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 21, 2001 1:10 AM Subject: [downwithcapitalism] Vieques struggle - update Associated Press. 20 June 2001. Protesters Stall Navy Bombing Run. VIEQUES -- Security officials detained two protesters Wednesday after they allegedly ignited a warning flare from the edge of the Vieques island firing range, forcing Navy jets to abort a bombing exercise. Lt. Cmdr. Katherine Goode, a Navy spokeswoman, said that around 1 p.m., as jets were flying in for the first bombing sortie of the day, two men were spotted and one let off a flare. She would not give more details, but the Navy has been dropping 25-pound and 500-pound dummy bombs since it resumed exercises here on Monday. The two protesters were detained, and Goode said the Navy was closing the range temporarily to search for other trespassers. "We won't reopen the range until they've done a thorough enough sweep to ensure there's nobody else out there," she said. The Navy previously has insisted that its land was free of protesters before it started bombing runs, while activist groups have published the names of protesters they said were on range. Protest leader Robert Rabin said it was not the first time protesters were there when the jets came over. "This has been constant," he said. "The Navy won't admit it. They're still saying there are no people out there." Rabin, who keeps in contact with protesters in Navy land, said the protesters also had placed a large sign declaring "Fuera la Marina" -- Navy get out. Meanwhile, the Navy said that a destroyer participating in the exercises, the USS Ross, struck and killed a whale. Sailors had received special courses in spotting whales, but the animal was submerged when the ship hit it Monday, Navy spokesman Bob Nelson said. Sailors spotted the carcass floating in the water, Nelson said. It was not clear what type of whale it was. "It's an unfortunate accident," he said. * * * * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
