From: "mart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [pttp] U.S Millitary Terrorists Resume Bombing of Vieques Forward from mart. Please distribute . U.S Millitary terrorists resume bombing of Vieques ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 2:33 PM Subject: Fwd: [ViequesLibre] US Navy Resumes Vieques Bombing In a message dated 25/09/01 22:47:07 Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Subj: [ViequesLibre] US Navy Resumes Vieques Bombing -- La marina reanuda el bombardeo Date: 25/09/01 22:47:07 Eastern Daylight Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]";> [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------~-> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010924/ts/attack_navy_vieques_dc_1.html U.S. Navy Resumes Bombing By John Marino VIEQUES, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Previously planned Navy bombing training got under way on the small Puerto Rican island of Vieques on Monday by a battle group that could then be deployed as a part of the United States' response to the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and the Pentagon (news - web sites). The training was unusual in that -- because of the attacks -- it was not greeted by customary vociferous protests by Vieques residents and supporters from the main island of Puerto Rico against the war games. A Navy destroyer began strafing the bombing range at the eastern end of the island with 5-inch practice shells early in the morning, while fighter jets fired 500-pound (225-kg) and 25-pound (11-kg) inert bombs at ground targets, Navy officials said. The exercises involved the John F. Kennedy battle group, which was expected to be deployed later to the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf regions and could take part in a U.S. military response to the airborne assaults on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. ``The training has gone very well,'' said Navy spokesman Lt. Corey Barker, noting that the USS Sullivan, a destroyer, completed the first phase of its training. FA-18 Hornet jets then used the range for much of the day, he added. The Navy told the government in Puerto Rico, a U.S. Caribbean territory, that the training would last 23 days and would include ship-to-shore shelling and aerial bombing, but no amphibious landings of Marines. The battle group, which comprises 12 vessels, began training in the open waters surrounding Vieques last week. Vieques residents and supporters from elsewhere have waged a civil disobedience campaign against Navy training since the April 19, 1999, death of civilian security guard David Sanes Rodriguez in a botched bombing run, regularly trying to thwart the training by sneaking onto the Vieques base. Such protesters seek a speedier Navy exit from Vieques than May 2003, which has been proposed by Washington. The Navy has used Vieques for training for 60 years and rejects protesters' arguments that the war games are bad for residents' health and the environment. Most protest groups called for a moratorium on civil disobedience during this round of training to show solidarity with the victims of the attacks in New York and Washington. They were also worried civil disobedience might be poorly received by an American public highly concerned over security. ``We want to show solidarity with the victims of the terrorist attacks. New York has been a point of solidarity for our cause,'' said Robert Rabin, of the Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques, noting the contribution of New York labor leader Dennis Rivera. Rivera has served 30 days in jail for trespassing on Navy land and also worked to get other high-profile figures, such as the Rev. Jesse Jackson (news - web sites) and actor Edward James Olmos, involved in the Vieques cause. Instead of mounting their civil disobedience campaign, protesters planned rallies in front of Camp Garcia during the morning and the evening and have called for a general strike in Vieques on Oct. 4. Protest groups said another reason for the moratorium was tighter security at the Navy base. But some groups planned to enter restricted Navy land anyway. Barker said protesters slashed 60 feet (18 meters) of fence surrounding Camp Garcia on Sunday night, but said that it has since been repaired. ``There are already people inside,'' said Miguel Gonzalez Rodriguez, 61, from Monte Carmelo, a piece of land overlooking Navy property that was ``reclaimed'' from the military force by a group of people who settled there. He declined to say how many people were inside the base, however, and Barker said no trespassers had been detained. Rabin said that even as most protest groups began their moratorium, plans were afoot for a big civil disobedience campaign during the next round of Navy training in November. ========================================== Inicia la Marina sus maniobras b�licas EL NUEVO DIA martes, 25 de septiembre de 2001 Por Benjam�n Torres Gotay [EMAIL PROTECTED] LA MARINA de Guerra de Estados Unidos inici� ayer la cuarta ronda de maniobras b�licas que realiza en Vieques este a�o en medio de amagues de divisi�n entre sus opositores y ante el absoluto silencio del Gobierno de Puerto Rico con relaci�n a las pr�cticas que, hasta hace poco, intentaba impedir permanentemente. El grupo de batalla del USS John F. Kennedy comenz� a maniobrar en las costas de Vieques a las 8:35 a.m. de ayer con el bombardero USS The Sullivans haciendo disparos de mar a tierra, y continu� en la tarde con aviones de combate F-18 dejando caer bombas inertes sobre el campo de tiro en el extremo este de la isla municipio, inform� la portavoz militar Katherine Goode. Tumban 60 pies de verja Goode dijo que las maniobras se llevaron a cabo sin ning�n tipo de interrupci�n aunque las autoridades militares informaron de que, en la noche del domingo, desconocidos derribaron 60 pies de verja en las cercan�as del Monte Carmelo y del vertedero viequense. Al cierre de esta edici�n no se hab�an producido arrestos. Los principales grupos anti-Marina mantuvieron la promesa de no realizar actos de desobediencia civil en esta ronda de maniobras por la seguridad de los manifestantes, pero el grupo denominado Movimiento Socialista de Trabajadores, liderado por el ex legislador Luis Angel Torres, ha reiterado que tiene intenciones de penetrar en los terrenos restringidos. Ayer, sin embargo, no se supo si hab�an intentado o logrado entrar a la zona restringida. El Nuevo D�a no pudo establecer contacto con Torres, cuyo grupo se caracteriza por penetrar en gran secreto, mantenerse por varios d�as en la zona restringida e intentar salir sin ser detenidos. En dos ocasiones, sin embargo, miembros del grupo han sido detenidos. No descartan entrar a la zona Adem�s, el veterano l�der de los pescadores, Carlos Zen�n, dijo que su grupo tiene bajo evaluaci�n penetrar los terrenos militares, porque la llamada "moratoria" en las actividades de desobediencia civil inclu�a una petici�n para que la Marina no bombardeara. Esa petici�n no fue escuchada por la Marina. "No podemos llamar a una moratoria cuando la Marina tiene mano libre para seguirse preparando para seguir cometiendo los actos b�rbaros como los que se cometen en una guerra. Nosotros no le garantizamos a la Marina ni a nadie que en un momento dado a lo mejor entremos", dijo Zen�n. A pesar de la moratoria en los actos de desobediencia civil, la Polic�a aument� la vigilancia en torno al Campamento Garc�a. El superintendente de la Polic�a, Pierre Vivoni, dijo que se hab�an preparado como si no se hubiese anunciado moratoria alguna. Rabin agreg�que el Gobierno, que usualmente daba mensajes de solidaridad con los viequenses durante los bombardeos, no lo ha hecho esta vez. La gobernadora Sila Calder�n, quien viaj� a Nueva York la semana pasada para compartir con los familiares de las v�ctimas del ataque terrorista del 11 de septiembre, segu�a ayer all�, "compartiendo con su familia", inform� La Fortaleza. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
