STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Get a low APR NextCard Visa in 30 seconds! 1. Fill in the brief application 2. Receive approval decision within 30 seconds 3. Get rates as low as 2.99% Intro or 9.99% Ongoing APR and no annual fee! Apply NOW! http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/NextCard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [Via Communist Internet... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] . . ----- Original Message ----- From: Downwithcapitalism <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 1:56 AM Subject: [downwithcapitalism] Bush in Brussels Washington Post (with additional material by the Guardian). 14 June 2001. Protests Greet Bush on NATO Visit. Excerpts. BRUSSELS -- Several hundred protesters whistled and booed outside the heavily guarded compound, and an intrepid Greenpeace paraglider fluttered a green "Stop Star Wars" banner. Police and soldiers in blue erected barbed-wire barricades around the fortress-like NATO facility on the outskirts of the Belgian capital. They stood watch, some in armored personnel carriers, to keep the protesters at bay. Among the signs greeting the American president outside the NATO headquarters was one pronouncing "Bush + Sharon = Guerre/World War." Elsewhere in Brussels were banners proclaiming "George W. Bush: Outlaws not welcome," and "Save the Climate. Stop Star Wars." The president appeared to be delayed a few minutes on his arrival in Brussels this morning amid reports Greenpeace was blocking the airport entrance; at one airport entrance, about a dozen Greenpeace demonstrators, wearing white jump suits, chained themselves together in front of a gate. Throughout town, the authorities responded to threats of unrest by blocking off streets with barricades, snarling traffic throughout central Brussels. But inside the Nato headquarters, everything was choreographed down to the last handshake and photo opportunity. Brussels is the friendliest place he will visit during his five-day tour, which includes tough talks about global warming and encounters with demonstrators who dislike everything he stands for. * * * * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
