From: "Macdonald Stainsby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 13:03:28 -0800 To: "Rad Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [R-G] Chavez: Afghan Killings Must Stop ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Chavez: Afghan Killings Must Stop OCTOBER 29, 23:09 EST Detroit Free Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) � Holding up what were purportedly photographs of dead children in Afghanistan, left-leaning Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Monday condemned the deaths of civilians as a result of the allied bombing campaign. ``We must find solutions for the problem of terrorism. We must find the terrorists. ... But not like this,'' Chavez said, pointing to a photograph of children and women he said had died or were wounded in the bombing. ``Look at these children. These children were alive yesterday. They were eating with their parents and a bomb fell on them,'' Chavez said during a nationally televised address. Chavez reiterated that Venezuela condemns the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks against the United States and supports the international fight against terrorism. But he said the struggle should focus on poverty and social discontent that fuels terrorism. ``This has no justification, just like the attacks in New York didn't either,'' Chavez said of the dead children. ``The killing in Afghanistan must stop.'' The United States launched the bombing campaign Oct. 7 after Afghanistan's Taliban government refused to hand over Osama bin Laden, a suspect in the Sept. 11 attacks. The Pentagon has accused the Taliban of inflating civilian casualties but has expressed regret for any accidental civilian casualties. Chavez made his remarks during a speech highlighting a 20-day foreign tour in which he campaigned for stable oil prices, an end to the war in Afghanistan and foreign investment in Venezuela. Chavez swiftly condemned the Sept. 11 attacks and assured Washington that Venezuela will maintain a stable supply of oil to the United States. _______________________________________________ Rad-Green mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/rad-green
