Bantahan terhadap "Black Hawak Down" berlaku seluruh dunia,
bukan setakat ummat Islam di Malaysia. Ini kita kena beritahu
IKIM (Institut Kefahaman Islam Malaysia).
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Assalamu'alaikum,
Students for International Peace and Justice <[EMAIL PROTECTED])
21st of January 2002 02:04:23 PM
PROTEST BLACK HAWK DOWN
Money for Jobs and Human Needs, Not for War and
Racism!
IN NEW YORK CITY
Wednesday, January 23 @ 6 pm
Union Square Theater: 13th St. and Broadway
AROUND THE COUNTRY
Call a picket line at your local theater today!
WHY ARE WE CALLING FOR PROTESTS AND BOYCOTTS AGAINST BLACK HAWK DOWN?
This movie is a blatantly racist attempt to create support among the U.S.
public for a new war against Somalia. According to the Bush
Administration, Somalia is at the top of the Pentagons list of countries
to be the next major target of the so-called war against terrorism.
In his review of Black Hawk Down, New York Times movie reviewer Elvis
Mitchell wrote that the movie converts the Somalis into a pack of snarling
dark-skinned beasts it reeks of glumly staged racism.
What actually happened in Somalia in 1992-93?
On December 12, 1992, the U.S. sent 28,000 soldiers into Somalia under the
cover of the United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM) in what they
said was a humanitarian mission to bring food to starving people. The
invasion came when a several-year drought that had taken tens of thousands
of lives was actually abating. At the time, the evening news showed
images of thousands of starving Somalis. What people didnt see was U.S.
troops not delivering food but instead engaged in daily gun battles and
bombing raids in heavily populated neighborhoods. In ten months, more than
10,000 Somalis died as the U.S. engaged in aggressive military action
against those who resisted.
Resistance among Somali women, men and even children to the foreign troops
became widespread. The Somali people have a long and proud history of
resistance. They fought for the freedom of their country from Italian,
French and British colonialism - and they resisted the U.S. attempts to
recolonize their country.
In the beginning of the military intervention in 1992, Colin Powell, at
the time the chairman of the Pentagons Join Chiefs of Staff, called the
invasion a paid political advertisement for the Pentagon at a time (less
than a year after the end of the so-called Cold War) when Congress was
under growing pressure to cut the war budget. Powell opposed calls that
that money be used instead for jobs, education, health care, housing and
other social needs, and instead sought to maintain the $300-billion-plus
military budget.
In reporting on the U.S./UN Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM), the human
rights organization Africa Rights stated that troops have engaged in
abuses of human rights, including killing of civilians, physical abuse,
theft Many UNOSOM soldiers have also displayed unacceptable levels of
racism toward Somalis These abuses included opening fire with machine guns
against unarmed protesters, firing missiles into presidential areas and
outright murder civilians, including many youth. The report states UNOSOM
has become an army of occupation.
Pro-war propaganda
Since September 11, Bush administration on officials have held meetings
with Hollywood representatives regarding the content of the movies and
other material they produce. In an October 17, 2001, meeting, Hollywood
heads committed themselves to new initiatives in support of the war on
terrorism.
Black Hawk Down is just one of those movies, made hand-in-hand with the
Pentagon. Weeks before the release of Black Hawk Down, the Motion Picture
Association of America held a private screening for senior White House
advisers, and allowed them to make changes. Defense Secretary Donald
Rumsfeld and Oliver North, among others, attended the movies Washington DC
premiere.
Hollywood spends hundreds of millions of dollars on pro-war, racist films
like these - $90 million on Black Hawk Down alone while millions of people
in New York and around the country are facing layoffs, evictions, cuts in
health care, attacks on their pensions and more.
A new war in Somalia
Somalia Possible Target is now a common sentiment echoed in newspaper
headlines and statements of Bush administration officials. In some ways,
a new war against Somalia has already begun. In November, the U.S.
government shut down the Somali-owned Al-Barakat money transfer company,
which provided the only way for Somalis living out of the country to send
back much-needed funds, known as remittances, which are often vital for
family members survival. Up to eighty percent of Somalis which is
hundreds of thousands if not milliosn of people rely on funds sent by
relatives livng outside of the country. This exposes the pretext given by
the U.S. government for the 1992 intervention said then to be a mission
to help starving people because now the U.S. is imposing measures that
will cause Somali people to starve because they are unable to afford food.
The U.S. also shut down Somalia Internet Company, denying all Internet
access to Somalis, and has severely restricted international telephone
lines. This is really the beginning of a strangulation of the country.
Since the U.S. government cannot implicate Somalia in the events of
September 11, they are attempting to justify a new military assault by
implying that the Pentagon has unfinished business, that they have a black
eye and must return with a vengeance. This is the goal of Black Hawk
Down.
All those who believe in justice for the people of the world must take a
stand against U.S. threats against Somalia, Sudan, the Philippines, Iraq,
Colombia and everywhere else. We dont know where the next war will be.
The Pentagon has announced that its wartime all the time and they will
select the targets. But we do know the U.S. public is being prepared to
justify another bloody incursion into Somalia.
Protest and boycott Black Hawk Down and organize to build the anti-war
movement.
CALL ISSUED BY: New York A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism).
For more information, call 212-633-6646, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or see
www.InternationalANSWER.org. If you are organizing in your area, please
let us know!
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