----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 10:34 PM Subject: Re: [STOPNATO] Fw: Imperialist Vultures Descent On Diamond-Rich Sierra Leone STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.COM In a message dated 16/05/00 2:26:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << the RUF forces closing in on Freetown, the >countryís capital. >> (BTW Bill, this isn't against you but whoever wrote the article you posted): Does the author forget that the RUF was never "closing in on Freetown" that this claim was proved to be a hoax the very next day? The UN reported the rebels were in freetown late at night, panic ensued and evacuations where prepared. By the morning the UN admitted it was a false report but by then the British were already on their way and the "shooting of martyrs" (as Kabbah called it) ensued (actually a gunfight between Sankoh and Kabah loyalists!!! This has all the trappings of an imperialist-media-managed-humanitarian-intervention, and I feel obliged to speak out against every single lie. Have you seen the news reports, they can't get positive images of the government forces attacking the rebels even though the narrators try to say that these forces are the good guys. I saw one Sierra Leonean Army *(SLA)* member say how he cut up a rebel and ate his heart on CBC! But then the commentator went on to say how the British intervention on behalf of the SLA was a good thing! ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ Advertisement: 15% off Ashford Collection jewelry for Mother's Day! Mom will love these gorgeous pieces handpicked by our expert jewelry buyers - now 15% off and shipped FedEx overnight FREE! Spoiled as a child? Return the favor - get her gift at Ashford.com. http://on.linkexchange.com/?ATID'&AID31 --- from list [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---
