^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\| ||\____ | Opium EXPRESS | ||','''|'''''''\___, | __ | ||__|'__|___|| ['''(@)'(@)''''''''''''''''**|(@)(@) *****'(@)* >From Seattle to Sydney 2000: Of its kind : The most powerful communications group in existance The "Oversight Olympiad" 86% of the all the heroin on the streets of Aus? Editorial : If you call the New York Times and tell them that you are concerned as to how General Barry McCaffrey, while unable to oust Aus's local smack dealers, the Burmese military junta, is waging a genuine war upon drugs.. They will tell you that there are hundreds (too many) of disgruntled people, all waging war on McCaffrey. However, the following accusation is both different from the usual, and may lay at the very heart of all our concerns, if proven true. What can one do against such Pentagoonian odds? One can only suggest to those who need to get into the Front Line with some extra rapido, consider this possibliity of a war crime accusation against the workings of the offices of the US Drug Czar, as extra motivation to bring down the Games. If the General and his friends are defiant, foolish and corrupt enough to allow Rangoon to send a team to the Opium Olympiad. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/World/Americas/2000-04/warcrimes190400.shtml The Independent (UK) General attacks journalist over war crimes allegations By Andrew Marshall in Washington 19 April 2000 A high-profile battle has broken out in Washington between a retired general and a leading journalist over allegations of war crimes by US forces in Iraq. What is particularly unusual is that the allegations have been made public by the man at the centre of them, in what appears to be a pre-emptive strike. Indeed, that is the only form in which the allegations exist: no one else has publicly raised them. General Barry McCaffrey, who runs the White House war on drugs, has attacked journalist Seymour Martin Hersh for making claims about war crimes in an article he is preparing for The New Yorker magazine, even though Mr Hersh has written nothing so far. The protagonists are both highly experienced and respected in their fields. General McCaffrey was the most highly decorated and youngest four-star army general at retirement, with two Distinguished Service Crosses and two Silver Stars for his actions in Vietnam. He commanded 26,000 soldiers of the US Army 24th Infantry Division Combat Team during Desert Storm, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for leading a massive left-hook attack into Iraq. He now heads the Office of National Drug Control Policy in the White House, and is a very controversial figure. Mr Hersh is one of the best-known investigative reporters in the world. As a freelance in 1969, he wrote the first account of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam. He has worked for The New York Times and written for The New Yorker, as well as publishing books on Henry Kissinger, Gulf War Syndrome, and a controversial book on John F Kennedy, The Dark Side of Camelot. _____________ Follow the plea by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and the appreciations of HH the Dalai Lama, the Shan Democratic Union, film maker John Pilger, the Free Burma Coalition, author Alan Clements, MPs Dennis Skinner, Tony Benn, Ann Clwyd, Maria Fyfe, Mike Hancock, Congress-woman Maxine Waters, Dr and Welsh rugby star JPR Williams, Hendrix bassist Noel Redding, S African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, All Burma Students Democratic Organisation, All Burma Students Democratic Front, Tasmanian Trades & Labour Council, SACP, COSATU, Tim Gopsill, editor. [EMAIL PROTECTED], and numerous others. Supporting a Genuine war upon drugs and human rights abuse. Sydney 2000 : Burma Out! http://www.mihra.org/2k/burma.htm Music Industry Human Rights Association http://www.mihra.org / [EMAIL PROTECTED]
