales y populares.
Paramilitares atacan desarrollo alte=
rnativo
Por Tibisay Soto. AFP-Venezuela
Del Catatumbo -. Los paramilitares incursionan en el Catatumbo,
región nororiental de Colombia, para acabar con el plan de desarro=
llo
que impulsan campesinos con orientación de la guerrilla, afirm&oac=
ute;
el comandante Rubén Zamora, del Frente 33 de las FARC, que opera
en esa región del país.
colombiano de la línea fronteriza, Zamora, además de arreme=
ter
contra los paramilitares, habló sobre el principal cultivo del &aa=
cute;rea:
la coca, de la cual hay 37.000 hectáreas cultivadas.
generar el terror sino para impedir que la comunidad continúe plan=
teando
la necesidad de desarrollar la región del Catatumbo=94, dijo Zamor=
a.
que huyeron a territorio venezolano por el cerco paramilitar son jornaler=
os
de las fincas de cultivo de coca o productores independientes con sembrad=
íos
menores.
acute;a
trasladado desde otros puntos de Colombia hacia el Catatumbo para trabaja=
r
en labores mejor remuneradas, informaron organismos humanitarios presente=
s
en la zona.
eando
la necesidad de sustituir los cultivos de coca, para lo cual los campesin=
os
ofrecieron la región con el fin de implementar programas alternati=
vos=94,
explicó.
e
la comunidad internacional=94, pero prefieren administrarlos ellos mismos
=93porque no hay garantía por parte del Gobierno, si se tiene en c=
uenta
la corrupción=94.
nía
ejecutando un plan hacia el desarrollo integral y alternativo de la regi&=
oacute;n,
en el que la misma comunidad ha venido planteando cómo concibe el
modelo de desarrollo en contra de las posiciones de los gobernantes de
la región y del Gobierno Nacional=94, aclaró.
o
por limitar esas posibilidades y la comunidad por ampliarlas. Todo esto
hace parte de las estrategias del Estado para aniquilar las luchas social=
es
y que apuntan a cerrarle el camino al proceso de paz=94, aseguró.
Lucro y control
Los campesinos reciben una paga de 4.000 pesos (unos 2,50 dó=
;lares)
por cada arroba (cada una de 12,5 kilos) de coca que =93raspen=94 (un pro=
ceso
que consiste en sacar las hojas de las matas).
no
explicó a la AFP que =93raspaba hasta ocho arrobas diarias=94.
es,
les limitan la extensión de su cultivo de coca, y les exigen que
los combinen con otros cultivos.
=93Ahora se está exigiendo que por cada hectá=
;rea
de coca que cultiven, siembren media hectárea de alimentos=94, ind=
icaron
las fuentes.
Los grupos comunales entregan carnets a los productores y se encar=
gan
de que cumplan con esa disposición y cancelen tributos, con los
cuales estos mismos grupos construyen caminos y les prestan otros servici=
os.
jo
precio del café nos lleva a trabajar en cultivos ilícitos=94=
,
aseguró un campesino desplazado.
¿Complicidad?
Zamora dijo que unos 150 paramilitares incursionaron en la zona
en seis camiones, con permiso del Ejército, y un grupo =93bastante
grande=94 de guerrilleros los combaten para impedirles que se apoderen de
la zona.
unos 800 efectivos del Ejército acantonados en la zona.
en,
los primeros días estuvimos combatiendo las FARC; posteriormente,
acudieron a apoyarnos los compañeros del ELN y el EPL=94, agreg&oa=
cute;.
=93Si no hubiera sido por la ayuda del Ejército a t=
ravés
del ametrallamientos, abastecimiento de alimentos y municiones, nosotros
hubiéramos logrado evitar que los paramilitares siguieran penetran=
do
en la zona=94, sostuvo.
Según el líder subversivo, entre Ejército y
autodefensas =93no se ha producido ni un solo intercambio de disparos; te=
nemos
la absoluta seguridad. Los campesinos lo saben, ustedes pueden hablar con
ellos y les dirán que jamás se ha presentado combate=94, as=
eguró.
os
somos guerrilleros, pero aquí no se trata de continuar la confront=
ación
que sostenemos a diario sino que se trata de garantizar la vida de los
campesinos del Catatumbo=94, expresó.
s
fuerzas armadas están interesadas en proteger la vida y honra de
los ciudadanos colombianos deben combatir a los paramilitares, y estamos
seguros que, junto con la insurgencia, hubiéramos logrado garantiz=
ar
a los campesinos el retorno a su patria y seguir trabajando la tierra,
como lo venían haciendo=94, concluyó.
Contras/paras de Nicaragua bajo mando de
Carlos Castaño en Colombia!
Por la revista Cambio 16:
http://www.c=
ambio16.com/1999/jun7/epais3.htm
Testimonio real=
sobre
derechos humanos en Colombia
Encuentro con lo=
s
líderes Gilberto Guerra Hernández y Cesar Jerez Martí=
;nez
de la Asociación Campesina Del Valle Del Río Cimitarra en
Colombia.
junio
tendrá lugar una charla y debate, testimonial sobre la grave situa=
ción
de derechos humanos en Colombia, el desplazamiento masivo del campesinado
por las masacres de los paramilitares y las fuerzas armadas Y las perspec=
tivas
del proceso de paz en éste país estremecido por la violenci=
a.
resentantes
de las organizaciones agrarias, realizan una gira por Europa para denunci=
ar
la situación y solicitar la solidaridad
aacute;
en el CAFE MARX ubicado en KUNGSGATAN 84, centro de Estocolmo a partir
de la una de la tarde .
- Será moderado=
r,
el periodista Germán Silva Lozada. INVITARÁ A UN CAFÉ=
;
colombiano.
Organiza LA ASOCIACION=
DE
COLOMBIANOS JAIME PARDO LEAL.
Más enlaces:
plan_secreto.html">La
agenda secreta de EE.UU. para Colombia
"Con ese fin se estudi=
a
la posibilidad de pelear en el Congreso para que se doble la partida actu=
al
=96de US$250 millones anuales=96 y que se destine exclusivamente al forta=
lecimiento
de las Fuerzas Armadas. (...) Con base en lo anterior, se acudir&iacut=
e;a
al presidente peruano Alberto Fujimori para que asuma el liderazgo de la
región y encabece una fuerza multilateral de carácter
político que tenga como fin =93supervisar=94 más de cerca l=
os
avances o retrocesos en la situación del orden público de
Colombia."
el país de la guerrilla: Por Juan Jesús Aznarez, El
País, España
From: "contracorriente"
Subject: Manifeste 3me adhesions
TROISIEME LISTE D'ADHESIONS AU MANIFESTE INTERNATIONALISTE ET L'ARTICLE D'
OPINION POLITIQUE DE LA CMI, "L' IMPERIALISME ET LA GUERRE"
italiano Cobas y la organización "Citta del Sole"; Comunistes de Catalunya.
Comite de Huelga de Samara. Partido de la Dictadura del proletariado.
Comites de Huelga de toda Rusia.
IMPERIALISTE DES USA-OTAN CONTRE LA REPUBLIQUE FEDERALE DE YOUGOSLAVIE
aucune justification, sauf celle de leurs plans et intérts impérialistes
dans cette zone et ceux de leur industrie d'armement, ainsi que la soif de
domination complète du monde de la part des USA, suivis par l'Allemagne.
internationales en faisant table rase de la moindre conduite humaine :
des armes et en marge de toute légalité.
b.. Ils sont en train d'employer massivement l'uranium "appauvri"
238 dans les missiles, les bombes et les projectiles, (cest un uranium
d'une radioactivité élevée et prolongée) ; ils lancent, sur des zones de
population civile, la bombe à fragmentation, une des armes les plus
mortelles et mutilantes.
c.. Ils ne respectent ni les écoles, ni les hôpitaux, ni l'eau, ni
la lumière de la population, mme pas les monuments historiques, rien du
tout.
d.. Par leurs bombardements, ils ont provoqué l'exode et la
souffrance d'une grande partie du peuple albano-kosovar et du peuple serbe.
a.. Toutes les nuits, ils répètent le spectacle dantesque des
bombardements criminels, doublement nocturnes car privés de lumière.
a.. En définitive, c'est l'un des plus grands génocides de
l'histoire de l'humanité, accompagné de commentaires cruels, cyniques et
hypocrites et d'une grande manipulation des médias.
Aucun tre humain ne peut demeurer impassible ou passif devant
l'escalade de cet ignoble génocide, horrible pour le vaillant peuple de la
Yougoslavie et dangereuse pour tout le monde. Et il est commis au nom d'une
prétendue communauté internationale et des principes humanitaires
qui consacrent le droit des tout-puissants de ce monde, les USA-OTAN,
d'agresser n'importe quelle nation, à n'importe quel moment et à n'importe
quel endroit de la terre.
grave agression impérialiste.
mobilisation unanimes et à l'échelle mondiale pour exiger :
b.. le retrait immédiat et total des USA-OTAN des Balkans.
c.. le respect de la souveraineté et de l'intégrité territoriale de
la Yougoslavie.
d.. la dissolution de l'OTAN et le retour de toutes les forces
militaires USA vers leur territoire national ainsi que le démantèlement de
leurs bases dans le monde entier.
e.. que les responsables politiques et militaires de cette agression
criminelle, avec de très graves conséquences sur tous les terrains,
comparaissent devant un tribunal international émanant de tous les peuples
du monde opprimés et agressés par l'impérialisme et réunis au siège des
Nations Unies ou à l'endroit le plus convenable, en appliquant la charte de
l'ONU et les accords internationaux.
f.. que ce tribunal désigne les délégations des pays neutres les
plus anti-impérialistes pour aider à la pacification des Balkans, sur base
des principes et de la pratique de la solidarité internationaliste. La
Russie et la Chine doivent nécessairement y figurer.
g.. que, dans chaque délégation, il y ait une représentation des
syndicats ouvriers de chaque pays qui, évidemment, assumeraient un rôle très
important dans les tches de pacification, de solidarité internationale et
de reconstruction.
h.. que les puissances assaillantes paient tous les frais de la
reconstruction en Yougoslavie et aux Balkans, et le dédommagement pour
toutes les victimes, puisque les USA-OTAN sont absolument responsables.
i.. la fin de l'agression militaire et de l'embargo économique
contre l'Irak.
j.. la fin du blocage économique des USA contre Cuba.
k.. et la fin de l'état de guerre et du blocage économique contre la
République Populaire Démocratique de Corée
Cette lutte pour la paix et contre l'agression des USA-OTAN doit
tre assumée, avec une responsabilité particulière, par les organisations
anti-impérialistes et les peuples des puissances assaillantes.
por unanimidad
Civitavecchia e Comitato politico dell'Associazione "Citta del Sole".
Vargas Carbonell; miembros del Comité Ejecutivo: Trino Barrantes Araya, Rosa
Artavia, Carlos Sols, Mary Fallas, Carlos Molina, Vctor Manuel Tosso.
*Roger ROMAIN, ex-conseiller communal du PARTI COMMUNISTE de BELGIQUE (PCB)
Courcelles
Collectif Non à la guerre(France).
Vicepresidente de los Comites de Huelga de toda Rusia, Gregory Isayev.
Vicepresidente de los Comites de Huelga de Samara, Victor Kotelnikov
Albuquerque, Nuevo Mejico, USA
Comités antiOTAN de Euskal Herria. Del sindicato L.A.B.
Batasuna
General
REVOLUCIONARIO (PDPR y EPR). Mexico
HERRITARROK.
St Pere de Ribes (Catalunya)
EUSKAL HERRIKO ALDERDI KOMUNISTA.
Che Guevara, Catalunya.
*********************************
No es posible la paz con el imperialismo. El imperialismo es incompatible
con la paz. Antes de que sea demasiado tarde es necesario y vital aprender
la terrible leccionde la agresion imperialista incalificable contra le
Republica Federal de Yugoslavia. Dejando ya de lado las mentiras y
manipulaciones sobre los albano-kosovares, queda la realidad desnuda de la
monstruosa naturaleza crimimal y depredadora del imperialismo como
culminación del sistema capitalista. Y es ese imperialismo el que en ultima
instancia desarrolla esos monstruos fascistas que desde los verdaderos
centros de decision imperialistas economicos, politicos y militares planean
y ejecutan su sordida y macrabra estrategia contra la inmensa mayoria de la
humanidad y en beneficio de un club restringido de los todopoderosos de la
tierra.
se decide la suerte de la humanidad. La lucha contra el imperialismo es la
lucha por la vida, por la humanidad. Este es el reto historico que tenemos
delante y el enemigo principal son los USA-OTAN, los monstruos paridos por
el desarrollo capitalista. Prosigue el combate.
contra Yugoslavia y se vayan de los Balcanes!
Comision del Manifiesto Internacionalista
9 de junio de 1999