[PEN-L:7496] WHY NATO CONSENSUS IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY - Lewis Mackenzie

1999-05-31 Thread Sid Shniad
THE VANCOUVER SUN SATURDAY MAY 29, 1999 A Soldier's View: WHY NATO CONSENSUS IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY By Lewis Mackenzie OTTAWA — On Thursday a relatively long column of mine ap- peared on the practicality of NATO launching a ground invasion of Kosovo before

[PEN-L:7495] NATO'S BARBARISM - James Bissett, former Canadian ambassadorto Yugoslavia

1999-05-31 Thread Sid Shniad
The National Post Monday, May 31, 1999 NATO'S BARBARISM By James Bissett It is time for NATO's political leaders to admit their unjust and unnecessary war against Yugoslavia has been a colossal failure. It is time to put an immediate end to the

[PEN-L:7494] Important article from Chinese People's Daily

1999-05-31 Thread Sid Shniad
People's Daily (China) May 27, 1999 This Observer commentary excerpted: The US-led NATO's wanton bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and its outrageous missile attack on the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia have aroused the great indignation of the

[PEN-L:7493] Civilian population in Kosovo may be about to crack, but itdoesn't look that way - Daily Telegraph

1999-05-31 Thread Sid Shniad
The Daily Telegraph May 31, 1999 SUFFERING TURNS SERB BULLIES INTO MARTYRS It may be that civilian population in Kosovo is about to crack. It is just that it doesn't look that way here. By Boris Johnson Something went bang

[PEN-L:7492] SUGGESTED SCRIPT FOR AN UPCOMING MASTER CARD COMMERCIAL

1999-05-31 Thread Sid Shniad
SUGGESTED SCRIPT FOR AN UPCOMING MASTER CARD COMMERCIAL: Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon - $25 million dollars Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter - $45 million dollars. Boeing B-52 Stratofortress - $74 million dollars. Brand new B-2 Stealth Bomber - $2.1 billion dollars. A decent map of

[PEN-L:7491] Answer of Serbian NGOs to pro-NATO letter from HelsinkiFederation for Human Rights; Nation Editor Responds to Critics

1999-05-31 Thread Michael Eisenscher
Answer of Serbian NGOs to pro-NATO letter from Helsinki Federation for Human Rights ; Nation Editor Responds to Critics AGAINST THE LOGIC OF WAR LETTER TO THE INTERNATIONAL HELSINKI FEDERATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Dear Friends and Esteemed Colleagues, This letter is an answer to a

[PEN-L:7490] Answer of Serbian NGOs to pro-NATO letter from HelsinkiFederation for Human Rights

1999-05-31 Thread Michael Eisenscher
Answer of Serbian NGOs to pro-NATO letter from Helsinki Federation for Human Rights AGAINST THE LOGIC OF WAR LETTER TO THE INTERNATIONAL HELSINKI FEDERATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Dear Friends and Esteemed Colleagues, This letter is an answer to a "request" made by our associates and

[PEN-L:7489] Is a New Cold War in the Offing?

1999-05-31 Thread Michael Eisenscher
[THIS KUTTNER COMMENTARY SOUNDS LIKE A CALL FOR WHAT AMOUNTS TO A NEW COLD WAR.] China policy needs toughening By Robert Kuttner, 05/30/99 The revelations in the Cox report about two decades of Chinese nuclear spying impeach the most basic premises of the China policy of four US

[PEN-L:7488] Re: Ralph Reed Meets Jim Metrock

1999-05-31 Thread Michael Perelman
Max's post hit right on target. Molnar's book is excellent. Shelby, for those outside of N. America, was a right wing Demo. who became a right wing Repug., helping to solidify their majority in the Senate. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929

[PEN-L:7487] Ralph Reed Meets Jim Metrock

1999-05-31 Thread Max Sawicky
Anyone interested in the Channel One fracas should check out the following progressive sites: http://www.igc.org/unplug/organizations.html http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CACE/index.html The 'Christian' Alabama ad re: Shelby is one of the more comical cases of ersatz propaganda I've seen, in light of

[PEN-L:7486] Re: Re: Some Disquieting Info

1999-05-31 Thread Bill Burgess
At 05:34 PM 31/05/99 -0400, Barklay wrote: Paul, I agree that this is disquieting information. I must admit that I really do not know what Zimmerman's motives were in 1992. I know that you are convinced of this effort to break up Yugoslavia for economic imperialism motives. But by 1992,

[PEN-L:7485] Ralph Reed Meets Jim Metrock

1999-05-31 Thread Michael Perelman
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 From: Robert Weissman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list CORP-FOCUS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Ralph Reed Meets Jim Metrock Alabama Senator Richard Shelby could safely be described as a pro-business Republican. But if nothing else, Shelby believes in

[PEN-L:7484] Web sites that contain nuclear secret.

1999-05-31 Thread Henry C.K. Liu
The following are web sites identified by the PRC press spokesman as containing "secret" the Cox report accused China of "stealing." http://www.nrdc.org/nrdcpro/nudb/datab12.html http://www.fas.org/nuke/hew/Usa/Weapons/ http://www.enviroweb.org/enviroissues/nuketesting/hew/Usa/Weapons/

[PEN-L:7483] Re: Re: International War Crimes Tribunal

1999-05-31 Thread Peter Dorman
The URL for this outfit is http://www.un.org/icty/index.html. According to their own data, combined NATO contributions financed a bit more than half their budget (this includes in-kind contributions). Soros and Rockefeller money is there, but not significant. Malaysia and Pakistan are big

[PEN-L:7482] RE: Re: FW: Footnote on LBO

1999-05-31 Thread Craven, Jim
I just got to read this. It saddens me if Louis has left the list. For what it is worth, I can say that very quietly, and very substantially, Louis has made some very real and concrete contributions to struggles of Indigenous Peoples in general and to Blackfoot (Pikanii) People in particular;

[PEN-L:7480] Re: Some Disquieting Info

1999-05-31 Thread J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
Paul, I agree that this is disquieting information. I must admit that I really do not know what Zimmerman's motives were in 1992. I know that you are convinced of this effort to break up Yugoslavia for economic imperialism motives. But by 1992, that had already happened. Triggering a

[PEN-L:7479] Re: Some Disquieting Info

1999-05-31 Thread Sam Pawlett
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The ambassador is totally convinced that the indictment of Milosevic was arranged between NATO and the Tribunal to be announced the day before Chermonyrden's (sp?) visit to Belgrade to discredit the Russian effort and sabotage an agreement that would be acceptable

[PEN-L:7478] Some Disquieting Info

1999-05-31 Thread phillp2
At the public meeting I spoke at on Saturday against the war on Yugoslavia, the speakers (other than myself) included Michael Bliss, the Canadian historian who is usually associated with the political right but is opposed to Canada's "ready, eye ready" response to US international policy

[PEN-L:7477] Re: Indictment of Milosevic a Cover for the Real Story -

1999-05-31 Thread Michael Hoover
CLINTON SENDING 90,000 GROUND TROOPS TO YUGOSLAVIA 30,000 of which will be reservists and national guard... Michael Hoover

[PEN-L:7476] Careful, they might hear you

1999-05-31 Thread Michael Hoover
friend forward below to me, apologies for bad formatting, I received it that way...Michael Hoover Careful, they might hear you By DUNCAN CAMPBELL Australia has become the first country openly to admit that it takes part in

[PEN-L:7475] FW: investigation of Jim Craven

1999-05-31 Thread Craven, Jim
-Original Message- From: S.I.S.I.S. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 7:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: investigation of Jim Craven Greetings, It is our understanding that you are being asked to investigate Professor Jim Craven's

[PEN-L:7474] Sino-Russian Relations

1999-05-31 Thread Henry C.K. Liu
Ivanov To Visit China To Prepare For Presidential Summit MOSCOW, May 31, 1999 -- (Agence France Presse) Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov plans to visit China Tuesday through

[PEN-L:7473] China Says U.S. Nuclear Secrets On Internet

1999-05-31 Thread Henry C.K. Liu
Last updated: Mon, May 31 at Prague 06:08 pm, N.Y. 12:08 pm China Says U.S. Nuclear "Secrets" On Internet BEIJING, May 31, 1999 -- (Reuters) China sneered on Monday at allegations it

[PEN-L:7472] Int'l Day of Protest Against War in Yugoslavia

1999-05-31 Thread Gregory Schwartz
For folks in the Toronto area. -- BOMBS WON'T BRING PEACE STOP THE WAR International Day of Protest Saturday, June 5, 1pm Liberal Party HQ 10 St. Mary St. (2 blocks south of Bloor on west side of Yonge) ENDORSED by: Coalition Against the War in the Balkans, Labour Council of Toronto and

[PEN-L:7471] U.S. Jet Bombed North Iraq

1999-05-31 Thread Frank Durgin
Top Stories Headlines Monday May 31 7:18 AM ET U.S. Says Jet Bombed Radar Site In North Iraq ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. warplanes attacked Iraqi air defenses near Mosul Monday after being fired

[PEN-L:7470] Replacing IMF with Asian Fund

1999-05-31 Thread Henry C.K. Liu
Business Time On Line - Singapore Monday 31 May 1999 Attack on IMF could lead to revival of Asian Monetary Fund ADB Institute paving way, with calls for alternative remedies By Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE Tokyo-based Asian Development Bank

[PEN-L:7469] toxicity

1999-05-31 Thread rc-am
from http://www.iww.org/ via [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bombing the Bridge to the 21st Century: Clinton Gore's Appointee -- Lawrence Summers -- To Manage Their New World Order by Mitchel Cohen President Clinton's annihilation of Yugoslavia's water and electric systems, schools, hospitals and