From: "mart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 20:04:29 -0400
Subject: WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL!
Forward from mart.
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U.S. Government on trial for war crimes against Korea!
Come to the Korea Truth Commission
WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL ON U.S. TROOP MASSACRES OF CIVILIANS
DURING THE KOREAN WAR
SATURDAY, JUNE 23RD 10 AM TO 6PM
475 RIVERSIDE DRIVE, MANHATTAN
VOLUNTEER!**MAKE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS!** GET LITERATURE!
call 212 633-6646 website www.koreatruthcommission.org
Program will include:
Testimony from survivors of U.S. Troop Attacks
The Importance of Nogun-ri in today's fight for justice
Star Wars and Bush's disdain for peace and reunification
Sanctions in the context of international war crimes law -
by Ramsey Clark
To volunteer, make financial contributions, get literature
or get more information;
CALL 212 633-6646 or logon to WWW.KOREATRUTHCOMMISSION.ORG
THE US IN KOREA; A BRUTAL HISTORY OF OCCUPATION
Since a 1999 Associated Press series about U.S. troops
attacking and killing innocent civilians during the Korean
war, news of 160 attacks on unarmed civilians, in the north
and in the south, has surfaced. At Nogun-ri, the most
notorious account, villagers were pinned beneath a bridge as
US forces strafed from aircraft and fired machine guns and
mortars. More than 400 people were killed.
The Pentagon inquiry of Nogun-ri concluded that it was a
rare occurrance caused by poor training. Then-president
Clinton expressed regret but offered no apology. The truth
is that of the millions of non-combatants who died during
the 3-year war, many tens of thousands were killed just like
this.
U.S. MILITARY ATTACKS PAVED THE WAY FOR GLOBALIZATION
When the economy of south Korea crumbled in 1998 the U.S.
dominated IMF and World Bank moved in with harsh austerity
measures. Job losses, union busting, and cuts in services
spread, while U.S. companies took over banks and businesses.
The 37,000 U.S. troops, and the bases that still dominate
south Korea gave U.S. bankers and businessmen the leverage
to turn the economic crisis to their advantage by dictating
the terms of the bailout. The brutal military campaign of
1950/53 had paved the way for them.
U.S. ABUSE OF KOREAN PEOPLE SMACKS OF COLONIALISM
Washington arbitrarily divided Korea in 1945 and moved the
troops in to enforce it. Since that time, tens of thousands
of Koreans have been unable to see their aging parents,
their siblings or other loved ones. Today those troops
aren't even accountable to the Korean justice system for
many crimes committed by them against Korean people. The
U.S. Military often refuses to turn offenders over to Korean
authorities, based on the provisions of the Status Of Forces
Agreement, which gives the military immunity that resembles
the Extraterritorial laws that the British Empire held over
the heads of the Indian people during the colonial period.
The U.S. Airforce routinely carries out bombing practice at
Maehyang-ri - Korea's Vieques. One of the three islands that
made the archipelago has already been bombed out of
existence. Pollution from the many military bases is
rampant, and is also rarely punishable according to the SOFA
agreement.
SANCTIONS AND A CAMPAIGN OF DEMONIZATION AGAINST NORTH KOREA
Sanctions imposed by Washington deprive the north of fuel,
fertilizers, food and medicine, and prevent them from easily
obtaining these things from other countries. After a series
of natural disasters hurt the agricultural base, and damaged
much of the power generating capabilities of the DPRK, the
U.S., Japan, and the south Korean government promised to
provide food and energy assistance, in return for north
Korea halting it's nuclear energy program. But the aid has
been held back, exacerbating the energy and food shortage,
and the new U.S. administration has suspended talks with the
north Korean leadership. President Bush has revived a
campaign of demonizing north Korea in order to justify a hi
tech anti-missile system that threatens all of Asia.
Bush and the Pentagon are the obstacles to
self-determination, peace, and reunification for Korea.
KOREAN PEOPLE NEED YOUR SOLIDARITY
Join former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark and hundreds
of others from the U.S., Europe, Canada, Japan, China and
elsewhere on June 23 in NYC for the International War Crimes
Tribunal and the International Peace March on June 24 and
25.
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