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--- Begin Message ----Caveat Lector-"Sr. Benita Coffey, OSB" wrote: > Some of you have probably already seen this, but just in case you haven't. > > I met Kathy Kelly about 20 years ago and have watched her work as a > non-volent activist all these years. She went to Iraq several times to > sneak in medicnes for children and stayed in Bagdad with the people during > the time our country was bombng. I sat next to here at the Call to Action > Conference when she received an award. It saddens and sickens me to know > that a woman of peace has to endure this sort of thing. > > Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 8:45 AM > > Subject: Hogtied and Abused at Fort Benning > > > > > > > Hogtied and Abused at Fort Benning > > > > > > By Kathy Kelly > > > > > > November 27, 2003 by CommonDreams.org > > > > > > http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1127-01.htm > > > > > > On Sunday, November 23, I took part in a nonviolent civil disobedience > > action at > > > Fort Benning, GA, to protest the U.S. Army´s School of the Americas > (SOA, > > now > > > called the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation -- > WHISC) > > > > > > Shortly after more than two dozen of us entered Fort Benning and were > > arrested, > > > US Military Police took us to a warehouse on the base for "processing." > I > > was > > > directed to a station for an initial search, where a woman soldier began > > > shouting at me to look straight ahead and spread my legs. I turned to > ask > > her > > > why she was shouting at me and was ordered to keep my mouth shut, look > > straight > > > ahead, and spread my legs wider. She then began an aggressive body > search. > > When > > > ordered to raise one leg a second time, I temporarily lost my balance > > while > > > still being roughly searched and, in my view, ‘womanhandled.’ I decided > > that I > > > shouldn’t go along with this dehumanizing action any longer. When I > > lowered my > > > arms and said, quietly, "I’m sorry, but I can’t any longer cooperate > with > > this," > > > I was instantly pushed to the floor. Five soldiers squatted around me, > one > > of > > > them referring to me with an expletive (this f_ _ _ er) and began to > cuff > > my > > > wrists and ankles and then bind my wrists and ankles together. Then one > > soldier > > > leaned on me, with his or her knee in my back. Unable to get a full > > breath, I > > > gasped and moaned, "I can’t breathe." I repeated this many times and > then > > began > > > begging for help. When I said, "Please, I’ve had four lung collapses > > before," > > > the pressure on my back eased. Four soldiers then carried me, hogtied, > to > > the > > > next processing station for interrogation and propped me in a kneeling > > position. > > > The soldier standing to my left, who had been assigned to "escort" me, > > gently > > > told me that soon the ankle and wrist cuffs, which were very tight, > would > > be cut > > > off. He politely let me know that he would have to move my hair, which > was > > > hanging in front of my face, so that my picture could be taken. I told > him > > I’d > > > appreciate that. > > > > > > I was then carried to the next station. There, one of the soldiers who’d > > been > > > part of pushing me to the floor knelt in front of me, and, with his nose > > about > > > two inches from mine, told me that because I was combative I should know > > that if > > > I didn’t do exactly as instructed when they uncuffed one hand, he would > > pepper > > > spray me. I asked him to describe how I’d been combative, but he didn’t > > answer. > > > > > > After the processing, I was unbound, shackled with wrist and ankle > chains, > > and > > > led to the section where other peaceful activists, also shackled, > awaited > > > transport to the Muskogee County jail. > > > > > > At our bond hearing on Monday, Nov. 24, a military prosecutor told the > > federal > > > judge that the military was considering an additional charge against me > > for > > > resisting arrest. I explained my side of the story to the judge, > grateful > > that > > > there are at least sevreal witnesses upon whom I could call. > > > > > > The federal judge determined that most of us were "flight risks" and > > increased > > > by 100% the cash bond required before we could be released, from last > > year´s > > > $500. to $1000. > > > > > > Today I have a black eye and the soreness that comes with severe muscle > > strain. > > > Mostly, I’m burdened with a serious question, "What are these soldiers > > training > > > for?" The soldiers conducting that search must have been ordered not to > > tolerate > > > the slightest dissent. They were practicing intimidation tactics far > > beyond what > > > would be needed to control an avowedly nonviolent group of protesters > who > > had > > > never, in thirteen years of previous actions, caused any disruption > during > > the > > > process of arrest. Bewildered, most of us in the "tank" inside the > > Muskogee > > > County jail acknowledged that during the rough processing we wondered, > > "What > > > country do we live in?" We now live in a country where Homeland Security > > funds > > > pay for exercises which train military and police units to control and > > > intimidate crowds, detainees, and arrestees using threat and force. > > > > > > This morning’s aches and pains, along with the memory of being hogtied, > > give me > > > a glimpse into the abuses we protest by coming to Fort Benning, GA. As > we > > > explore the further invention of nonviolence in our increasingly > volatile > > time, > > > it’s important that we jointly overcome efforts to deter our > determination > > to > > > stand together against what Martin Luther King once called, "the > violence > > of > > > desperate men," -- and women. > > > > > > [Kathy Kelly is the founder of Voices in the Wilderness, a human rights > > group > > > based in Chicago that worked to lift the economic sanctions against > Iraq. > > For > > > more information, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED], call (773) 784-8065, or visit > > > www.iraqpeaceteam.org or www.vitw.org.] > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > > > McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. > > > Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial > > today! > > > http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 > > > > > > Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. 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