[CTRL] Fw: 9 June Amsterdam: Demonstration/Dutch ministers on trial for NATO bombing

[Mrs. Jela Jovanovic, Secretary General]

-----Original Message----- From: Herman de Tollenaere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, June 05, 2000 8:26 PM Subject: 9 June Amsterdam: Demonstration/Dutch ministers on trial for NATO bombing On Friday 9 June, at the "Paleis van Justitie" [court house] in Amsterdam, Dutch Government Ministers will be on trial for the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999. In 1999, 29 citizens of Yugoslavia, victims of the bombs, started this court case against Ministers Kok [Prime Minister], Van Aartsen [Foreign Affairs], and De Grave [Defense]. In May 1999, the judge did not grant their request for summary proceedings. However, he also did not throw out the case, as pro-war politicians might have liked. The case starts Friday 9 June, 11 o'clock at the "Paleis van Justitie", Prinsengracht 434 in Amsterdam. The court case is public. So, the lawyers of the bombing victims call on peace activists to come. Before the case starts, there is a demonstration, starting 10 o'clock at the Leidseplein. After the court case, there will be a meeting, 3 o'clock p.m. at Center Linx Internationaal, Sloterkade 20. What might Prime Minister Wim Kok say in his defence? Perhaps, he might refer to the front page article of daily De Volkskrant of 5 June 1999. It says that NATO promised him twice they would not start bombing Yugoslavia without contacting Mr Kok first. Apparently, then, Solana, then NATO General Secretary, phoned just one Dutchman: Minister Van Aartsen [Foreign Affairs]; even though the whole country, especially the Dutch air force, was plunged into war for the first time since decades. According to De Volkskrant, Kok wrote angry letters on this to Van Aartsen. It is not nice for a Dutch Prime Minister to discover that on the question: war or not?, one has about the same influence as the Governor of the colony of Puerto Rico. But, some will say: even if Kok apparently did not start the war: why didn't he STOP it? Best wishes, --------------------------------------------------------------------- Herman de Tollenaere --------------------------------------------------------------------- My Internet site on Asian history and "new" religions: http://stad.dsl.nl/~hermantl/ See also SIMPOS, information on occult tendencies' impact on society: http://www.stelling.nl/simpos/simpoeng.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------