*** From [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tomasz Iwanowski) > URL for this article: http://emperors-clothes.com/analysis/sixty.htm > > Join our email list at http://emperors-clothes.com/f.htm. Receive > about one article/day. > > This article may be reproduced in any non-commercial medium but > please include the entire text and the URL. For commercial use > contact Emperor's Clothes. > > www.tenc.net * [Emperor's Clothes] > > ======================================= > WILLIAM WALKER (MR. RACAK) AND THE JESUIT MASSACRE COVER-UP > Part 1 > by John Flaherty and Jared Israel > Includes full text of 60 Minutes TV expos. > [Posted 22 March 2002] > ======================================= > > In coming days, officials from the Kosovo Verification Mission (KVM) > are scheduled to testify against Slobodan Milosevic. The chief of the > KVM was one William Walker, the man who sold the world the story of > the Racak so-called massacre, used to create a climate to justify the > bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999. > > We are preparing a piece which examines Walker's role as Assistant > Under-Secretary of State for Central American Affairs from 1985 to > 1988, including the Iran-Contra scandal, Ambassador to El Salvador > from 1988 to 1992 and UN administrator for Eastern Slavonia from 1997 > to 1998. While this article is in preparation, we wished to make > available to you the transcript of a Sixty Minutes program, posted > below. It aired in 1993. It exposed William Walker's role in > suppressing the investigation into the infamous death squad killings > of Jesuits in El Salvador and in deceiving, or trying to deceive, the > public about the Salvadoran Army's role in this terrible crime. > > Walker's effectiveness in Yugoslavia - especially his ability to > "sell" the Racak massacre - depended on his credibility as an honest > diplomat. A public figure's credibility is - or should be - based on > the historical record. Clearly, if the gangster Al Capone tells us > somebody is a crook, we're going to take it with a grain of salt. > > Given what he had done to Central America it is therefore remarkable > that William Walker had any credibility at all. It is especially > remarkable that two groups were silent when Walker was made UN chief > in Eastern Slavonia and when he was lauded as an honest broker - a > humanitarian! - in Kosovo. > > The two silent groups were: Leftists and the Catholic Church. > > When Bill Clinton tried to make Walker Ambassador to Panama, in 1993, > the Catholic Church in Panama and local political activists reacted > loud and fast. For example: > > "The Jesuit Order of the Catholic Church today rejected the > designation of William Walker as U.S. Ambassador to Panama, based on > his alleged complicity in the November 1989 assassination of five > Jesuit priests in El Salvador.... > > "[Father] Valdes pointed out that Walker was U.S. ambassador in El > Salvador when a U.S. trained battalion murdered the five [should be > six -ed.] priests, as well as their housekeeper and her daughter. > > "'The Jesuit order at the time denounced the complicity of the U.S. > Embassy (headed by Walker) in the case, for concealing evidence, > obstructing the investigation, pressuring judges to impede the trial > process, and terrorizing witnesses,' Valdes said." - "PANAMA: JESUITS > OPPOSE U.S. AMBASSADOR DESIGNATE," Inter Press Service June 28, 1993, > Monday > > And: > > "Jesuit priest Fernando Guardia said, also today, that Walker was 'a > symbol of the destruction of life' while he was ambassador in El > Salvador." - "PANAMA: JESUITS, RIGHTS GROUPS OPPOSE U.S. AMBASSADOR > DESIGNATE," Inter Press Service, July 22, 1993 > > But when Clinton sent Walker to Slovenia, nobody uttered a peep. > > BACKGROUND ON THE JESUIT MURDERS > > In case you're unfamiliar with what happened in El Salvador, here's a > very brief rundown. El Salvador was torn by what appeared to be civil > war during the 1980s. But it was an odd civil war. The government > side got billions of dollars in US 'aid.' During the decade, death > squads run by the US-sponsored Salvadoran Army killed literally > thousands of political opponents, trade unionists, peasant leaders, > outspoken journalists, school teachers, ordinary peasant farmers and > townspeople who happened to be in the wrong place or from the wrong > class and perhaps best known to the world, Salvadoran and US Catholic > church activists and officials, including the assassination of > Archbishop Oscar Romero in March 1980. > > It was while Walker was US Ambassador that six Jesuit priests, their > cook and her daughter were brutally slain by a Salvadoran Army death > squad. > > In the transcript below, a Salvadoran officer comments that the > murderers would never have acted without approval from top army > officers. But as we shall demonstrate in the article on Walker that > is in preparation, the approval of top military officials was not > enough. The murdered men were not communists. They were Catholic > "liberation theologists." And they had power: > > "Among those killed were the rector of the Jesuit-run University of > Central America, Rev. Ignacio Ellacuria, and the vice rector, Rev. > Ignacio Martin-Baro. Both were leading leftist intellectuals and > prominent critics of army human rights abuses and both had been > targets of death threats broadcast in recent days on state radio." > --Boston Globe Nov. 17, 1989 > > Death threats broadcast on state radio! > > The government military publicly broadcast its intention of killing > these men days before the actual murders took place. > > It is inconceivable they would have done so if they had the least > fear they would be slapped down by the US command, which not only > paid the Salvadoran military's bills, but which also had US > 'advisers' throughout the military. > > William Walker knew, and those who sent the killers knew he knew, and > most important of all, they knew he would help them cover-up these > crimes. > > It's all in the transcript, below. > > -- John Flaherty and Jared Israel > > THE JESUIT MURDERS > > Transcript of 60 MINUTES * March 21, 1993 > > LESLEY STAHL: Following our story last week about the massacre at El > Mozote, the United Nations this week reported to its members what we > had reported, that despite United States government denials at the > time, 11 years ago soldiers of the Salvadoran army--trained and armed > by the United States--wiped out the village of El Mozote, killing > entire families they suspected of being guerrilla sympathizers. > > That United Nations report also confirmed something Ed Bradley > reported three years ago; that officers high up in the US-backed > army, and not left-wing guerrillas, had had a hand in murdering six > Jesuit priests they suspected of being the brains behind the > guerrillas. > > ED BRADLEY: Jesuit Priest Fermain Scines was on the campus the night > of the murders and might well have been killed with the others. He > says it was obvious from the beginning it was the work of the > Salvadoran army, not of the guerrillas. > > Father FERMAIN SCINES (Jesuit Priest): There was soldiers here. There > was soldiers there. Was soldiers...everybody saw them. > > BRADLEY: And they didn't come in and they were out in a few minutes? > > Father SCINES: They came at about 12:00. > > BRADLEY: And they were here for at least two hours? > > Father SCINES: And they were leaving at 2:45 AM. > > BRADLEY: Almost three hours? > > Father SCINES: Almost three hours, making tremendous noise. They were > smoking; they were talking; they were walking. The ones who killed > them...after doing the job, they went there...three meters from there > and he took a beer. > > BRADLEY: Father Scines has spoken to a number of witnesses. > > Father SCINES: There is tremendous evidence. > > BRADLEY: But only one, the Jesuits' housekeeper Lucia Serena, had the > courage to come forward with eyewitness testimony linking the army, > not the guerrillas, to the crime. From this window, she could see > five men in army uniforms carrying rifles and wearing military caps. > > No doubt in your mind what you saw that night? > > Mrs. LUCIA SERENA (Cook): (Through Interpreter) No doubt whatsoever, > none. > > BRADLEY: Lucia Serena did not actually see the murders, but the > Jesuits fear that the very fact that she could place soldiers at the > scene of the crime puts her life in grave danger. So they arranged to > get Lucia and her family out of the country. > > William Walker is the US ambassador to El Salvador. > > Ambassador WILLIAM WALKER (US Ambassador to El Salvador): Mrs. Serena > was taken to the United States to get her out of what was an > incredibly tense and frightening situation here, where she obviously > feared for her safety; to get her to a place of safety, where she > would be calm. > > BRADLEY: But she says she was anything but calm when questioned at > FBI headquarters in Miami, where for four days, according to Lucia > Serena, the FBI asked her the same questions over and over. She was > also questioned by Colonel Manuel Rivas, the Salvadoran officer in > charge of the murder investigation. > > Mrs. SERENA: He was very arrogant and very harsh. Instead of > concerning himself with investigating the case, he investigated us. > > BRADLEY: She says they pressed her about family members still living > in El Salvador. > > Mrs. SERENA: How many brothers did I have? What are their names? > Where do they live? It frightened me. Maybe they'll kill my brothers. > > > BRADLEY: She says an FBI agent asked her about one of the Jesuits who > hadn't been killed. > > Mrs. SERENA: He opened the door, but like this--BAM! Like, he slammed > it. He turned around and said, 'That priest--is he a guerrilla or > isn't he?' I was very scared. > > BRADLEY: So scared that after a few days, she decided to tell her > interrogators she hadn't seen anything at all. > > These were not questions given to a cooperative witness, these are > questions that are to go after a suspect. > > Ambassador WALKER: Well, that's not true. That is just not true. It > might be a perception that she received because of her emotional > state. Perfectly understandable. They were trying to determine from a > person who said she was at the scene and had heard and seen things, > how much she knew. > > Father JOSEPH O'HARE (President, Fordham University): I find it very > disturbing that not only the Salvadoran military, but our own embassy > in San Salvador seemed anxious to discredit her testimony, which, as > a matter of fact, was confirmed by the Salvadoran government itself > as events developed. > > BRADLEY: Father Joseph O'Hare, president of Fordham University, and > Father Donald Monan, president of Boston College, were recently in El > Salvador investigating the murder of their brother Jesuits. > > You say that Ambassador Walker discredited her testimony. How did he > discredit her testimony? > > Father DONALD MONAN (President, Boston College): He announced in El > Salvador that her testimony was not credible. > > Father O'HARE: That there were inconsistencies in it. > > BRADLEY: There were inconsistencies. She changed her story. > > Father O'HARE: Yeah, after several days of intensive pressure in > a--imagine. Put yourself in the situation of a simple woman in a > foreign land, not knowing the language, being threatened with > deportation back to El Salvador, isolated from those who could be > supportive of her. I think that it's quite understandable that she > would change her testimony under that kind of pressure. > > Mrs. SERENA: I want to make one thing very clear. I saw the men. I > saw the men. > > BRADLEY: Just how effective was the American Embassy at getting to > the bottom of the Jesuit case? Six weeks after the murders, an > American major said he was tipped off by a Salvadoran army officer > that a high-ranking colonel in the army of El Salvador had admitted > being involved in the murder. The embassy turned right around and not > only gave the name of the colonel to the Salvadoran high command, it > also told them who the informant was. > > CONTINUED PART 2 > > > > > > Click to be removed: > http://MessageBot.com/r.cgi?[EMAIL PROTECTED]&list=ICDSM > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Powered by http://MessageBot.com/ > Get Cool Images at http://www.flamingtext.com/mb.html >
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