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When will these people ever learn!
Part of the protest it turns out is over Mobil Exxon's
activities and a major factor in the attack on
Jugoslavia was the O-I-L and the utterly strategic oil
Caaaucasian pipeline.
I keep telling Americans this is much more obvious in
Britain were petrol is £3.60 a gallon and we have
30-40 m.p.g cars.
The conversion rate is £1:$1.40 so you can work it out
and you have gasguzzling cars.
So the chips are down to control those dwindling world
oil reserves!
--- Nancy Hey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > To those of you who commented on my letter to the
> Indonesia Human Rights
> > Network re. Bianca Jagger, I thought you might be
> interested to see this
> > response that I received from Kurt Biddle.
> >
> > peacefully yours,
> > Nancy Hey
> >
> > >From: Kurt Biddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >To: "Nancy A. Hey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Subject: Re: BIANCA JAGGER as a spokesperson for
> human rights?
> > >Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 13:18:53 -0400
> > >
> > >Dear Nancy,
> > >
> > >Thanks for your letter of concern about Bianca
> Jagger.
> > >
> > >We did not choose Bianca Jagger, she chose the
> issue. We organized the
> > >demonstration and she called some of the
> Washington-area organizers to say
> > >she would be coming. I don't know about her
> political opinions around the
> > >Balkans.
> > >
> > >Actually, she earlier today decided to stay in
> London and join
> > >demonstrations there.
> > >
> > >I hope that you will join our demonstration or
> one in your area. There are
> > >many organizations participating with many points
> of view, but all
> > >targeting
> > >ExxonMobil for good reasons.
> > >
> > >Of course, I would love to have Noam Chomsky come
> to the demo. If you can
> > >invite him down, that would be great.
> > >
> > >Kurt Biddle
> > > --
> > >Kurt Biddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Washington Coordinator
> > >Indonesia Human Rights Network
> > >1101 Pennsylvania Ave. SE
> > >Washington, DC 20003
> > >(202) 544-1211 phone
> > >(202) 544-6118 fax
> > >www.indonesianetwork.org
> <http://www.indonesianetwork.org>
> > >
> > > > From: "Nancy A. Hey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 13:04:59 -0400
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: BIANCA JAGGER as a spokesperson for
> human rights?
> > > >
> > > > Mr. Kurt Biddle
> > > > Indonesia Human Rights Network.
> > > >
> > > > Dear Mr. Biddle:
> > > >
> > > > I am extremely disappointed that you have
> chosen BIANCA JAGGER to speak
> > >at
> > > > your International Day of Action against Exxon
> Mobile. I believe it is
> > >the
> > > > height of hypocrisy for Ms. Jagger to speak
> about human rights at your
> > > > demonstration, when she so enthusiastically
> supported NATO's bombing of
> > > > Yugoslavia in 1999!
> > > >
> > > > NATO's air war resulted in the deaths of over
> 2,000 civilians in
> > >Yugoslavia,
> > > > many of them children. During the 78 days
> that NATO forces attacked
> > > > Yugoslavia, they used such weapons of mass
> destruction as cluster bombs
> > >and
> > > > depleted uranium. Unexploded cluster bombs
> can scatter a landscape only
> > >to
> > > > explode like landmines killing whatever
> unfortunate person or animal
> > >happens
> > > > to inadvertently step on them. The depleted
> uranium used on NATO's
> > >missile
> > > > tips can pollute the environment with
> radioactivity for generations to
> > >come.
> > > > We have already seen increases in the
> incidence of childhood cancer in
> > > > Iraq resulting from the use of depleted
> uranium in the 1991 Gulf War,
> > >and DU
> > > > is even suspected of causing the dreaded "Gulf
> War Syndrome" in American
> > > > soldiers.
> > > >
> > > > When you consider the lasting effects of
> things like cluster bombs and
> > > > depleted uranium, it is predictable that the
> toll from NATO's aggression
> > > > against Yugoslavia will reach far higher than
> the 2,000 + civilians
> > > > initially killed during the 78 days of
> bombing.
> > > >
> > > > I believe Ms. Jagger's support for this
> destructive policy makes her an
> > > > unsuitable candidate to speak about the human
> rights and environmental
> > > > violations committed by Exxon Mobile. Your
> organization would do itself
> > >a
> > > > better service by choosing someone with far
> more integrity, such as Noam
> > > > Chomsky, Ramsey Clark, or Alexander Cockburn
> as your spokesperson, as
> > >they
> > > > have consistently condemned all human rights
> abuses, including those
> > >carried
> > > > out under the mantle of American foreign
> policy.
> > > >
> > > > I forwarded your message to several of my
> Serbian friends. They are as
> > > > appalled as I am that someone like Bianca
> Jagger would claim to be for
> > >human
> > > > rights after having supported such aggression.
> > > >
> > > > Sincerely,
> > > > Nancy Hey
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> From: Karen Orenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >> Subject: Protest Exxon Mobil
> > > >> Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 18:27:12 -0400
> > > >>
> > > >> PROTEST EXXON MOBIL
> > > >>
> > > >> STOP ExxonMobil's Support for a Brutal
> Military!
> > > >> ExxonMobil International Day of Action
> > > >> July 11th
> > > >> Join BIANCA JAGGER and speakers from Aceh,
> > > >> U.S. PIRG, Free the Planet!, Indonesia
> > > >> Human Rights Network and others.
> > > >>
> > > >> Where:
> > > >> Congressional Exxon Station
> > > >> 200 Massachusetts Ave. NE (at 2nd St. NE)
> > > >> Washington, DC
> > > >> (Near Union Station METRO)
> > > >>
> > > >> When:
> > > >> This Wednesday, July 11, 11:00 am
> > > >> In 15 countries around the world
> > > >> thousands from around the
> > > >> world will protest ExxonMobil
> > > >> for their horrific record of involvement
> > > >> in human rights abuses in
> > > >> Indonesia and their environmental
> > > >> destruction throughout the world.
> > > >>
> > > >> * * * * Human Rights * * * * * *
> > > >> On June 20, the International Labor Rights
> Fund
> > > >> filed a lawsuit naming ExxonMobil liable for
> murder,
> > > >> torture, kidnapping and 12 other charges at
> > > >> its liquefied natural gas operation in Aceh,
> a
> > > >> region on the northern tip of Sumatra,
> Indonesia.
> > > >> ExxonMobil has hired, equipped, and housed
> the
> > > >> Indonesian military as security for the oil
> giant¹s
> > > >> facilities in Indonesia despite the
> military¹s history
>
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