From: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com (abolition-usa-digest) To: abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: abolition-usa-digest V1 #196 Reply-To: abolition-usa-digest Sender: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk abolition-usa-digest Sunday, October 17 1999 Volume 01 : Number 196 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 12:40:53 -0400 From: peter weiss Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) RE: Failure to Ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - --------------68FC18F9CC9724B90A2DD39B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Francis: As usual, you're a tiny step ahead of me in your analysis. Mine is that it's typicl Clinton: Saying the right thing and doing the wrong one. His problem is not talking out of both sides of his mouth; he suffers from a chronic dysfunction between speech and action. Besides, I predict that Gore and the dems are going to drop the issue as soon as they see that it doesn't play with the public. The media didn't do much better on this than the Senate, as witnessed by the fact that the NY Times didn't see fit to print the attached piece whch I sent it on Tuesday. Thanks for the great job you did in Scotlan. Cora is leaving for Glasgow tomorrow to make a post-Hague speech. She'll be meeting with Angie and some of the others on Monday evening. Regards, Peter Boyle, Francis wrote: > > For what it is worth, I think there is a good chance that Clinton > deliberately maneuvered the Republicans in the Senate into rejecting the > CTBT so that the Democrats and Gore could use it against them in the 2000 > campaign, which they are now doing. fab. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation [mailto:a2000@silcom.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 7:38 PM > To: abolition-caucus@igc.org; abolition-usa@lists.xmission.com > Subject: Failure to Ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > > Statement by David Krieger, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation > Santa Barbara, California October 14, 1999 > > "In voting down the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), the U.S. Senate > acted with irresponsible disregard for the security of the American people > and the people of the world. It is an act unbecoming of a great nation. > The > Senate sent a message to the more than 185 countries that have signed the > Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that the United States is not prepared to > lead the global effort for non-proliferation nor to keep its promises to the > international community. I urge the American people to send a strong > message > of disapproval to the Senators who voted against this treaty, and demand > that > the United States resume a leadership role in supporting the CTBT and > preventing further nuclear tests by any country at any time and at any > place. > "The American people should take heart that the Treaty is not dead, and > this setback should be viewed as temporary -- until they have made their > voices reverberate in the halls of the Senate." > > For information on how your senator voted, please visit the Nuclear Age > Peace Foundation website at: http://www.wagingpeace.org > > - > To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. 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For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 15:18:13 -0500 From: "Boyle, Francis" Subject: RE: (abolition-usa) RE: Failure to Ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Clinton deliberately sent that Democratic Senator out there on September 9, saying he would stop all action on the floor of the Senate, which he could do, unless the CTBT was taken up. One thing Clinton can do is count votes. He knew full well he did not have the votes to get the CTBT through. Ergo, he precipitated the vote knowing full well he would lose. Notice that Al Gore had a campaign video immediately ready to go nationwide right after the defeat--that takes time, planning, money, and reservations with the networks. It is simply Clinton/Gore disinformation that he just put it all together the night before. Clinton also lied in his press conference, saying that there was no way under heaven that he could have predicted the Republicans were going to schedule such a quick vote, when in fact his Senator made the vote inevitable as of September 9. Also, Clinton made no effort to compromise with Lott on the withdrawal of the treaty until it was too late--just before the vote, when he called Lott to cover himself. Once again, just read through the lines of the Newspeak Times and it is all there. Clinton, Gore and the Democrats are now going to hammer the Republicans over the rejection of the CTBT, which 80% of the American People support, in order to get control of the Senate, House and White House. I have not yet seen the Gore video, but I am told it has a missile going off in the background. Reminds me of the video Johnson and the Democrats did on Barry Goldwater in the 1964 campaign with the atomic bomb going off in the background and the slogan: "Just a heartbeat away." Johnson and the Democrats defeated Goldwater and the Republicans in a massive landslide. Except when it comes to women, Clinton is smart, ruthless, devious and cunning: Georgetown School of Foreign Service; Rhodes Scholar;Yale Law School; Professor of Law at Arkansas Law School, etc. His capacity for evil must never be underestimated. Francis A. Boyle Professor of Law - -----Original Message----- From: peter weiss [mailto:petweiss@igc.org] Sent: Saturday, October 16, 1999 11:41 AM To: abolition-usa@lists.xmission.com Cc: 'Nuclear Age Peace Foundation'; abolition-caucus@igc.org; 'NUKENET@envirolink.org'; 'Peace 2000' Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) RE: Failure to Ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Francis: As usual, you're a tiny step ahead of me in your analysis. Mine is that it's typicl Clinton: Saying the right thing and doing the wrong one. His problem is not talking out of both sides of his mouth; he suffers from a chronic dysfunction between speech and action. Besides, I predict that Gore and the dems are going to drop the issue as soon as they see that it doesn't play with the public. The media didn't do much better on this than the Senate, as witnessed by the fact that the NY Times didn't see fit to print the attached piece whch I sent it on Tuesday. Thanks for the great job you did in Scotlan. Cora is leaving for Glasgow tomorrow to make a post-Hague speech. She'll be meeting with Angie and some of the others on Monday evening. Regards, Peter Boyle, Francis wrote: > > For what it is worth, I think there is a good chance that Clinton > deliberately maneuvered the Republicans in the Senate into rejecting the > CTBT so that the Democrats and Gore could use it against them in the 2000 > campaign, which they are now doing. fab. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation [mailto:a2000@silcom.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 7:38 PM > To: abolition-caucus@igc.org; abolition-usa@lists.xmission.com > Subject: Failure to Ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > > Statement by David Krieger, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation > Santa Barbara, California October 14, 1999 > > "In voting down the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), the U.S. Senate > acted with irresponsible disregard for the security of the American people > and the people of the world. It is an act unbecoming of a great nation. > The > Senate sent a message to the more than 185 countries that have signed the > Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that the United States is not prepared to > lead the global effort for non-proliferation nor to keep its promises to the > international community. I urge the American people to send a strong > message > of disapproval to the Senators who voted against this treaty, and demand > that > the United States resume a leadership role in supporting the CTBT and > preventing further nuclear tests by any country at any time and at any > place. > "The American people should take heart that the Treaty is not dead, and > this setback should be viewed as temporary -- until they have made their > voices reverberate in the halls of the Senate." > > For information on how your senator voted, please visit the Nuclear Age > Peace Foundation website at: http://www.wagingpeace.org > > - > To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 22:32:57 -0400 From: Norm and Karen Cohen Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) RE: Failure to Ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty I've differed with Prof Boyle's opinions before, but not this time. He's = right on target. Norm Cohen Executive Director Coalition for Peace and Justice "Boyle, Francis" wrote: > Clinton deliberately sent that Democratic Senator out there on Septembe= r 9, > saying he would stop all action on the floor of the Senate, which he co= uld > do - -----------snip----------------- Coalition for Peace and Justice and the UNPLUG Salem Campaign; 321 Barr A= ve., Linwood, NJ 08221; 609-601-8537 or 609-601-8583 (8583: fax, answer machin= e) UNPLUG SALEM WEBSITE: http://members.aol.com/robvfp/page4/index.htm COAL= ITION FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE WEBSITE: http://members.bellatlantic.net/~norco/ = The Coalition for Peace and Justice is a chapter of Peace Action. UPCOMING EVENTS: UNPLUG PRESS CONFERENCE & RALLY 10/24, 11 AM MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE HOTEL, BEACH DRIVE, CAPE MAY; UN WEEK EVENT, 10/26 STOCKTON CO= LLEGE, ROOM B125; ALEC BALDWIN IS COMING TO STOCKTON 11/9 AT 4:30 pm !!!!!!!!!!!= !! =93We have two lives, the one we=92re given, and the other one we make=94= (Mary Chapin Carpenter) =93Where do we go from here - chaos or community?=94 (Martin Luther King) - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 00:24:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Timothy Bruening Subject: (abolition-usa) 6th Grade Decided Low Green Belt! Dear Peaceniks: Last night, I received a 6th Grade Decided Low Green Belt in ITC Taekwondo Karate at Rodness' Karate Center in Davis. I and all the other students shook the hands of and bowed to the belt awarding committee (led by Mrs Rodness) and received our belts and certificates as everyone clapped. Belts were awarded from Orange to 2nd Degree Black. 6 students received 1st Degree Black Belts. The belt awarding committee untied their Red Black Belts and tied on their 1st Degree Black Belts. Lorna Gill received her 2nd Degree Black Belt in the same manner. Brown Belts, Red Belts, Red Black Belts, and Black Belts had to break boards to pass their test. The ITC National Championships will be held in Sacramento on November 6th at the Sacramento Convention Center. Would any of you be interested in seeing them? Sincerely, Timothy Bruening. - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 00:24:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Timothy Bruening Subject: (abolition-usa) Questions about U.S. nuclear policy I am attempting to write a letter to the editor asking questions about U.S. nuclear policy. Below are the questions I have come up with so far. What questions would you recommend? In the wake of the rejection of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, I would like to urge the great reporters of this great newspaper to ask President Clinton, the Presidential candidates, and other politicians the following questions: I. In 1996, the World Court ruled that the use of or threat to use nuclear weapons is generally illegal, and that the nations of the world have a legal obligation to abolish nuclear weapons. What actions will (would) you take to abolish nuclear weapons in accord with international law? II. Nearly ten years after the end of the Cold War, why do the U.S. and Russia still maintain thousands of nuclear warheads on hair trigger alert, ready to blow up each other on half an hour's notice? III. What actions will (would) you take to reduce pressures felt by some nations to develop nuclear weapons and conduct nuclear tests? IV. In light of Y2K concerns, recent tensions with Russia over the Kosovo war, and tensions provoked by the Senate rejection of the CTBT, will (would) you take U.S. nuclear weapons off alert to reduce the risk of an accidental nuclear war? V. The U.S. has a Stockpile Stewardship Program to design and develop new nuclear weapons using "subcritical" nuclear tests (7 since 1997, using amounts of plutonium too small to "go critical" and cause a nuclear explosion), supercomputer simulations of nuclear explosions, and the National Ignition Facility (which would use 192 lasers to cause small fusion explosions, helping weapons scientists advance their knowledge of nuclear explosions). How can the U.S. expect other nations to not develop or test nuclear weapons if we conduct nuclear tests and continue to develop nuclear weapons? VI. In response to our 7 subcritical nuclear tests (which the DOE claims is "fully consistent with the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty"), the Russians have conducted their own subcritical nuclear tests at Novaya Zemlya). Opponents of the CTBT seized on the Russian subcritical tests as a reason to vote against the CTBT. How can U.S. subcritical tests be consistent with the CTBT and Russian subcritical tests be inconsistent with the CTBT? Isn't this hypocritical? VII. Opponents of the CTBT argued that it would prevent further US advances in nuclear weapons. This implies that they favor continued U.S. development of nuclear weapons. How do they expect other nations to not develop nuclear weapons if the U.S. continues to develop nuclear weapons? - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 04:13:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Timothy Bruening Subject: (abolition-usa) Question to George W Bush about U.S. nuclear policy Here is a question I would like to ask George W Bush: In September 1991, as the USSR fell apart, your father, the great President Bush, unilaterally ordered a stand-down of U.S. strategic bombers, which had, for decades, been prepared to take off in minutes. Their bombs were later unloaded and stored. Some missiles were taken off alert in just a few days, and orders for some new weapons were canceled. Soviet President Gorbachev reciprocated within a week. He garrisoned the Soviet Union's rail-based missiles, de-activated submarines, and lowered the alert level of the USSR's strategic bombers. Within a few months, both nations had withdrawn most of their tactical nukes from forward positions. These steps made a time of turmoil safer. Will you complete your father's great work by taking all nuclear weapons off alert, declare a "no first use" policy, and negotiate a treaty to abolish nuclear weapons? - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 12:59:16 -0700 From: "David Crockett Williams" Subject: (abolition-usa) New Chinese ICBM Can Hit Most Of US [fwd] This information combined with other post today about Chinese Embassy bombing being intentional according to NATO officials, adds up to a very serious situation that should be coming into more general media focus soon. From: Remy Chevalier http://www.endsecrecy.com To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;@pimout1-int.prodigy.net;;; Subject: New Chinese ICBM Can Hit Most Of US Date: Sunday, October 17, 1999 8:12 AM SIGHTINGS - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- http://www.sightings.com/politics5/chinicbm.htm New Chinese ICBM Passes Test Simulations - Can Hit Most Of US By Pamela Pun Honk Kong Standard http://online.hkstandard.com/today/default.asp?PageType=afr2 10-15-99 China has successfully completed laboratory simulations of a test-launch of its latest multi-warhead intercontinental ballistic missile which can reach targets in most parts of the United States. Mainland sources said computer simulations of launches of the solid-fuelled Dongfeng-41 ICBM have been completed and proved successful. The three-stage DF-41, an improved model from the old type of single-head DF-5, can carry five to eight warheads including nuclear ones greatly increasing its striking power. In addition to the improvement of carrying capacity, the DF-41 has much greater mobility since it uses solidified fuel. With the same range of 12,000 kilometres as the DF-5, the DF-41 can reach Europe and many parts of the United States. The Central Government has yet to decide when to conduct live test-firing of the latest ICBM model, which was not on the show during the grand parade in Beijing on 1 October marking the 50th anniversary of Communist rule. The successful development of the strategic weapon will boost the country's military muscle and its nuclear deterrence. Military and diplomatic analysts said the acquirement of technology to manufacture missiles with a range covering most parts of the American territory will force Washington to adjust its defence strategy and speed up the development of anti-missile defence systems. However, it would not have significant impact on the global balance of power in the post Cold-War era. Sources said the new missile could be deployed in five years if the central leadership decided to go ahead with the development program, using the DF-41 to replace the old model of DF-5. Using liquid fuel, the DF-5 must be launched from a fixed position. It also takes 30-60 minutes to fuel and two hours before a missile could be ready for launch. A solid state missile like the DF-41, on the other hand, takes only a few minutes to reach war readiness, according to the mainland's weaponry experts. As the DF-41 carries several warheads,they are smaller in size and lighter in weight and, therefore, easier to manoevre for land transport. Beijing showcased its truck-mounted solid state DF-31 ICBM in the 50th anniversary grand parade which attracted considerable attention from Western military experts. With a range of 8,000 kilometres, the DF-31 can reach Hawaii and Alaska. China announced it has successfully test-fired the DF-31 in August in northeastern China. With slight modification, the DF-31 could be launched from a submarine, according to military experts. Political and military observers in the West have shown increasing concern over the mainland's latest developments of multi-warhead ICBMs such as the DF-31 and DF-41, which are difficult to intercept for current anti-missile defence systems. China started developing technical missile weapons such as cruise missiles in the 1970s. Beijing felt the need to develop strategic weapons to bolster its military deterrence after the high-tech Gulf War in 1991. Calls to speed up developing advanced weapons have been on the rise since the US-led Nato jets bombed the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade on 7 May during the alliance's air strike against Yugoslavia. President Jiang Zemin, who is also commander-in-chief of the country's 2.5 million-man army, urged speeding-up of the modernisation of the armed forces to win regional wars under high-tech conditions. - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 12:57:28 -0700 From: "David Crockett Williams" Subject: (abolition-usa) Deliberate Chinese embassy bombing by NATO From: Nurev Ind Research To: A infoking Cc: Activist List Mail to ; conspiracy theory research list ; cyberjournal ; Dr Costas Giannakenas MD ; Elki M. Lahav ; Joe Chamandy ; lbo-talk@lists.panix.com ; Ralph McGehee ; Robert D. Pates ; Ron Smith ; timed@djurdjevic.com Subject: Nato bombed Chinese embassy deliberately. Date: Sunday, October 17, 1999 8:20 AM Activist Mailing List - http://get.to/activist Nato bombed Chinese deliberately Nato hit embassy on purpose Kosovo: special report John Sweeney and Jens Holsoe in Copenhagen and Ed Vulliamy in Washington Sunday October 17, 1999 Nato deliberately bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade during the war in Kosovo after discovering it was being used to transmit Yugoslav army communications. According to senior military and intelligence sources in Europe and the US the Chinese embassy was removed from a prohibited targets list after Nato electronic intelligence (Elint) detected it sending army signals to Milosevic's forces. The story is confirmed in detail by three other Nato officers - a flight controller operating in Naples, an intelligence officer monitoring Yugoslav radio traffic from Macedonia and a senior headquarters officer in Brussels. They all confirm that they knew in April that the Chinese embassy was acting as a 'rebro' [rebroadcast] station for the Yugoslav army (VJ) after alliance jets had successfully silenced Milosevic's own transmitters. The Chinese were also suspected of monitoring the cruise missile attacks on Belgrade, with a view to developing effective counter-measures against US missiles. The intelligence officer, who was based in Macedonia during the bombing, said: 'Nato had been hunting the radio transmitters in Belgrade. When the President's [Milosevic's] residence was bombed on 23 April, the signals disappeared for 24 hours. When they came on the air again, we discovered they came from the embassy compound.' The success of previous strikes had forced the VJ to use Milosevic's residence as a rebroadcast station. After that was knocked out, it was moved to the Chinese embassy. The air controller said: 'The Chinese embassy had an electronic profile, which Nato located and pinpointed.' The Observer investigation, carried out jointly with Politiken newspaper in Denmark, will cause embarrassment for Nato and for the British government. On Tuesday, the Queen and the Prime Minister will host a state visit by the President of China, Jiang Zemin. He is to stay at Buckingham Palace. Jiang Zemin is still said to be outraged at the 7 May attack, which came close to splitting the alliance.The official Nato line, as expressed by President Bill Clinton and CIA director George Tenet, was that the attack on the Chinese Embassy was a mistake. Defence Secretary William Cohen said: 'One of our planes attacked the wrong target because the bombing instructions were based on an outdated map.' Later, a source in the US National Imagery and Mapping Agency said that the 'wrong map' story was 'a damned lie'. Tenet apologised last July, saying: 'The President of the United States has expressed our sincere regret at the loss of life in this tragic incident and has offered our condolences to the Chinese people and especially to the families of those who lost their lives in this mistaken attack. Nato's apology was predicated on the excuse that the three missiles which landed in one corner of the embassy block were meant to be targeted at the Yugoslav Federal Directorate for Supply and Procurement, the FDSP. But inquiries have revealed there never was a VJ directorate of supply and procurement at the site named by Tenet. The VJ office for supplies - which Tenet calls FDSP - is some 500 metres down the street from the address he gave. It was bombed later. Moreover the CIA and other Nato intelligence agencies, such as Britain's MI6 and the code-breakers at GCHQ, would have listened in to communication traffic from the Chinese embassy as a matter of course since it moved to the site in 1996. A Nato flight control officer in Naples also confirmed to us that a map of 'non-targets': churches, hospitals and embassies, including the Chinese, did exist. On this 'don't hit' map, the Chinese embassy was correctly located at its current site, and not where it had been until 1996 - as claimed by the US and NATO. Why the Chinese were prepared to help Milosevic is a more murky question. One possible explanation is that the Chinese lack Stealth technology, and the Yugoslavs, having shot down a Stealth fighter in the early days of the air campaign, were in a good position to trade. The Chinese may have calculated that Nato would not dare strike its embassy, but the five-storey building was emptied every night of personnel. Only three people died in the attack, two of whom were, reportedly, not journalists - the official Chinese version - but intelligence officers. The Chinese military attache, Ven Bo Koy, who was seriously wounded in the attack and is now in hospital in China, told Dusan Janjic, the respected president of Forum for Ethnic Relations in Belgrade, only hours before the attack, that the embassy was monitoring incoming cruise missiles in order to develop counter-measures. Nato spokesman Lee McClenny yesterday stood by the official version. 'It was a terrible mistake,' he said, 'and we have apologised.' A spokesman for the Chinese embassy in London said yesterday: 'We do not believe that the embassy was bombed because of a mistake with an out-of-date map.' ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to Activist_List-unsubscribe@listbot.com Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/ - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. 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