Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- Forward from mart. Please distribute ----- Original Message ----- From: Dawn Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 9:06 AM Subject: [pttp] US Bombing Exercises to Begin Today in Vieques Wednesday September 19 7:15 PM ET Vieques Bombing Exercises to Begin SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The U.S. Navy has notified the Puerto Rican government that it plans to resume bombing exercises on the island of Vieques as early as Monday, an official said. Vieques Commissioner Juan Fernandez said on Tuesday that the Navy's top official in Puerto Rico, Rear Adm. Kevin Green, sent him a letter asking him to be present on Vieques for the first day of maneuvers Monday. Fernandez monitors the bombing for the Puerto Rican government from an observation post overlooking the firing range. The Navy had previously notified the Puerto Rican government of its plans. But there had been uncertainty about whether the exercises would go forward as planned after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon last week. The exercises could last as long as 23 days, Fernandez said. Opposition to Navy training on the Puerto Rican island surged after a civilian security guard was killed on the Vieques range by off-target bombs in 1999. Protesters argue that the bombing causes environmental and health problems on the island of 9,100 people - charges the Navy denies. The Navy has used inert bombs since the accident. Well-known figures previously arrested for trespassing in Vieques protests include civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton, actor Edward James Olmos and environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. http://www.ViequesLibre.org ------------------------------------------------- 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 ==^================================================================
