-Caveat Lector- ----- Forwarded message from SOA Watch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 00:31:06 -0600 (CST) From: SOA Watch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: SOA Watch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: SOA Assassins Hired by Drug Cartel
SOA Watch Update: 1) Call Your Legislator Before the Recess! 2) In the News: SOA Assassins Hired by Drug Cartel 3) Converge on Fort Benning, Georgia - November 21-23, 2003 ____________________________ Critical Fall Legislative Push. Call Your Representative Today! Congress will adjourn sometime between November 7 and November 21, then will be in recess until January. While on recess, new co-sponsors cannot be added to HR 1258, our bill to close the SOA!. It is important that the momentum created by SOA Watch's September 23rd Lobby Day is not prematurely halted. So, please call your representative in the House of Representatives and tell them why you, their constituent, want them to co-sponsor HR 1258, sponsored by Jim McGovern (D-MA). Visit http://www.soaw.org/new/article.php?id=96 to read more details on the bill, to see if your congressperson in already a co-sponsor, and to obtain talking points for your call. US Capitol Switch Board 202-224-3121. If you would like more information, or want to know what your member has said about this issue in the past, feel free to contact SOA Watch's Legislative Coordinator, Jacqueline Baker, [EMAIL PROTECTED], 202-234-3440. ____________________________ U.S.-trained ex-soldiers form core of Zetas The Brownsville Herald By ANGELES NEGRETE LARES The Gulf Cartel boasts a rare weapon in the high stakes war for drug-trafficking supremacy: U.S.- trained soldiers. The Zetas, hired assassins for the Gulf Cartel, feature 31 ex-soldiers once part of an elite division of the Mexican army the Special Air Mobile Force Group. At least one-third of this battalions deserters was trained at the School of the Americas in Fort Benning, Ga., according to documents from the Mexican secretary of defense. Read the full article here: http://www.soaw.org/new/newswire_detail.php?id=329 ____________________________ Converge on Fort Benning, Georgia - November 21-23, 2003 Join thousands at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia. This year's November vigil is shaping up to be a milestone in the campaign to close the SOA. Visit the Ride Board on the SOA Watch webpage to share rides with people from your area: http://www.soaw.org/new/ride.php The weekend will start with workshops and events on Friday, November 21. Saturday's rally will feature lots of music including Pete Seeger; Llajtasuyo; Francisco Herrera; Jon Fromer; Amy Goodman from Democracy Now!; Sister Helen Prejean, the author of Dead Man Walking; Bob King, the International Vice President of the International Auto Workers Union; Kathy Kelly from Voices in the Wilderness; Carlos Mauricio and Neris Gonzales; Starhawk; activists from Argentina, Colombia, Guatemala, Venezuela; and many others. On Sunday, November 23, 2003, many will cross onto the military base and put their bodies on the line in a nonviolent direct action to close the SOA! You'll receive a detailed schedule of events for the vigil weekend, and a call for direct action, this Thursday! See you at the gates of Fort Benning! ________________________________________ SOA Watch ~ PO Box 4566 ~ Washington DC 20017 ~ (202)234-3440 ~ www.soaw.org ----- End forwarded message ----- www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om