----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Herman de Tollenaere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; boricua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 3:29 AM Subject: Human shields remain in firing range while US Navy keeps bombing October 17, 2000 > >PRESS RELEASE > >"HUMAN SHIELDS" REMAIN IN BOMBING RANGE IN VIEQUES AS NAVY CONTINUES TO >BOMB > >Vieques, P.R.- At 4:00PM EST today, Tuesday October 17, the delegation of >Viequenses who entered the bombing range in Vieques early this morning >still remained there, even as the U.S. Navy continued to bomb from ship to >shore. > >Ismael Guadalupe, one of the spokepersons for the Committee for the Rescue >and Development of Vieques (CRDV), explained that the group of Viequense >'human shields", members of the "Luisa Guadalupe Brigade", have been >watching and hearing the intense ship-to-shore bombings by the U.S. Navy, >close to where they are dispersed along the bombing range. > >Guadalupe metioned the names of some of the "human shields" who remain in >the bombing range in Vieques: the Honorable Radam�s Tirado, former Mayor >of Vieques (member of the New Progressive Party); Father Justino L�pez, >Deacon of the Catholic Church in Vieques; Robert Rabin, spokesperson for >the Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques; Cedric Morales, >businessman and owner of the principal supermarket in Vieques; Angel >"Tato" Guadalupe, veteran, retired teacher and nephew of Luisa Guadalupe; >and G�ito Silva, viequense whose wife, like so many other viequenses, died >of cancer. > >Guadalupe explained that these are some of the "human shields" in the >bombing range, since there are others whose names and number will not yet >be revealed for strategic reasons. > >Guadalupe stated: "Bombing Vieques, where there are almost 10,000 people >living close to the bombing range, is immoral. But for the Navy to bomb >knowing full well that there are human beings right there on the bombing >range is unconscionable. A group of courageous Viequenses are risking >their lives in order to defend our people's lives and health. The U.S. >Navy is showing once again its total lack of respect towards the lives, >health and well-being of the people of Vieques."
