>From: "Claudia K. White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >National Hostos Congress > >Muqoz Rivera 602, Le Mans 803 > >Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00918 > >Tel. 250-1588 > > >Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques > >P.O. Box 1424 Vieques, Puerto Rico 00765 > >Tel. (787) 741-0358 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >3 November, 2000 Press Release > >Military and police forces plan attack against Peace and Justice Camp > >A plan to destabilize the Peace and Justice Camp, located in front of the >gates to Camp Garcma in Vieques, was described today in a joint press release >by the National Hostos Congress (NHC) and the Committee for the Rescue and >Development of Vieques (CRDV). > > >According to Dr. Hictor L. Pesquera, co-presidente of the CHN, sources close >to the Navy, but in solidarity with the struggle for peace in Vieques, >informed about a plan elaborated by the Navy, the FBI and the Riot Police of >Puerto Rico, that consists of searching the camp this Sunday, November 5th, >under the pretext of the existence of arms in the camp. > > >"The objective is to link the struggle of the people of Vieques with violence >and weapons. The call by the PNP mayoral candidate for a campaign closing >activity the same day and practically in the same place as the PIP, has the >same purpose: to create potentially conflictive situations", Pesquera said. > > >The Navy operation against the Peace and Justice Camp would consist of >attacking the camp with rubber bullets and tear gas to dismantle the >facility, that serves as the center of operations and meeting space for the >diverse sectors that struggle to put an end to Navy bombing on Vieques. > > >"We should be attentive to this and other maneuvers the Navy will use to >detract from the peacefull and civilized character of our struggle. This >struggle is against violence and militarism. It is in favor of peace and >justice", said Ismael Guadalupe, one of the spokesman for the Committee for >the Rescue and Development of Vieques, community organization that directs >the Peace and Justice Camp. > > >"It is important that the Navy know our intelligence is also effective and >that we have sources of information in their own ranks. This is the same old >story that Romero Barcels used when he said there were weapons and explosives >in the civil disobedience camps. Of course there were weapons and explosives >- those that the Navy had been shooting there for more than sixty years!", >finished the joint press release. > > >______________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
