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: Saturday, June 16, 2001 4:08 PM Subject: [downwithcapitalism] Bush in Slovenia Associated Press. 16 June 2001. Protesters Arrested at U.S. Embassy. LJUBLJANA, Slovenia -- Police arrested more than 20 people Saturday after a scuffle at the U.S. embassy and beat Italian activists trying to enter the country during the meeting of the U.S. and Russian presidents. Other groups opposed to American and Russian policies were planning peaceful protests here as President Bush and President Vladimir Putin met in a 16th century manor outside Brdo Pri Kranju, about 18 miles north of the Slovenian capital. Shortly before the two presidents arrived separately at Ljubljana's airport, 22 members of the environmental group Greenpeace were arrested after five of them jumped the fence at the U.S. embassy here. Two of the protesters chained themselves to the stairs leading into the embassy building. Another tried to climb the flagpole and remove the U.S. flag before he was apprehended and handcuffed by embassy guards wearing civilian clothes. Outside the compound, the other activists chained themselves together and held up a banner reading: "Stop Star Wars." Slovene riot police rushed to the scene, cut the chains and took the protesters into custody, police spokesman Miran Koren said. Twelve were from Austria, six from Slovakia, two from Britain and the others from the Czech Republic and Spain, Koren said. Before the protest, a Greenpeace activist, Mike Townsley, said his group was angry over "the collapse of the weapons control treaties," principally the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty which Bush has branded a relic of the Cold War. Slovene authorities have stepped up security here and along the borders to prevent extremists from entering the country to cause trouble during the one-day meeting. On Saturday, Slovene authorities stopped a bus carrying about 40 members of Italian-based anti-globalization group, Ya Basta, after it crossed the Italian side of the border. Koren, the police spokesman, said Slovene border guards ordered the bus to return to Italy. When several of the activists tried to leave the bus to protest the order, Slovene guards pounded them with nightsticks to force them back inside, according to a filmed report broadcast by Slovene television. "We just wanted to go to Ljubljana peacefully," one of the Italians shouted at police. "If that is not possible, give us a written reason." Slovene television did not report his name. Koren said the bus remained in the 100-yard-wide "no man's land" between the Italian and Slovene border control stations, blocking traffic. Bush's five-nation tour of Europe, which began Tuesday in Madrid, Spain, has been dogged by protests [and police abuse]. * * * * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
