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cow boy Jose Fortuno wrote: > > ________________________________________________ > A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E > http://www.ainfos.ca/ > ________________________________________________ > > US Navy kills Puerto Rican in Vieques > by Jos� Fortu�o > > The people of Puerto Rico, the US colony in the Caribbean, had its dose > of the military aggression in the Balkans, when a missile shot by a US > Navy killed one civilian and wounded four. This happened last Monday > night, during Navy exercises in the island municipality of Vieques. > The missile that took away David Sanes�s life, a civil security guard, > was shot by a F-18 plane, from the USS Kennedy, that is getting prepared > to be sent to Yugoslavia. Sanes, as all Puerto Ricans, was a US citizen. > > The incident has launched a unanimous reaction of repudiation against > the US Navy. Representatives from every social and political sector have > raised their voices. Even Governor Pedro Rossell�, that had never > expressed opposition to the Navy, sent a letter to President Clinton > asking for the end to live ammunition practices. > The Navy responded with a short declaration asking �pardon� for the > �error�. A Navy spokesman pointed out that Vieques is �essential� to US > military interests because it is the only place where they practice in > actual combat conditions. > Some of the wounded have given signs of having been intimidated not to > say too much to the press. > Vieques is a 52 square miles island with a population of 9,000 > civilians. Three fourths of its territory are occupied by the Navy and > are used continually for shooting exercises. This situation has > prevented the development of Vieques, an island with an unlimited > tourist potential, forcing most of its people to leave. > Over the years, wide sectors of the Vieques people, especially the > fishermen, and of the Puerto Rican people in general, have expressed > themselves against the Navy. Besides claiming that they are prevented > from carrying a normal life, because of their lands being occupied by > the Navy, and for the constant bombing, they have said repeatedly that > there was a real danger of an incident of fatal consequences. > Since Monday, in Vieques, every day thousands have gathered demanding > the end of the Navy occupation, and a massive demonstration, with people > attending from all Puerto Rico is scheduled for next Saturday. > > ******** > The A-Infos News Service > ******** > COMMANDS: [email protected] > REPLIES: [email protected] > HELP: [email protected] > WWW: http://www.ainfos.ca/ > INFO: http://www.ainfos.ca/org --- # distributed via nettime-l : no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a closed moderated mailinglist for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [email protected] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # URL: http://www.desk.nl/~nettime/ contact: [email protected]