Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- http://emperors-clothes.com/news/tough.htm www.tenc.net [Emperor's Clothes] ======================================= Tough Measures Needed in Belarus by Jared Israel [3 September 2001] ======================================= "A spokesman for the US Embassy in Minsk told The Times that the embassy helped to fund 300 non-governmental organisations (NGOs), including non-state media, but did not fund political parties, since that is banned by law. He admitted that some of the NGOs were linked to those who were "seeking political change". (From 3 September "The Times" (UK) article posted below. Victor Olevich, a Philadelphia reader, sent us the following article from 'The Times' (UK). Mr. Olevich commented that it's "one of the bluntest I've seen in recent months;" and so it seems to me as well. With this 'Times' article, the cards are on the table: U.S. Ambassador to Belarus, Michael Kozak, has now admitted that the U.S. is pursuing a 'Nicaraguan' policy in Belarus. Victor Olevich writes: " They [i.e., US operatives] have been putting out anti-Lukashenko propaganda pieces and interviews with 'opposition' leaders in many US-controlled Russian papers during the past week. They're trying to do all they can to change the popular outcome of Sept. 4 elections by any means - including possible organized US-funded 'protests' in Minsk following announcement of election results (just as after presidential elections in Yugoslavia last year)." Earlier this year, the Belorussian government seized computers being used by an unregistered, 'opposition' newspaper. It seemed the computers had been donated to this newspaper by the U.S. Department of State. Rather than being embarrassed that his boss had been caught outrageously violating Belorussian sovereignty - how would Washington react if the Belorussian government were to supply computers to groups dedicated to overthrowing George W.? - State Department spokesman Richard Boucher demanded that Washington's computers be returned! Anyway, while the 'Times' article kindly sent to us by Mr. Olevich openly confirms that the Belorussian government has been telling the truth about Washington's gross attack on Relorussian sovereignty, the article also slanders the Belorussian government. 1) It calls Belorussian President Lukashenko a "dictatorial communist." But at the same time, the article admits: "President Lukashenko is popular and most Belorussians fear that a new, pro-Western leader would bring the poverty experienced by many Russians and Ukrainians after the transition to a market economy. " So if he's supported on a perfectly sensible basis by most citizens, wherein lies his dictatorialness? The article cites only one 'example.' Here it is: "Washington said recently that allegations of state-sanctioned death squads operating in Belarus, Europe's last bastion of communism, were "credible". Two former state prosecutors, who have been granted political asylum in America, have said that victims were murdered with a special pistol and buried in a cemetery in Minsk." It is reassuring that a story almost surely invented by Washington is found credible - by Washington. And that 'special pistol' is a nicely chilling little touch. Still, this particular piece of disinformation could use more work. First of all, the same article quotes U.S. Ambassador to Belarus, Michael Kozak, to the effect that: "America's 'objective and to some degree methodology are the same' in Belarus as in Nicaragua, where the US backed the Contras against the left-wing Sandinista Government in a war that claimed at least 30,000 lives." Second of all, note that one of the marked features of the attack on Nicaragua by the U.S.-financed-trained-and-led Contras was the massive dose of lies and deception emanating from Washington. This, you may recall, culminated in "Iran-Contra," an operation synonymous with disinformation. During Iran-Contra, the Reagan Administration lied to a) Congress; b) everyone else and c) set up phony humanitarian groups all over Central America while d) presenting the Contra death squads as freedom fighters. Which reminds me: the death squads in Nicaragua were U.S. financed, trained and 'advised.' And since 'The Times' article tells us that now-Ambassador-to-Belarus Kozak was: "Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs...working in Nicaragua [when] Mr. Reagan famously compared the Contras to the French Resistance fighters." [one of many such amazing lies] - since Kozak was therefore of necessity intimately involved with the Contras, i.e., with death squads - isn't it 'credible' that a) the U.S. invented the fable about Belorussian death squads, which it then finds believable and b) that the U.S. is planning to use the same sort of violence which marked the "objective and to some degree methodology" of Kozak's previous work, with death squads and lies, in and against Nicaragua. ********************** Jared's Modest Proposals ********************** Mr. Lukashenko has been described as 'dictatorial' for taking what seem to me rather mild measures against the U.S.-funded Fifth Column of (at least!) 300 NGOs in Belarus. Here are my suggestions for Mr. Lukashenko: 1) Demand Mr. Kozak be recalled. His interview in 'The Times' is reason enough, God knows. Don't wait for Washington to respond. Escourt him to the border and his entire staff with him. If they're not CIA, every man, woman and their little dog too, I'm Jimmy Carter. 2) Arrest everyone receiving U.S.-funding since Washington does not do charity and therefore these are the folks through whom Koazak is planning "to some degree [to carry out the] methodology" of the war of terror against Nicaragua. As 'The Times' notes, during that war some 30,000 people were killed. Safe is better than sorry. -- Jared Israel ----------------------------------- The Times (UK) 3 September 2001 US adopts 'Contras policy' in communist Belarus FROM ALICE LAGNADO IN MOSCOW THE US Embassy in Belarus has admitted that it is pursuing a policy similar to that in 1980s Nicaragua, in which anti-government Contra rebels were funded and supported. President Lukashenko, a dictatorial Communist, is heading for victory in presidential elections on Sunday. In an unusual admission, Michael Kozak, the US Ambassador to Belarus, said in a letter to a British newspaper that America's "objective and to some degree methodology are the same" in Belarus as in Nicaragua, where the US backed the Contras against the left-wing Sandinista Government in a war that claimed at least 30,000 lives. Mr Kozak was not available for comment. Washington said recently that allegations of state-sanctioned death squads operating in Belarus, Europe's last bastion of communism, were "credible". Two former state prosecutors, who have been granted political asylum in America, have said that victims were murdered with a special pistol and buried in a cemetery in Minsk. The ambassador's disclosure has coincided with moves by the Bush Administration to gain increased political influence in Eastern Europe and the Balkans and with reports in several European newspapers, which said that former US servicemen believed to be working for the CIA were escorted with Albanian guerrillas from a village in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia earlier this year. Earlier in his career, Mr Kozak served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs under Presidents Reagan and Bush, working in Panama, Nicaragua and El Salvador, and was Ambassador to Cuba. While Mr Kozak was serving in Nicaragua, Mr Reagan famously compared the Contras to the French Resistance fighters. President Lukashenko is popular and most Belarussians fear that a new, pro-Western leader would bring the poverty experienced by many Russians and Ukrainians after the transition to a market economy. A spokesman for the US Embassy in Minsk told The Times that the embassy helped to fund 300 non-governmental organisations (NGOs), including non-state media, but did not fund political parties, since that is banned by law. He admitted that some of the NGOs were linked to those who were "seeking political change". Further Reading: 1) Why is Lukashenko NATO's Enemy #1 in the former Soviet Union? Because he is resisting Washington's Imperial strategy as discussed in: * 'Why is NATO Decimating the Balkans and Trying to Force Milosevic to Surrender?' by Jared Israel and Nico Varkevisser at http://emperors-clothes.com/analysis/whyisn.htm 2) A few months ago, FBI agents arrested a Russian Pavel Borodin, a Russian diplomat, who had been invited to George W.'s inauguration. Many people felt the real target was Lukashenko's attempt to reunite Belarus, Russia and other former Soviet Republics. * 'Borodin Falsely Arrested - Washington's Excuse a Lie' by Jared Israel at http://emperors-clothes.com/news/bor.htm __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------- This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9spWA Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [email protected] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
