The Zipper Wars
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Getting Involved Getting InvolvedThe Huddersfield Committee for Peace and Justice is organizing a major two-day International conference on the situation in Yugoslavia, to be held on 25/26 March, at Bradford University, England. More info here. On Monday 10 May, 1999, Gabriel Carlyle, co-coordinator of Voices in the Wilderness UK, was sent to prison for an anti-bombing and anti-sanctions protest last December. Gabriel received a 45 day sentence for refusing to pay over £1000 compensation to the Foreign Office. On 17 December 1998, Gabriel and Andrea Needham threw fake blood onto the front wall of the Foreign Office - it was the second day of the US/UK bombardment. 45 days is the maximum penalty Gabriel could receive for his non-payment. He will be in prison until the beginning of June. If you would like to send Gabriel a message of support, please write to him at the following address. Gabriel Carlyle DB 6387You can send mail to any service member deployed in the Balkans at the following addresses: USO Regional Office AtlanticRemember, Dear Abby says that American troops love chocolate chip cookies the best. And remember the modern Ameriican fighting machine is of all genders, hallelujah! Find out what happened at the June 5th demo in San Francisco. War NewsThe political newsletter Counterpunch has an article detailing who NATO killed. The respected publication Defense & Foreign Affairs reports: "It is clear from the amount and quality of intelligence received by this journal from a variety of highly-reputable sources that NATO forces have already suffered significant losses of men, women and materiel . . .There is also a report that at least one US female pilot has been killed." Full text of this article is here. The Defense & Foreign Affairs Group of Publications began publishing in 1972 and is read by senior government, defense, intelligence and industry officials in more than 170 countries. --Linda Grant DePauw Has a US general been captured by the Serbs? See if you believe this detailed account of a secret disastrous defeat for NATO. A list of casualties and damages inflicted by NATO forces during the first month of bombing is here. Read Grandpa Munster's thoughts about the war and much, much more. Question: Betcha cant say how many countries are in NATO and what the names of those countries are! And as a bonus question, what does NATO stand for? Write your answer down on a 3" X 5" card and put in a sealed envelope and then click here and let me know if you won. Super-hippie D. has a brother in the Air Force and he wrote an article about why he is proud to be an American in these times. A picture is worth a thousand words. But you may not want to see these pictures of the results of "humanitarian" bombing. Read Her PinsFrom the July-August issue of The Art Newspaper:
Madeleine K. Albright wearing the silver brooch "Liberty' (right), has earned her place in the history books by being the first woman to hold the position of US Secretary of State. She is also famous for her artist-designed brooches which she uses as semaphore. For example, a brooch in the form of a dove, which she wore at the recent Middle East peace talks, signals her desire for peace. Her jewellry has come to be closely watched by the US media. "Read my pins," she remarks. "Liberty" by the Dutch jeweller Gijs Bakker consists of two watches and conveys a message of Yankee candour: one watch is set upside down to allow Secretary Albright to to time her interviews; the other to show her visitor when it is time to leave. An international touring exhibition of her collection, "Brooching it diplomatically: a tribute to Madelein K. Albright" is at the American Craft Museum, New York until 8 August.
"This is a comment regarding Mad Madeleine's pins. I and a friend have been pin watchers for a long time. The one that first drew our attention was the eagle looking to one side, wings spread, with a pearl at the bottom of the eagle which represents world globalism. This same pin has been seen on Hillary, the Kennedy gal from Maryland (Lt. Gov.), and journalist Eleanore Rodham Clift just to name a few.
Recently, Mad Madeleine wore one of the most gaud awful pins I have ever seen. It even beats the one that is shown on this website for ugliness. The pin took up most of the left side of her shoulder, something that resembled a peacock (or a phoenix perhaps rising up out of the ashes?) with fine strands of gold chains hanging down from the bottom of the bird. It was ooogaly.
It's just a hoot watching these women wear their symbolic pins of world domination by the few annointed.
Regards,
Stella A Ballad from Belgrade
Nothing to fear, nothing to worry,
Serbian people, they are so bad,
Don't think too long, don't think too deep,
It gives me sorrow it gives me blues
In the case of Rwanda he was too slow,
Let's get Kosovo ethnically clean,
Serbs from Croatia, Serbs from Bosnia,
Let's test some weapons, cause some destruction,
Let us create the New World Order Other OpinionsWondering if there are viewpoints besides the ones your Official American Media gives you? Check out these sites:
F R O M T H E B A L K A N S America's Secret WeaponLike they told me in the United States Navy: "There is a right way, a wrong way, and a Navy way; and we are going to do this over and over and over again until you get it right." This photo is actually classified material but I felt that during the current global war some citizens might be wondering what philosophy motivates the United States Military in times of crises, and otherwise, to continue making the same mistakes over and over and over again. Yes, this is a well thought out plan. And in case any of you citizens are losing confidence in the ability of our Military Forces overseas to keep the barbarian hordes from our shores have no fear: the United States Coast Guard will never allow that to happen.Let's Have Bombing FunAn historical quiz and survey by Country Joe. Have you got the right stuff to take and pass the bombing quiz and survey?
The QuizTotals on a scale of 0-111:0-5 = brain deadThe following are the countries that the United States has bombed since the end of WW2. The list was compiled by historian William Blum. I have added 5 countries that we in our compassion have chosen not to bomb but one of those countries is a fake one I made up. Can you guess which ones? China, Korea, Guatemala, Melnisia, Indonesia, Turkey, Cuba, Falkland Islands, Congo, Peru, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Grenada, Tasmania, Libya, El Salvador, Iran, Nicaragua, Germany, Panama, Iraq, Sudan, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia. Which countries had the unfortunate experience of being bombed by us twice since WW2? Which country was our favorite country to bomb? Which country did we bomb the longest? In the last 54 years, since 1945, the United States has bombed a grand total of how many years worth of bombing? (All added up by time spent bombing individual countries in terms of years.) 3 years, 27 years, 43 years, 56 years, 72 years
The SurveyIf you did well on the quiz, perhaps you're qualified to advise NATO. Send us your answers to our survey and we'll pass them along to our military authorities.
If you'd like to express your opinion in a way that might do some good, try writing President Clinton or Vice President Gore. The results of my last poll are here. Fixin' to Die in KosovoPeople have been rewriting the Rag for the war in the Balkans. Scott Lucado's version is outstanding:
Read lots more Kosovo-related "Fixin's." Another Clinton Joke
It takes a village to raise a child... Illustration from the Village Voice.
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