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25,000 Say: Close the SOA!

Submitted by jimstaro on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 8:34pm.

This is a followup to my post yesterday, on a few boards and my site. on the happenings at our Very Own Terrorist Training School, the once known as 'The School Of The America's'!

Yesterdays was an updated E - Newsletter from The SOA Watch on what took place on Saturday 11-17-07.

This one covers the happenings on Sunday 11-18-07.

25,000 Strong! Eleven Arrested for Nonviolent Civil Disobedience

Sunday, November 18

Saturday at the gates of Fort Benning

Submitted by jimstaro on Sun, 11/18/2007 - 12:55pm.

I received the update on Saturdays action at Benning, in Georgia, yesterday afternoon. Sadly I couldn't make the event but wanted to share what they have going on with others who also couldn't or are not a subscriber to the School of the Americas Watch Newsletter.

School of the America's protests

Submitted by TrueMeckDem on Sun, 11/18/2007 - 8:25am.

Big crowd at Ft. Benning

School of the America's Protest

Submitted by TrueMeckDem on Tue, 11/13/2007 - 5:01pm.

Headed down to SOA Protests

Miller & McIntyre Vote Against HR 1707; the Pentagon Continue To Train Future Latin American Death Squads

Submitted by syntax on Fri, 06/22/2007 - 2:39pm.

Last night Brad Miller and Mike McIntyre assisted in the defeat of HR 1707, the Latin America Military Training Review Act. This bill would have cut funding to the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, or WHINSEC (p.k.a. the School of the Americas), a Pentagon-run training facility at Fort Benning in Georgia that teaches torture techniques to Latin American military officers. Many of WHINSEC's graduates include such luminaries as Manuel Noriega and Roberto Viola.

Reps. Miller and McIntyre: why did you vote to train the future leaders of juntas and death squads? Why do you wish to perpetuate flagrant human rights violations? You've got some explaining to do.

(For the record, Rep. Coble voted "Y" on HR 1707.)

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