Fwd: Appeal of minority NGOs from Moldova [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- [This email contains three stories relating to the current situation in Moldova. The overlap should make many things clear. For the past few months far-right parties in Moldova have been protesting the "Russification" of Moldova by the current popularly elected Communist government. The Communists have sidelined IMF and WB structural adjustment programs and have moved away from collaboration with NATO. Since then the West has backed the radical anti-semitic CDPP's protests. In this email: (1) Moldovans stage overnight anti-Communist protest (for Western spin by Reuters), (2) Appeal of minority NGOs from Moldova (condemning Western support for the anti-semitic and fascist CDPP), and (3) International Conference in Bucharest on the occasion of the EBRD Annual Meeting (for the business interests backing Moldova's neo-fascists)] Moldovans stage overnight anti-Communist protest By Dmitry Chubashenko CHISINAU, April 1 (Reuters) - About 3,000 Moldovans camped overnight into Monday outside government headquarters to demand the resignation of the ruling Communists amid tension over the disappearance of an opposition deputy. Protesters, angered by what they say are government attempts to drag their former Soviet republic back into the sphere of its imperial master, Russia, erected tents on Chisinau's central square and vowed to keep up round-the-clock rallies. More than 50,000 Moldovans had massed in Chisinau on Sunday to demand the Communists resign and call early elections in the country of four million wedged between Ukraine and Romania. The ranks of the protesters began to swell again on Monday as schoolchildren, dodging classes, joined the campers. The protests have been initiated by the nationalist opposition, which wants the Communists banned from government. Protesters took to the streets in Moldova, one of Europe's poorest countries, in January when the government announced plans for schoolchildren to learn Russian alongside Moldovan, the national language which is identical to Romanian. The demonstrations dwindled after the government scrapped the plan, but the disappearance of opposition deputy Vlad Cubreacov, a driving force behind the rallies, on March 21 has given new life to the protests. The opposition nationalist pro-Romanian Christian Democratic People's Party says Cubreacov vanished after a driver dropped him off outside his home. The police have found no trace of him. Communists hold 71 seats in the 101-seat parliament and took 50 per cent of the vote in elections a year ago, thanks to a strong power base in rural areas. But they are facing growing discontent over their failure to improve living standards. More than 80 percent of Moldovans live below the poverty line of one dollar a day. Emigration, legal and illegal, is at a record high. "We came here to win. We will stay on this square until the Communists resign," Yurie Rosca, leader of the Christian Democratic People's Party, told the crowd on Sunday. Banners read: "Down with the Communists" and "Stop Russification." President Vladimir Voronin says the nationalists are waging a smear campaign against his party. Many protesters vented their anger over what they said were government plans to drag Moldova away from its close links with Romania. Much of present-day Moldova once belonged to Romania and contacts across the border were severely restricted in communist times. 05:38 04-01-02 In a message dated 01/04/02 05:42:00 Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Subj:Appeal of minority NGOs from Moldova Date:01/04/02 05:42:00 Eastern Standard Time From:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent from the Internet From: MINELRES moderator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Original sender: IUMA Moldova [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Appeal of minority NGOs from Moldova Appeal from Non-governmental Organisations of the Republic of Moldova to the World Society Today, with stability and interethnic reconciliation in the Republic of Moldova under threat, we, representatives of non-governmental organisations, those who share values of democratic society, are compelled to appeal to all people of good will, to all those who advocate principles of national minorities protection and who condemn any manifestation of xenophobia and anti-Semitism. Over half a century has already passed since the end of the World War II, however, we regret being forced to witness manifestations of national intolerance and utmost anti-Semitism propagated and actively supported by some political movements in our country, and namely by the Christian Democratic People's Party led by Yuri Rosca. We are sure that those who underestimate these events, and especially it concerns politicians, do not care for the future of our state, for our youth. We consider it an atrocious crime, and the leaders of the country, as well as powerful international organisations must give
New census [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- [Note the census is not being carried out in Montenegro and Kosovo, seing as within ten years these definately won't be united in a common state with Serbia. This is a further disgusting indication of what Yugoslav authorities think of the states sovereignty over its WHOLE territory. Backing down to the anti-democratic Djukanovic regime and the collaborationist and secessionist KLA and LDK elites has been a hallmark of the Belgrade authorities.] Yugoslavia Conducts Census .c The Associated Press BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - Officials began conducting the first census Monday since the former Yugoslavia began to break up a decade ago in a series of wars that brought major demographic changes to the region. Some 40,000 census takers fanned across Serbia, the larger of two remaining Yugoslav republics, to gather statistics on the size, economic strength and ethnic and religious composition of the population. Officials planned to survey an area where some 7.5 million people lived in 1991, according to the country's last census. The government of Yugoslavia's smaller republic, Montenegro, has said it would carry out a separate census at a later date. Montenegro's population was last recorded at slightly more than 600,000. Serbia's southern province of Kosovo, under NATO and U.N. control since 1999, will be excluded from the survey. Until an uprising in 1998 by Kosovo's pro-independence ethnic Albanians, the province's population was about 2 million. Some 10,000 people were believed killed in the war and about 800,000 ethnic Albanians were at one point forced out of their homes by government forces loyal to former President Slobodan Milosevic. When NATO air strikes in 1999 forced Milosevic's troops out of the province, more than 200,000 Kosovo Serbs fled to Serbia. The number of displaced people, including Serb refugees who fled to Serbia from neighboring Bosnia and Croatia, is also to be established by the census. The refugee population is believed at more than 500,000, while at least 200,000 Serbians are believed to have migrated abroad, fleeing poverty and the wars of the 1990s. Normally carried out every 10 years, the census planned for 2001 was postponed by the current leadership, which ousted Milosevic in Oct. 2000. Leaders said they wanted to give priority to stabilizing the country, which is still struggling after a decade of wars and international sanctions. The census is scheduled to be completed April 15. Preliminary results are expected to be released in May, with final processing of the data due by the end of the year. AP-NY-04-01-02 0955EST --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
Israel fires on foreign peace activists [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- Reuters. 1 April 2002. Foreign Marchers Hurt as Israeli Troops Open Fire. BEIT JALA -- Five foreign peace activists and a Palestinian television cameraman were injured by shrapnel Monday when Israeli soldiers opened fire at their feet during a march, officials and witnesses said. Firing started when about 100 demonstrators, including Palestinians and foreigners, marched near a church in the center of the West Bank town of Beit Jala, carrying a sign saying We want peace not war, witnesses said. The director of Beit Jala hospital, Dr. Peter Qumri, confirmed five marchers had been wounded. He said one woman was undergoing an operation to remove shrapnel from her abdomen. A Palestinian cameraman working for the Associated Press was also wounded in the leg, colleagues said. He had been covering the march. The Israeli army said it was checking the report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
Opinion poll gives Russia's Communists strong lead over centrists [WWW.STOPNATO
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- Opinion poll gives Russia's Communists strong lead over centrists Interfax Moscow, 1 April: If elections to the State Duma [lower house of the Russian parliament] were scheduled for next Sunday [7 April], the Communist faction led by Gennadiy Zyuganov would receive a third of all votes (34 per cent), sociologists from the All-Russia Centre for Public Studies told Interfax today, citing a nationwide poll among 1,600 Russians conducted on 26 March. Only respondents who are going to vote or have already made their choice regarding a faction, bloc or movement were taken into consideration. Every fifth respondent (21 per cent) would vote for One Russia, led by [Emergencies Minister] Sergey Shoygu and [Moscow mayor] Yuriy Luzhkov. Third place (8 per cent) would go to the Russian Liberal Democratic Party led by [Duma deputy speaker] Vladimir Zhirinovskiy. Others support the Women of Russia faction led by Alevtina Fedulova (7 per cent), Yabloko, led by Grigoriy Yavlinskiy (7 per cent), and the Union of Right Forces led by Boris Nemtsov (6 per cent). All other factions and movements would not be able to exceed the 5 per cent minimum required for entering the State Duma. --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
Internationals Attacked with Live Gunfire [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- April 01, 2002 1645: Internationals Attacked with Live Gunfire Moments ago international civilians and two members of the Palestinian press were wounded by live fire in Beit Jalla.The internationals were attempting to visit the people in homes that have been taken over by the Occupation Forces. Among the wounded are: - British citizen: Aisa Kiysue, Kunle Ibidun, Chris Dunham - Australian citizen: Kate Irving (currently being examined to see if surgery will be required) - American citizen: Said Khulil Wounded have been taken to Al Huissen Hospital in Bethlehem. Word from the hospital staff is people were hit in the back of the head, face and one was hit in the upper thigh and knees. The Palestinians were hit in the chest. Images from the Shooting: http://jerusalem.indymedia.org/news/2002/04/2202.php http://jerusalem.indymedia.org/news/2002/04/2201.php --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
Re: SERBIAN PRESIDENT TO BE DELIVERED TO HAGUE TRIBUNAL [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. --Marcus Tullius Cicero 42B.C --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
Re: SERBIAN PRESIDENT TO BE DELIVERED TO HAGUE TRIBUNAL [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. --Marcus Tullius Cicero 42B.C --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
OUR TRIBUNAL INSTEAD OF HAGUE TRIBUNAL [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
Title: Message HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- "OUR TRIBUNAL" INSTEAD OF HAGUE TRIBUNAL Today, as every other Saturday, the members of the Macedonian People's Movement gather in front of the Parliament in Skopje to protest against the high treason and crime in the country. Last Saturday the members of this new movement made show gallows for the Macedonian political leaders in front of the Parliament, which later was removed by the police. Today, Mirko Hristov, Zharko Ordanovski, and other activists of the Movement performed for the citizens of Skopje by making a show of a trial such as the trials in Hague. They set a new Hanging Tree in front of the Parliament building. The executors of the Our Tribunal penalties are so-called Cleaners. Today Our Tribunal (Nashki tribunal as a pun on one of the Macedonian translations of the phrase Hague Tribunal, which is pronounced Hashki tribunal) convicted Macedonian MPs. They got one more chance to save themselves by setting a date for new elections. Irina Gelevska RealityMacedonia --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
SERBIAN PRESIDENT TO BE DELIVERED TO HAGUE TRIBUNAL [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
Title: Message HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- SERBIAN PRESIDENT TO BE DELIVERED TO HAGUE TRIBUNAL. LABUS IS LIKELY TO REPLACE MILUTINOVIC Despite protests of the federal government and top officials of Yugoslavias military, Serbian authorities have made the decision to deliver associates of the Yugoslavian ex-president, who are accused of war crimes in Kosovo, to the Hague Tribunal. B-92, a Belgrade broadcasting station reports that the Serbian Ministry of Justice has already issued arrest warrants for Milosevics four close associates: ex-Vice-Premier of Yugoslavia Nikola Sainovic, ex-Foreign Minister Vlaiko Stojiljkovic, ex-commander of the General Staff Dragoljub Ojdanic, and incumbent president of Serbia Milan Milutinovic. Concerning the latter, Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic said that Milan Milutinovic would not be delivered until the end of his term. The term of his office expires at the end of year. In accordance to the law, the incumbent president of Serbia enjoys immunity. Another ultimatum made by the US Congress to Serbs has expired on March 31. Now, as a result of Serbian governments last initiative, Yugoslavia is very likely to receive financial aid and Washingtons support in the IMF, the things so desired by Zoran Djindjic. He told journalists: The day of March 31 is not a judgement day. We cooperate with the USA and the European Union and hope to improve our cooperation. Very soon, we will do everything possible to raise the countrys ratings. Zoran Djindjic has already started his election campaign. As we know, Yugoslav President Voislav Kostunica strictly criticizes this kind of cooperation with Hague, when extradition cannot be done legally without adoption of the necessary laws by parliament (the Serbian government issued a resolution to allow extradition without the necessary laws). The president thinks thatattention should be paid to the opinion of Skupstine concerning the problem. At the same time, Kostunica has already stated his opinion about the Hague Tribunal on a Yugoslavian TV program: Every time I think about the Hague Tribunal and its bias procedures, I feel sick. Still, the president realizes the situation perfectly well and says that he cannot influence delivery methods that are not legally based. It is an open secret that the key roles in Serbia belong not to President Kostunica but to the prime minister. Russian specialist for Yugoslavian problems Elena Guskova said that the Yugoslavian federation today is a very unsteady formation, and Kostunicas position requires that he should compromise. Serbias complete dependence upon the will of the West demonstrates the restricted opportunities of the country. Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic performs the main role in Yugoslavias new democratic regime, and the political situation is not favorable for Kostunica today. We remember that Hague Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte visited Belgrade in September 2001 and demanded the delivery of more than ten people suspected of committing war crimes to the tribunal. Incumbent president of Serbia Milan Milutinovic was on her list as well. Moreover, the chief prosecutor demanded that the Serbian president be delivered to the tribunal even before the end of his term. Her opinion is that, when it came to war crimes, no immunity should be mentioned, even when it concerns the president. The other day, the author of this article received a letter from a Serbian patriot journalist. It is cold here. Winter has come back here. Buildings are white with snow, and Serbia with sufferings. Railwaymen are still on strike, and farmers have recently joined them. Forty large-scale businessmen, representatives of the Serbian diaspora, will hold a session at Intercontinental hotel. Perisic is waiting for trial. The high command (Yugoslavias Supreme Defense Council)did not dismiss HQ commander Pavkovic and head of the military secret service Tomic. Settlement of the problem was postponed. The agony of the authorities continues. The fixed day is coming (March 31), and the Dutch prime minister has presented a list of sixteen people to be immediately delivered to Hague and Milutinovic is in Belgrade. Djindjic is thinking about a person to substitute him with; the majority of people believe that Mirolub Labus (Yugoslav vice-premier) may become the new president of Serbia. Only criminals know their business very well. A Red Cross office was robbed in Belgrade, and 200,000 euro in cashwas stolen. Sergey Stefanov PRAVDA.Ru http://english.pravda.ru/main/2002/04/01/27274.htmlTranslated by Maria Gousseva Read the original in Russian: http://pravda.ru/main/2002/04/01/39075.html --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to:
New Palestine Resource page available on LMNOP web-site [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- The Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace web-site now has a Palestine Resources page available at http://www.webwm.com/LMNOP/palestine.htm = Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace. Weekly peace walks around Lake Merritt in Oakland. Starts ends at the colonnade between Grand Lakeshore Avenues, 3 P.M., every Sunday. Info: (510)763-8712, [EMAIL PROTECTED] or http://www.webwm.com/LMNOP __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/ --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
(Guardian) BEWARE THE MARTYR [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
From: "Vicki Andrada" [EMAIL PROTECTED]|Block Address |Add to Address Book To: Undisclosed-Recipient@, Subject: Fw: [AL-AWDA-News] Beware the martyr Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 17:02:48 -0500 - Original Message - From: palmer To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 3:06 AM Subject: [AL-AWDA-News] Beware the martyr http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,10551,676323,00.htmlBeware the martyrIf assassinated, Yasser Arafat really would be an 'enemy' to be reckoned withDavid Hirst in BeirutSaturday March 30, 2002The GuardianEver since he was confined to his Ramallah headquarters, Yasser Arafat - the world's most exalted political prisoner - has been making it clear that he is prepared to die for his cause. Several weeks ago he reportedly ordered his guards to resist Israeli assault "up to and including the death of the president". And now, from the windowless basement where he has taken refuge from Israeli troops already within his compound, a pistol on his desk and a mobile phone to his ear, he proclaims to the world that "the Palestinians will never kneel" and that the only form in which his historic adversary, General Ariel Sharon, will ever lay hands on him is "as the corpse of a martyr".His demise would certainly have as dire a posthumous impact as any one man's could have. For he is now, in what could be his last hours, the supreme, heroic embodiment of his people's will. At the same time, this is an Israeli assault on the whole quest for Middle East peace, both in its Palestinian and its wider Arab dimension, which he has come to embody as never before. It comes just after the most convincing olive branch ever to come from theArab world. At their summit conference in Beirut, the Arab kings andpresidents unanimously offered that full acceptance, and integration into, the region for which Israel has been striving since it came into being.It is not, apparently, Sharon's intention to kill him, for he is doubtless aware of the drastic repercussions. He has only declared Arafat an "enemy" to be "isolated". It is not spelt out what that actually means. But ever since Sharon has been at war with Arafat - and that takes us back to the invasion of Lebanon 20 years ago - he has argued that it is Arafat and the institutions he controls, first the PLO and now the Palestinian Authority, which instigate the terror. Destroy them and you destroy the terror with them. Sharon has forever been obsessed by the idea that an alternative leadership would be properly accommodating.Arafat has doubtless done much to bring this extremity on himself. Hisleadership is wayward and erratic. He has often appeared to tolerate, or even surreptitiously encourage, the terrorism which he formally condemns. He has thereby given that other man of violence, Sharon himself, all the ammunition he needed. For Sharon, this is just a drastic but legitimate escalation of his war on terror.But this is not the principal criterion by which the two men should bejudged. For there is a world of difference between them when it comes to the supreme objective, peace, to which both officially subscribe.Throughout the steadily escalating intifada, Arafat has remainedconvincingly wedded to the historic compromise, enshrined in the Osloagreement, whereby the Palestinians would set up their state on that 22% oforiginal Palestine constituted by the West Bank and Gaza, and leave theremaining 78% to Israel. He has grown even more conciliatory, in fact,softening his position on such crucial issues as the refugees' "right of return".There is no doubt, either, that in holding to this aim he reflects the will of the bulk of his people, including those, such as the Fatah "young guard", who were chiefly behind the intifada. The Palestinian mainstream continues to say "an end to the occupation and no more". And so, through the latest summit, does the whole Arab world.Sharon, by contrast, continues to espouse a conception of peace entirely at odds with solemn commitments Israel has already entered into, not to mention the broad Arab and international consensus. He and the Israeli right have no interest in a historic compromise that detracts from their maximalist aim, which is to secure and perpetuate control over the whole "Land of Israel". It has long been clear that he is engaged not simply in the suppression of Palestinian violence, but of the whole notion of Palestinian self-determination on any portion of Palestinian territory, of any representative Palestinian institution capable of bringing it about.Given this higher political objective, as well as the deeply personalanimosity that drives Sharon - he said again this week that he regrets not having killed his "enemy" in the past - it was inevitable that sooner or later Arafat would face the reckoning he now does. This stepped-up siege of the Palestinian leader, his possibly banishment or death - accidental or deliberate - is drastic enough, but it can only lead to the much more
Check Euro Stars! [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- The circle of stars is the well known symbol of European states, so we are giving an illustration of the values they are representing. Click on each star in the circle on our web site (URL below) in order to see its equivalent in the reality. Welcome to Europe! Buducnost je Evropa! http://www27.brinkster.com/justart/EU/eurostars.htm / --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
FW: [MSANews] [southnews] Francis Boyle on The Big Lie [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- Francis A. Boyle Law Building 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave. Champaign, IL 61820 USA 217-333-7954(voice) 217-244-1478(fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Boyle, Francis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 8:46 AM To: Killeacle (E-mail) Subject: [MSANews] [southnews] Francis Boyle on The Big Lie -Original Message- From: MSANews Service [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 4:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MSANews] [southnews] Francis Boyle on The Big Lie * MSANEWS Support MSANEWS, a project of learning and enlightenment Truth today is estranged; and those who claim it are unknown. -- Al-Jahiz (776-868) The Universe is undergoing a complete upheaval... Its nature is going to change so as to enable its creation anew. -- Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) * Source: Direct Submission Organization: South Movement Email: Dave Muller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 12:07:18 +1000 Title: [southnews] Francis Boyle on The Big Lie TEXT: -- PALESTINE, PALESTINIANS, AND INTERNATIONAL LAW* By Francis A. Boyle Professor of International Law Legal Advisor to the Palestine Liberation Organization on Creation of the State of Palestine (1987-1989) Legal Advisor to the Palestinian Delegation to the Middle East Peace Negotiations (1991-1993) Sometime Legal Advisor to the Provisional Government of the State of Palestine * © Copyright 2002 by Francis A. Boyle. All rights reserved. The viewpoints expressed here are solely my own. I am not Arab. I am not Jewish. I am not Palestinian. I am not Israeli. I am Irish American. Our People have no proverbial horse in this race. What follows is to the best of my immediate recollection: The Big Lie Growing up in the United States during the late 1950s and early 1960s while strongly supporting the just struggle of African Americans for civil rights, I was brainwashed at school as well as by the mainstream news media and popular culture to be just as pro-Israel as everyone else in America. Then came the 1967 Middle East War. At that time, my assessment of the situation was that Israel had attacked these Arab countries first, stolen their lands, and then driven out their respective peoples from their homes. I then realized that everything I had been told about Israel was The Big Lie. Israel was Goliath, not David. I resolved to study the Middle East in more detail in order to figure out what the Truth really was. Of course by then I had already figured out that everything I was being told about the Vietnam War also constituted The Big Lie. The same was true for U.S. military intervention into Latin America after the Johnson administration's gratuitous invasion of the Dominican Republic. The same for the pie-in-the-sky Camelot peddled by the Kennedy administration after the Bay of Pigs invasion/fiasco and its self-induced Cuban Missile Crisis that was a near-miss for nuclear Armageddon. So I just added the Middle East to the list of international subjects that I needed to pay more attention to in my life. Chicago I entered the University of Chicago as an undergraduate in September of 1968 after having just attended the tumultuous Chicago Democratic Convention. Because of the heavy common-core requirements there, I could not take a course on the Middle East until the next academic year. Then I signed up for a course on Middle East Politics taught by Professor Leonard Binder. To his great credit, Professor Binder was most fair and balanced in his presentation of the Palestinian and other Arab claims against Israel during the course of his classroom lectures. In addition, his massive reading list forced me to go through everything then written in English that was favorable to the Palestinian People, as well as reading the standard pro-Israel sources. By the end of Professor Binder's course in the Winter of 1970, I had become convinced of three basic propositions: (1) that the world had inflicted a terrible injustice upon the Palestinian People in 1947-1948; (2) that there will be no peace in the Middle East until this injustice was somehow rectified; and (3) that the Palestinian People were entitled to an independent nation state of their own. I have publicly maintained these positions for the past three decades at great cost to myself. In particular, I have been accused of being everything but a child molester because of my public support for the Palestinian People. I have seen every known principle of Academic Integrity and Academic Freedom violated in order to suppress the basic rights of the Palestinian People. In fact, there is no such thing as Academic Integrity and Academic Freedom in the United States of America when it comes to asserting the rights
FW: Prof. Francis Boyle: Law and Disorder in the Middle East (Full-T ext) [WWW
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- Francis A. Boyle Law Building 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave. Champaign, IL 61820 USA 217-333-7954(voice) 217-244-1478(fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Boyle, Francis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 8:36 AM To: Killeacle (E-mail) Subject: Prof. Francis Boyle: Law and Disorder in the Middle East (Full-T ext) -Original Message- From: msanews eds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 2:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Prof. Francis Boyle: Law and Disorder in the Middle East (Full-Text) * MSANEWS Support MSANEWS, a project of learning and enlightenment Truth today is estranged; and those who claim it are unknown. -- Al-Jahiz (776-868) The Universe is undergoing a complete upheaval... Its nature is going to change so as to enable its creation anew. -- Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) * Source: Americans for Middle East Understanding (AMEU) URL: http://www.ameu.org Type: Web Pointer; Sample Date: 20 Jan 2002 Title: Prof. Francis Boyle: Law and Disorder in the Middle East TEXT: Americans for Middle East Understanding (AMEU) The LINK http://www.ameu.org/summary.asp January 2002 Law and Disorder in the Middle East by: Francis A. Boyle http://www.ameu.org/page.asp?iid=79aid=118pg=1 The Participants The Palestinian delegation entered the negotiations in good faith in order to negotiate an interim peace agreement with Israel that would create a Palestinian interim self-government for a transitional five-year period. Immediately following the ceremonial opening at Madrid on 30 October 1991, I was instructed to draft several position papers on numerous issues that were expected to come up during the first round of negotiations scheduled to begin a month later in Washington, D.C. But when we got to our headquarters at the Grand Hotel in Washington, nothing happened. At the U.S. State Department headquarters, which served as the venue for all tracts of the Middle East peace negotiations, the Israeli team offered no reasonable good-faith proposals for dealing with the Palestinians. At that time the Israeli government was headed by the Likud party under Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. Later on, Shamir admitted that his strategy at the peace negotiations was to drag them out for the next decade. Having been personally subjected to this process, I can assure you that Prime Minister Shamir accomplished his objective for as long as he was in power. Most distressing of all, however, was that the United States State Department went along with Shamir's strategy. It soon became obvious that U.S. officials had no intention whatsoever to pressure Israel to negotiate in good faith. To the contrary, they usually sided with the Israeli delegation against the Palestinian delegation in support of Shamir's stall-strategy. Furthermore --- having done some work at the request of the Syrian delegation to the peace negotiations --- I can certify that the same stall-strategy was operative during the first round of the Israeli-Syrian negotiations in Washington. When the Likud party lost the elections in June of 1992, the Labor party came to power under Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. One of the first changes Rabin made in the negotiations was to fire the Israeli-Syrian team and bring in new and dynamic leadership under Professor Itimar Rabinowitz, generally considered to be Israel's top expert on Syria. With the new Syrian team in place, substantial progress was made during the course of the Israeli-Syrian track to such an extent that, if Labor had won the next round of Israeli elections, there would have been an Israeli-Syrian peace agreement along the lines of the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty. This still could happen now if Israel ever becomes willing to implement U. N. Security Council Resolution 242 (1967), which Israel is obligated to do in any event. By comparison, Prime Minister Rabin kept the Likud team for negotiating with the Palestinian delegation. This was a most inauspicious sign. Soon thereafter, in the late summer of 1992, the Israeli team tendered a proposal to the Palestinian delegation for an interim peace agreement that included a draft Palestinian interim self-government. Israel's Bantustan Proposal Because of its importance, the head of the Palestinian delegation, Dr. Abdel Shafi, asked me to fly to Washington to analyze the Israeli proposal in situ for the Palestinian delegation. Part of my responsibilities was to review all preceding peace proposals put forward by Israel with respect to the Palestinians, going back to the original Camp David Accords, including the Linowitz negotiations that took place thereafter under the Carter Administration. Upon my arrival at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Pentagon
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HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- Why the namecalling, Heather? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gowens: Why are you wasting your time here? You going to reform us? You just got appointed commisar of political recitiude? Or are you just an asshole? Whatever. I join my friends in hoping you fade away and soon. You add nothing here but a lot of liberal bullshit. No one is commending you, no one is grateful for your effluvium. Heather --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
SLP Press Release: SLP YOUTH HELP DEFEND RAMALLAH [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- SOCIALIST LABOUR PARTY 9 Victoria Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire S70 2BB Answerphone/Fax: 01226-770957 www.socialist-labour-party.org.uk e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Press Release SLP YOUTH HELP DEFEND RAMALLAH Members of the Socialist Labour Partys Youth Section have become part of the human shield surrounding PLO Chairman Yasser Arafats headquarters in Ramallah, and are defending the rights of the Palestinian people from the fascist attacks of Israels invading and occupying forces. SLP General Secretary Arthur Scargill said he was proud that British SLP Youth Section representatives including Sukant Chandan and Dan Glazebrook are setting an example of solidarity with the people of Palestine who are opposing Israeli state terrorism and occupation. Arthur Scargill urged countries and peoples to take whatever action is necessary to stop the genocidal attacks by Israel. "They should demand an immediate withdrawal by Israel not only from Ramallah but from all Palestinian lands it has unlawfully occupied since 1967 in defiance of United Nations Resolutions," he said. Socialist Labour Party 1 April, 2002 10.45 p.m. --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
Palestine. Britons join 200 in human shield [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- [Hour by hour news analysis... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] [Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] . . - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 3:12 PM Subject: [kominform2] Palestine. Britons join 200 in human shield From: carlos [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Peoples War] Guardian: Britons join 200 in human shield sussex delegate Osama Mutawa quoted. -- Britons join 200 in human shield Peter Beaumont in Ramallah and Martin Wainwright Monday April 1, 2002 The Guardian More than 200 international volunteers, including some 50 Britons, deployed themselves in Ramallah and two refugee camps at Bethlehem last night in an attempt to form human shields for Palestinian families. The British contingent, ranging from a retired nurse from Kent to a group of students from Manchester, joined Americans and Europeans dispersed among houses close to Yasser Arafat's headquarters and Israeli army tank formations near Bethlehem's Azar and Aida refugee camps. Israel ordered all foreign volunteers and journalists to leave Ramallah yesterday, as another media worker was shot and wounded while covering the fighting in the city. The warning came as Anthony Shadeed, an American reporter for the Boston Globe, was wounded in the back and shoulder after being shot near the city's main square. He said he was walking along one of the main streets with his Palestinian fixer when he was hit from behind by a single sniper shot. Israeli soldiers denied that he had been shot by their forces. Israel warned that any foreigners who chose to remain in Ramallah did so at the risk of being mistaken for Palestinian gunmen and shot. But speaking above gunshots and the clatter of a surveillance helicopter, Rory Macmillan, an international business lawyer from Scotland, said he was at the Aida camp in Bethlehem to offer non-violent resistance to any attempt by the Israelis to arrest Palestinians or threaten families. I decided to use my Easter holidays to come out with a group to dig up roadblocks and block tanks in the occupied territories, he said. There are 15 or more tanks close by and there's a general expectation that they'll move in. The soldiers don't use the streets - they move from house to house, blasting holes in the wall to get through. We're here in the hope they'll hold back if there's a foreign national. In Ramallah, Osama Mutawa from Brighton said his group of human shields asked the British consulate yesterday to evacuate them but had been told there were no plans to do so. He said: The British public has no idea what is going on here. We decided we should come and try and stay with families to protect them. Sarah Irving, 26, a Manchester University MA student in political economy, who is also staying at Azar, said: You can't go anywhere at the moment, it's too dangerous, but we are each staying with a family. There are 38 tanks at the nearest checkpoint and we can hear an Israeli Cobra helicopter overhead. Dr Mortaza Sahibzada, another British volunteer, said that despite the deteriorating situation, he planned to stay on at Aida until the second week in April, when he had to get back to his work as a research fellow in engineering at Imperial College, London. Most of the British volunteers travelled to the Middle East with the International Solidarity Movement, a coalition of groups concerned about the plight of the Palestinians. _ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Stock for $4. No Minimums. FREE Money 2002. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6GDALA/VovDAA/ySSFAA/VL0olB/TM -~- Peruuta ryhmän tilaus lähettämällä sähköpostia osoitteeseen: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
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HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- [Hour by hour news analysis... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] [Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] . . - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 5:15 PM Subject: [kominform2] China. People´s Daily Apr 2 Extracts. World to Israel: Don't Harm Arafat. World leaders sought guarantees from Israel that Yasser Arafat would not be harmed in its new military offensive, warning Sunday that the siege of the Palestinian leader headquarters could lead to catastrophic consequences. World leaders sought guarantees from Israel that Yasser Arafat would not be harmed in its new military offensive, warning Sunday that the siege of the Palestinian leader headquarters could lead to catastrophic consequences. From Asia to the Middle East and Europe, governments issued urgent calls for restraint as Arafat remained trapped inside his West Bank compound and gun battles raged outside between his Palestinian guards and Israeli troops. Israel has said it has no intention of harming Arafat and instead aims to isolate him as it launches a campaign against militants after a string of Palestinian attacks. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in an address to his people Sunday that Israel was at war and vowed to destroy a terrorist infrastructure he said was directed by Arafat. Arab leaders were not convinced Israel would refrain from harming the Palestinian leader. If Arafat is harmed, the resistance will go on because each Palestinian is Yasser Arafat, Crown Prince Abdullah, Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler said Sunday. It is not a surprise at all for a man like Sharon, with his known past, to attempt to harm Arafat and our brotherly Palestinian people, he said, according to the state news agency. JORDAN, MOROCCO URGE HALT Jordan, one of only two nations to have signed a peace accord with Israel, summoned Israel's ambassador Sunday and threatened to take unspecified measures in its ties with Israel unless the action was immediately stopped, said Information Minister Mohammad Affash Adwan. Morocco's King Mohammed VI telephoned Sharon on Sunday to seek a guarantee that Arafat would not be harmed, a diplomatic official in Rabat told The Associated Press. The king also urged Sharon to halt military operations and respect a UN resolution passed Saturday calling on Israel to withdraw troops from Palestinian cities. Eleven Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers have died in fighting in the West Bank city of Ramallah since Friday. European nations echoed demands that Israel comply with the resolution, which also calls on both sides to cooperate with US truce efforts. German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said Sunday the escalation of violence risked a destabilization of the entire region and urged Israel to guarantee Arafat is not hurt. The Palestinian Authority must get back its capacity to act, Fischer said. China fears disastrous consequences for the Middle East if unexpected incidents took place to Arafat's safety, Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan told his Israeli counterpart, Shimon Peres, in a phone call Sunday. In the United States, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said the Bush administration should act to rein in Israel, saying the military action was turning world sympathy against the United States. It is solidifying most of the Third World against us, and that's not a good thing, he told The Associated Press. That (anti-terror) coalition we pulled together in September is now against us on this. BUSH DEFENDED ISRAEL US President Bush on Saturday defended Israel's assault on Ramallah, saying it has a right to defend itself and said Arafat should do more to stop anti-Israeli attacks. In the latest anti-Israeli attack, two Palestinian suicide bombers blew themselves up Sunday, killing at least 12 people and wounding more than 40, in separate attacks in the Israeli port city of Haifa and a Jewish West Bank settlement. Several leaders said that Arafat had no means of halting the spiraling violence while trapped inside his office, where phone lines and electricity have been cut. I do not think that Arafat is in a situation where he can manage this, Sweden's Prime Minister Goeran Persson said in a radio interview. French President Jacques Chirac cautioned both Israelis and Palestinians against a policy of force and terror. I am appalled, appalled by the chain of events and the considerable risk that this represents for the whole region and for all its inhabitants, he said during an interview with TV5. Pope John Paul II turned his Easter Sunday message into a denunciation of the bloody chain of events that have plunged the Holy Land into horror and despair. Summoning up his strength, a frail John Paul made a plea for peace, saying, No one can remain silent and inactive, no political or religious leader! Sharon Vows to Continue Tough Action Against Palestinians.
Empire's Advocates, or Nothing New Among Neo-Conservatives [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
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'It takes an empire,' say several U.S. thinkers by Emily Eakin The New York Times [Monday, April 1, 2002]
Struggling to get a handle on U.S. foreign policy? For starters, try dusting off your Livy and boning up on the Second Punic War. Or dip into a good history of 19th-century Britain, paying close attention to those dazzling military campaigns in the Middle East - the Battle of Omdurman, say, or the Second Afghan War.
Today, America is no mere superpower or hegemon but a full-blown empire in the Roman and British sense. That, at any rate, is the consensus of some of the most notable U.S. commentators and scholars.
"People are now coming out of the closet on the word 'empire,'" said the conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer. "The fact is no country has been as dominant culturally, economically, technologically and militarily in the history of the world since the Roman Empire."
Americans are used to being told - typically by resentful foreigners - that they are imperialists. But lately some of the nation's own eminent thinkers are embracing the idea. More astonishing, they are using the term with approval. From the isolationist right to the imperialist-bashing left, a growing number of experts are issuing stirring paeans to American empire.
The Weekly Standard kicked off the parade early last fall with "The Case for American Empire," by The Wall Street Journal's editorial features editor, Max Boot. Quoting the title of Patrick Buchanan's last book, "America: A Republic, not an Empire," Boot said, "This analysis is exactly backward: the Sept. 11 attack was a result of insufficient American involvement and ambition; the solution is to be more expansive in our goals and more assertive in their implementation."
Calling for the military occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq, Boot cited the stabilizing effect of 19th-century British rule in the region. "Afghanistan and other troubled lands today," he wrote, "cry out for the sort of enlightened foreign administration once provided by self-confident Englishmen in jodphurs and pith helmets."
Since then, the empire idea has caught on. In January, Charles Fairbanks, a foreign policy expert at Johns Hopkins University, told an audience at Michigan State University that America was "an empire in formation." Last month, a Yale University professor, Paul Kennedy - who 10 years ago was predicting America's ruin from imperial overreach - went further.
"Nothing has ever existed like this disparity of power," Kennedy wrote in the Financial Times of London. "The Pax Britannica was run on the cheap, Britain's army was much smaller than European armies and even the Royal Navy was equal only to the next two navies - right now all the other navies in the world combined could not dent American maritime supremacy. Napoleon's France and Philip II's Spain had powerful foes and were part of a multipolar system. Charlemagne's empire was merely western European in its stretch. The Roman Empire stretched further afield, but there was another great empire in Persia and a larger one in China. There is no comparison."
The most extended statement from the empire camp to date is "Warrior Politics: Why Leadership Demands a Pagan Ethos" (Random House, 2001), a recent book by the journalist Robert Kaplan.
Arguing that "times have changed less than we think," Kaplan suggests the nation's leaders turn to ancient Greek and Roman chroniclers - as well as Winston Churchill's 1899 account of the British conquest of the Sudan - for helpful hints about how to navigate today's world. He devotes a chapter to the Second Punic War ("Rome's victory in the Second Punic War, like America's in World War II, made it a universal power") and one to the cunning Emperor Tiberius. Granted, the emperor was something of a despot, writes Kaplan. Still, he "combined diplomacy with the threat of force to preserve a peace that was favorable to Rome."
If that sounds familiar, you've got the right idea. "Our future leaders could do worse than be praised for their tenacity, their penetrating intellects and their ability to bring prosperity to distant parts of the world under America's soft imperial influence," Kaplan writes. "The more successful our foreign policy, the more leverage America will have in the world. Thus, the more likely that future historians will look back on 21st-century United States as an empire as well as a republic, however different from that of Rome and every other empire throughout history."
Classicists may scoff at the idea that democratic America has much in common with the tyrannical Rome of Augustus or Nero. But the empire camp points out that however unlikely the comparison, America has often behaved like a conquering empire. As Kennedy put it, "From the time the first settlers arrived in Virginia from England and started moving westward, this was an imperial nation, a
The problem with Milosevic [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
Title: Message HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- The problem with Milosevic The problem with Milosevic is that he is right. Standing in the dock at his trial in The Hague, Milosevic correctly charged that Germany led a plot that tore Yugoslavia apart and sent it spiraling into the abyss of horrendous war. Germany did it by recognizing the Yugoslav province of Croatia as an independent nation, something it hadn't been for hundreds of years, unless you count 1941-44 when Hitler declared it to be a loyal and sovereign fascist state. Less than eleven years ago the rest of the world was vehemently opposed to Germany's outrageous plot. Indeed, one after another European nation and even the United States warned gravely that granting independence to Croatia would lead to all-out civil war throughout Yugoslavia. But Germany's leaders were adamant. Kohl was chancellor in those days, head of a rightwing government that was riding high after defying Europe by annexing East Germany only a year earlier. Kohl's ministers included members of groups that sought to expand Germany's borders still further to include parts of Poland and the Czech Republic. Croatia, run by a neo-fascist named Tudjman, would be Germany's first outpost in eastern Europe. Showdown time came in December 1991 as Europe's leaders met to negotiate the Treaty of Maastricht -- the pact which would lead the way to today's European Union and single currency. All the nations present in Maastricht except Germany wanted only to hammer out the treaty. But German foreign minister Genscher resorted to blackmail, warning that the whole Treaty was off unless Europe guaranteed it would recognize Croatian independence. By then, Tudjman's troops, guided by German military and intelligence "advisers," were already fighting against soldiers of the Yugoslav central government. Yet it was a civil war -- an internal dispute -- which meant other nations could not intervene. Germany's demand backed by Genscher's threat would change all that. Only days after Europe caved in and recognized Croatia as an independent state, Kohl and Genscher proclaimed that the strife was now an international conflict, opening the door to foreign intervention. Interestingly, the Yugoslav central government, including Milosevic, had been treated as a key ally of the west until Germany played its new eastern front gambit. But then Kohl took matters a step further, demanding western support for Croatia against Serb dominated Yugoslavia. Of course, the predictions that recognition of Croatia would lead to all out civil war came true. The province of Bosnia-Herzegovina was next to go to war. Then came Kosovo. Germany had set an insidious domino policy into play and the results were deadly. By all accounts, Milosevic was a callous, power hungry ultra-nationalist, a villain rather than a hero, but most of all he was an unwitting pawn in a series of aggressive betrayals by Germany, followed by Europe and the United States. - 19 February 2002 http://germanyalert.com/ --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
U.N. orders Israeli withdrawal from West Bank [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- from http://www.japantoday.com/ __ U.N. orders Israeli withdrawal from West Bank Tuesday, April 2, 2002 at 09:30 JST NEW YORK - U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan on Monday demanded that Israel immediately withdraw its troops from the West Bank city of Ramallah, warning that continued occupation of Palestinian territory would only worsen the situation. In a speech made to the U.N. Security Council, Annan highlighted the importance of the council's resolution adopted Saturday ordering an immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of Israeli troops from Ramallah where the Palestinian Authority is based. (Kyodo News) Click the link below to view this article and related discussions on Japan Today http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=newsid=209315 = Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace. Weekly peace walks around Lake Merritt in Oakland. Starts ends at the colonnade between Grand Lakeshore Avenues, 3 P.M., every Sunday. Info: (510)763-8712, [EMAIL PROTECTED] or http://www.webwm.com/LMNOP __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://http://taxes.yahoo.com/ --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
US, NATO May Use Kazakh Airfields [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-837765.php Army Times April 01, 2002 Kazakhstan may allow limited use of airfields Associated Press ALMATY, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan and the United States are holding talks on the anti-terrorist coalitions possible use of an airfield in the Central Asian nation for emergency refueling. We highly appreciate Kazakhstans constructive approach, U.S. Ambassador Larry Napper told The Associated Press. We are grateful to Kazakhstan for its friendly, active assistance to the international action against terror. Kazakh Prime Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev disclosed to Kazakh reporters that the country might offer a refueling stop, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said. According to the Interfax news agency, Tokayev said that for military purposes a reserve airfield is necessary for emergencies, such as refueling in emergency circumstances. U.S. and other forces are already deployed in the former Soviet republics of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan to support the anti-terrorist coalition in Afghanistan. Military experts have also explored possible airfields for deployment in Tajikistan, which borders on Afghanistan. Coalition aircraft currently have the right to fly through Kazakh territory. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://http://taxes.yahoo.com/ --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
Labour Russia, Stop NATO Picket Yugo Embassy On Milosevic Arrest Anniversary [WW
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160msg_id=2321851startrow=1date=2002-04-01do_alert=0 RUSSIAN LEFTS PICKET YUGOSLAV EMBASSY ON MILOSEVIC ARREST ANNIVERSARY MOSCOW, April 1 /from RIA Novosti's Maxim Shmakov/ - The Left public movements Labour Russia and Stop NATO marked today's anniversary of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's arrest with picketing the Yugoslav Embassy in token of solidarity with Yugoslav Lefts. The scanty pickets called the Yugoslav regime to sever partnership with the international war crime tribunal for former Yugoslavia, and put an end to political reprisals against Milosevic's comrades. Elena Gromova, Stop NATO co-president and one of the picket organisers, came down on the Kostunica regime, and strongly demanded government support for Milosevic. As she alleged, the regime is hampering the leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia as he is trying to acquire certain archive papers he needs for defence in court hearings. The pickets intend to pass a resolution to ambassadorial officers. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://http://taxes.yahoo.com/ --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
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HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/ap/20020401/ap_on_re_eu/nato_s_new_front_2 -President Bush already was pushing for the southeastward expansion of the alliance. Even before Sept. 11, Caspian Sea oil and gas and planned pipelines for deliveries of those energy sources had dictated a re-evaluation of Western strategic interests. -Romanian officials say the United States will start using Constanta's port in June to move NATO-led peacekeepers in and out of the Balkans. Bulgarian and Romanian troops already serve in the peacekeeping force in Kabul, and Romania is offering to send mountain troops elsewhere in Afghanistan. U.S. Eyes Romania, Bulgaria for Help Mon Apr 1, 8:02 AM ET By GEORGE JAHN, Associated Press Writer BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - As disputes grow with its allies about the war on terrorism, Washington has cast its eye on ports and airfields on Europe's southeastern periphery that could be used as bases for U.S. military forces. Western diplomats say the interest in Romania and Bulgaria reflects growing American frustration with NATO allies perceived as getting cold feet in the campaign against terrorist groups and those who harbor them. Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana says U.S. military engineers are expected in both Romania and Bulgaria within months to assess ports and air bases. Romania's Defense Ministry already has ordered its own engineers to upgrade military airfields at Fetesti and Timisoara and the Black Sea port of Constanta, other officials say. Officially, much of the activity is tied to the two countries' bids with eight other nations to join NATO at its next round of planned expansion in November. President Bush already was pushing for the southeastward expansion of the alliance. Even before Sept. 11, Caspian Sea oil and gas and planned pipelines for deliveries of those energy sources had dictated a re-evaluation of Western strategic interests. But privately, Western and Romanian officials at a meeting of the 10 NATO hopefuls last week in Bucharest agreed that U.S. interest has grown as a result of disputes over the anti-terrorism campaign. In many European capitals, leaders consider U.S. complaints about Iraq as dangerous saber-rattling and they dismiss as naive Bush's linking of Iraq, Iran and North Korea as an axis of evil. The tone is different in Romania and Bulgaria. During a visit to the two countries, U.S. Gen. Joseph Ralston, supreme commander of allied forces in Europe, cited overwhelming political reasons for their early entry into NATO even before being fully ready for membership. Ralston then inspected Romania's Mihail Kogalniceanu military base at Constanta port, base commander Victor Luchian told The Associated Press. Western concerns about corruption, inefficiency and sputtering economies that led to the nations' rejection in the first round of NATO expansion more than two years ago are still not completely extinguished. But even NATO allies publicly opposed to any attack on Iraq appear ready to support strengthening the alliance's southern flank. Divulging the planned visits of U.S. engineers to his country and Bulgaria, Romania's Geoana told The Associated Press in an interview that the United States considered Romanian military intelligence a major asset in the fight against terror. After Sept. 11, the Black Sea has become relevant as a natural springboard toward regions of possible future terrorist threats, he said. He and others said that in preparation for NATO membership, both Romania and Bulgaria already had signed agreements permitting the basing of alliance troops on their territory and allowing unrestricted overflights of their warplanes. Geoana said Washington had become the driving force behind Romanian and Bulgarian membership. Now that the Americans are moving in this direction, we will also see far more enthusiastic support from the rest of NATO, he said. The two former Soviet-bloc nations hope to overcome concerns about their economies and democratic performance by showing their military competence and ability to help the anti-terror campaign. Romanian officials say the United States will start using Constanta's port in June to move NATO-led peacekeepers in and out of the Balkans. Bulgarian and Romanian troops already serve in the peacekeeping force in Kabul, and Romania is offering to send mountain troops elsewhere in Afghanistan. Both countries also have increased their contingents in peacekeeping missions to the Balkans, allowing the United States and its allies to refocus on Afghanistan. Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase said his country is eager to welcome U.S. and other NATO troops and equipment to its ports and airfields if the war on terrorism needs them. When we decided to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the alliance, we wanted to make very clear that all our assets will be the assets of the alliance, he told AP. We consider
