wait. You don't know who fought back? Who announced that the coup was over?
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 7:48 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > An interesting read, asking questions that have never been answered in > one of the quietest and perhaps most forgotten coups in our > hemisphere. > > " ITS TIME TO FACE IT. > > By Peter OConnor, for > publication Sunday 26th July 2009. > > Tomorrow, July 27th 2009, marks nineteen years since the murderous > attack upon our sitting Parliament and our television and radio > stations, and the bombing and burning of Police Headquarters. All of > us, except the very young, have a reasonable knowledge of what > occurred on the surface that day, and during the following days, > when our government and media were kept hostage, under terrifying and > inhuman conditions. > > During that time we knew that our city was burning and was looted. We > knew that discussions were ongoing regarding the demands being made by > the terrorist leader Abu Bakr. But we had no idea of the course this > discussion was taking, nor who was representing Us in the talks. We > had no idea what had caused the Muslimeen to take up arms, and invade > Parliament and TTT and Radio Trinidad. We only knew that it had > happened, and that Trinidad and Tobago seemed to be in the hands of a > terrorist group, holding hostages, and threatening to blow them > upclaiming that the hostages had been wired with explosives. > > To this day, nineteen years later, we still do not know anything. All > that happened during those dark and dreadful daysat least twenty > seven persons were murdered, including Parliamentarian Leo Des Vignes > remains secret. We know nothing of how or why the Muslimeen planned > and mounted these attacks. We know nothing of who rallied forces to > heroically save our country. And the forces which rallied to our > rescue were the Army, the Police, the Fire Services, workers of T&TEC, > WASA and TELCO, and of course, the members of Government who were not > held hostage, along with lawyers and private citizens, who stood by > their country to end the crisis, and bring all of the hostages home > alive. > > In those our darkest of days, there were many who left their homes and > families to plan the strategies to rescue our country, and they did > this for you and me. Whatever else these people have achieved in > lifebefore or sincethat was their Finest Hour. > > But who were they? To this day we still do not know. > > It is time to shine the light of history upon those dark days. It is > time to examine all that went before, during and after the coup > attempt, and this includes examining the local Court rulings which set > the Muslimeen free. It is time we know the facts about who helped save > our country, who were the heroes of this time, and how did they > achieve the surrender of the terrorists and the release of all of the > hostages. The hostages, people whom we all know or knew, lived under > the spectre of unbelievable terror for several days. They lived under > the rattling of gunfire and the stench of the dead rotting nearby. > Even they do not know how their rescue was achieved, and they too are > heroes of that time, at least most of them are. > > It is time to shine the light of history upon thoseother than the > insurgentswho betrayed you, and our country, during those days. Those > who may have had knowledge, but said nothing. Those who may have had > knowledge, but left the country. Those who may have had knowledge, but > who left early or stayed away from parliament that day. Those who said > Wake me when it is over, or Thats just a quarrel between friends, > and never to this day condemned this atrocity. Those who shared the > purported Amnesty document with the terrorists, helping them avoid > prosecution. Those who, while in Parliament, seeing their colleagues > wounded or dying, offered support for the terrorists. > > Who among us can stand and say all that is past, and opening it to > enlightenment has no value? Who can claim that, while we reel under a > crime wave which has its roots in the Muslimeen and in the horrors of > those dark days? > > When Patrick Manning can accuse Winston Dookeran of being part of a > plan to share power with the Muslimeen , as he did in 2007, then the > light of truth becomes an imperative. > > How long will we deny ourselves the right to know what went on as > people made and executed the plan which saved all the hostages, and > saved our country? Of what are you afraid? Of discovering, without > doubt, the betrayal by persons who now lead you? > > I now call for an open Citizens Commission of Inquiry into the events > of July 27, 1990. I will be calling relevant Citizens Groups to help > set this up, and call upon all including the Muslimeen, to appear > before this Commission, and explain their actions, or lack of actio > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:300956 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
