>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [Cuba SI] Fw: [Vieques Report >Status: > >Forward from mart. >Please distribute widely. >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Recipient list suppressed <Recipient list suppressed> >Date: May 9, 2000 5:15 PM >Subject: [pttp] Vieques Report > > >9 May, 2000 > >Camp Peace and Justice for Vieques >In front of the gate to Camp Garc�a, Vieques > >Warm greetings from this island beseiged, a people of great dignity and a >spirit of struggle and sacrifice. Five days after the kidnapping-arrests of >hundreds of Viequenses, Puerto Ricans and other members of the civil >disobedience camps, our struggle begins a new phase, with new strategies in >the context of non violent civil disobedience. > >It is important to point out that the arrests were conducted peacefully, not >by decision of the forces of repression, but because of the committment of >our community to peacefull action. It is equally important to denounce the >multiple violations committed against all those detained by the military, >the FBI and the Federal Marshalls. Everyone was handcuffed and searched >more than once, including old folks and even sick people. > >Only one person was handcuffed with metal handcuffs - Nilda Medina, my wife. >Only one person was handcuffed behind the back, also Nilda Medina. We have >no doubt this was a selective punishment to provoke and justify an >aggression against us. Nilda and I were the only ones specifically >mentioned in the press by the Superintendent of Police as "agitators" and >"troublemakers" in the days prior to the arrests. Nilda�s strength assured >we would not be provoked. > >During the trip to Naval Station Roosevelt Roads - a three hour ride in a >dirty barge, on a hot metal floor, without seats, with shade, with drinking >water - the heat was punishing. It was impressive to witness the strength >with which older folks like Do�a Luisa Guadalupe with her 85 years, the >always present national heroin, Lolita Lebron and Viequense, don Pablo >Hern�ndez, supported the horrible conditions of that voyage. Once at >Roosevelt Roads we were searched again, read a document that all refused to >sign and let out, without charges being filed. We had been kidnapped for >ten hours. > >Five days after this violation, our community remains under siege - armed >soldiers at the entrances to the navy facilities and all along the fences >that separate the military and civilian sectors; the Tactical Squad of the >PR Police (Riot Squad) in controll of the street that leads to the entrance >of Camp Garc�a from the North and South; a contingent of twenty five members >of the Riot Squad stationed in front of the gate to Camp Garc�a. The Coast >Guard threatens our fishermen, blocking them from their work at sea, >threatening to confiscate their boats for the "crime" of sustaining their >families in their sea, our sea. Two Vieques pilots were threatened with >loosing their liscence for supposedly entering into Navy restricted air >space during the arrest operation. > >The community organizations, leaders of the civil disobedience camps and >fishermen have been meeting during the past few days to plan the next >actions. We maintain a firm committment to actions of peacefull civil >disobedience or evangelical obedience in defense of our right to live in >peace, with dignity and with hope for a future Vieques free from the >military presence. > >About the Navy�s announcement that they resumed bombing yesterday: > >First, there are several people still in the impact zone. If they did bomb >they are more irresponsable than we imagined. Second, in May of 1999 the >Navy admitted it had shot here 263 depleted uranium shells during maneuvers >in February of that year. Military physicists in space suits recovered only >52 projectiles before abandoning the area due to the extreme danger of >unexploded ordnance. Any type of bombing in the impact zone while depleted >uranium shells are still present represents a grave danger for all of >Vieques. > >We are preparing for the next phase of this life and death struggle of our >community. We move forward convinced that God is on our side and that the >demilitarization of Vieques will be a contribution to world peace. > >In struggle, in solidarity > >Robert L. Rabin Siegal >Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques >(Comit� Pro Rescate y Desarrollo de Vieques) >Apartado 1424 Vieques, PR 00765 >(787) 741-0716 cel. 375-0525 > >U.S. NAVY OUT OF VIEQUES! > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Would you like to save big on your phone bill -- and keep on saving >more each month? Join beMANY! Our huge buying group gives you Long Distance >rates which fall monthly, plus an extra $60 in FREE calls! >http://click.egroups.com/1/2567/0/_/30563/_/957908337/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Cuba SI - Imperialism NO! >Information and discussion about Cuba. >Socialism or death! Patria o muerte! Venceremos! >http://www.egroups.com/group/cubasi > >Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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