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1. 2 weeks This time the case got some press atten tion 7 3 ISRAEL ADI LEKSER 32 years old reserve sergeant from the town Hod Ha sharon Was ordered on march 21 to perform military service in Ramallah West Bank Refused and got 35 day s imprisonment Already served 28 days imprisonment in july 90 for the same offence 7 4 ISRAEL YANAY LEV OR 22 years old reserve sergeant in the paratroopers member of Kib butz Mishmar Hae mek married 2 children Refused on march 24 to serve in Gaza and got 28 days 7 5 SOLIDARITY A demonstration to express solidarity with Leker amp Lev Or and call for israeli withdrawal from WB and Gaza marched on April 5 at the israeli Gaza border 7 5 ALGERIA MOROCCO Algeria amp Morocco authorities yet didn t get an agreement upon the 860 Morocco soldiers stationed in Algeria RITA faxnews n 5 12 According to some informations 5 to 7 Morocco officers have been shot down 7 6 US SAILORS ACCUSED OF PLOTTING MUTINY Two US Black sailors rejected accusations of plotting sabotage of a US aircraft to help Iraq James L Moss 21 from Colombus Ohio amp Abdul H Shaheed 22 from St George NC crewmen aboard the carrier Ranger say that they are facing court martial simply because they were Muslims They are accused of urging disloyalty mutiny refusal on duty The only reason I m here Shaheed said at the press conference is because some people on my ship prefer to think that all Musl2. 4 CAMP LEJEUNE The 15 Marine CO s of Cp Lejeune are assigned to at least 2 fire watches each night Since these last two hours each no one gets more than two hours sleep at a time Each of the resisters must also perform a full duty roster during the day At least one Ma rine has already suffered a nervous breakdown They also received violent letters and phone calls threatening their safety 8 5 CAPT YOLANDA HUET VAUGHN RITA 3 8 amp 6 2 She was charged with desertion to shirk hazar ous duty If convicted she could be sentenced to five years on military prison She is confined in Ft Leonard Wood Mo 24 hours a day These rules are illegal said her lawyer Louis Font ADI LESKER Israel RITA 7 3 Reserve sergeant imprisoned since 21 3 91 for refu sal to serve in the occupied territories Suffers of severe pneumo nia because of medical negligence by prison authorities Sources Hand Off Committee Erik Larsen Defence Committee On Guard The Objector Military Counselling Network The Guardian The Other Israel 8 2 ERIK LARSEN Il s est rendu aux autorit s le 20 mars et attend de passer devant la Cour martiale dans une atmosph re hostilee t r pressive Il avait annonc son objection la guerre au cours d une conf rence de presse d s le mois ao t Il a particip une centaine de r union publique contre la guerre aux USA en Italie en RFA et en GB Sa demande de statut d objecteur lui a t refus par
3. D Clay barrack Garlstedt Bremen Germany After deployment of 4000 GI s from this barrack it became known that supposedly 30 GI s did not show up for board ing the military plane from Hamburg to SA At least 3 GI s went AWOL before being deployed According to the Counseling group before deployment 7 GI s in Garlstedt applied for discharge as CO Two of these GI s Robert Chandler RITA faxnews 2 amp 5 1 Bremervoerde Allemagne En apprenant que 141 soldats de leur unit allaient tre af fect s Diyarbakir Kurdistan turc en appui la force mo bile de l OTAN stationn e Erhac 400 km de la fronti re irakienne 62 soldats allemands d un bataillon de fus es Hawk de Bremervoerde pr s de Br me ont demand le statut d objecteurs 5 2 RIT As allemands Apr s l apparition la TV de RITAs il a t confirm que 22000 demandes d objection ont t faites en Allemagne en janvier Le Ministre de la d fense Stoltenberg a d clar la presse c est le r sultat du travail des pacifistes Selon le Ministre de la d fense la guerre du Golfe a provo qu une augmentation de 54 du nombre de demandes d exemption du service militaire au titre d objecteurs 5 3 Caserne Lucius D Clay Garlstedt Br me Allemagne Apr s l affectation en Arabie S de 4000 GI s de cette caserne on sait qu environ 30 d entre eux ne se sont pas pr sent s a l embarquement du vol militaire Hambourg Arabie Trois au moins
4. ans de Marrero est l objet d une enqu te 7 7 ENQU TE NON OFFICIELLE Une enqu te men e parmi les organisations d informations pour les droits des soldats aux EU a estim que au moins 1200 Gls et r servistes avaient refus leur affectation dans le Golfe 7 8 TROUBLES RACIAUX 3200 GIs noirs et hispaniques sont enferm s dans les prisons mili taires am ricaines en Arabie saoudite RITA fax infos n 7 sources The Other Israel The Guardian NY New York Times International Herald Tribune Associated Press Citizen Sol diers NY Military Counselling Network RFA Australian press Asso ciation marocaine de d fense des droits de l homme Yesh Gvul debts and to go on To help RITA in France checks to IDS abroad IDS postal account 325 329 Z Paris 7 1 IRAQUI DESERTERS After having encouraged the Iraqui soldiers to desert the US mili tary authorities have sent back many of those deserters to the Iraqi lines Knowing this facts which are connected with the cease fire agreements US soldiers feel a very bad mood 7 2 ISRAEL DANNY ENDWALDER August 90 D Endwalder 27 air force reservist religious refused orders to serve as guard over Palestinian prisonners in Ansar 3 Ketziot detention center Was emprisoned for one week and or dered again was emprisoned for 2 weeks and then refused the or ders for the 3rd time Got 28 days March 91 he got the same call up order again He refused for the 4th time and got
5. l arm e car selon elle ses motivations taient exclusivement politiques L arm e veut le punir pour avoir exercer son droit constitutionnel s exprimer contre la guerre Le 18 avril le corps des Marines a requis contre lui une sentence pouvant aller jusqu la peine de mort pour d sertion en temps de guerre Dans un premier temps on lui avait annonc qu il encourerait une peine pouvant aller de 7 ans la d tention perp tuelle 8 3 COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE PARIS 24 AVRIL Cette information circule en Allemagne des unit s US au Ko weit auraient re u l ordre de ne pas faire de prisonniers de guerre Des soldats de retour des combats terrestres d clarent avoir v cu l ex cution l arme automatique 7 62mm amp 20 mm et sur or dre de soldats irakiens marchant vers eux sans armes et les bras en l air Un officier a tir l arme anti char TOW sur un soldat irakien qui se rendait Un t moin oculaire a d clar avoir vu des centaines peut tre des milliers d Irakiens x cut s alors qu ils tentaient de se ren dre Des rumeurs rapportent que le commandement aurait d cla r qu il y avait trop de prisonniers Cette information a t rapport e lors d une r union au sein du parlement europ en La m me information a t donn par Phi lipp Agee crivain et ancien officier de la CIA au cours d une conf rence de presse New York 8 4 CAMP LEJEUNE Chaque nuit les 15 Marines objecteurs du Camp Leje
6. n cessaire RITA goes on RITA was born with the belligerent armed forces soldiers will to say NO to the Gulf war By refusing orders by failing to join by being AWOL by mutinying by objecting or by demonstrating the citizens under uniform sho wed they believed in peace and pointed out they would nt go and make this war As well as the cease fire must lead to a fair and global peace in the Middle East the winners triumph that we don t share mustn t be the time of the losers humiliation or the time of the revenge against those who under uniform have had the great courage to say NO The international solidarity between the war resisters and their various movements of which the RITA network echoed must go on be cause our common struggle isn t over So RITA proposes that an International Conference of the military war resisters and of the movements devoted to the defence of the citizens under uniform against war should be organized as quick as possible The purposes of this Conference could be the followings to exchange our experiences to start the struggle for amnesty and freedom wi thin the armed forces to require the troops to come home and the demobilization to organize the support to soldiers who with their own means oppose the occupation of territories and the presence of troops abroad to point out together beyond our differences to public opi nion governements and military authorities the RITAs determ
7. sont partis sans permission avant d tre affect s Selon le MCN avant l affectation 7 GI s avaient demand le statut d objecteurs Deux d entre eux Robert Chandler RITA fax infos n 2 et RITA faxnews 2 CO applicant Eric Nicholson phoned from SA where they were given supply service duties CO claim of Eric Nicholson has been processed through by the military now awaiting decision by Department of De fence Washington CO claim of Robert Chandler has not been processed further yet 5 4 Annette C GI s wife Germany Annette C who has spoken out at an official military com munity meeting about CO has been harassed by the mili tary police Her appartment was searched and she was told her husband would face difficulties in SA because of her ac tions Additionally she has apparently been charged with defaming the army and threatened with expulsion from Germany 5 5 German sanctuaries 150 prominent German citizens in Bremen and 100 in Ber lin have placed advertisements in newspapers publicly an nouncing their willingness to house AWOL American mili tary members 5 6 California sanctuaries On dec 5 1990 University Lutheran Chapel in Berkeley CA First Presbyterian Church in Palo Alto CA and Beacon Street Fellowship in Oakland CA joined by other support ing congregations announced sanctuary for military person nel who for reasons of conscience can no longer participate in military service 5 7 GI s
8. take sanctuary Peter McKean Navy Tahan Jones RITA faxnews 4 and LiAnn Noble National Guard took sanctuary in these churches 5 8 Hot line for GI s The National Lawyers Guild opened on dec 24 a toll free national hotline to provide referrals for military personnel as they face activation and deployment to the Middle East The referral is operated in cooperation with the CCCO War Resisters League American Friends Service Commit tee Vietnam Veterans against the War and others 5 9 2 RIMA Le Mans France Units of this regiment have been deployed in the Gulf Some days ago former conscripts of this regiment stated against the Gulf war In the 70 s the soldiers of the 2nd Reg of Marine Infantry were strongly organized For in stance they succeeded to self manage different social activi ties for soldiers bought pieces of land to prevent the Army to enlarge a military camp and fought daily for democratic rights Eric Nicholson demandeur de statut ont t l phon d Arabie S o on leur a donn des t ches de logistique La demande de statut d Eric N est l tude et en attente d une r ponse du d partement de la d fense Washington La demande de Robert Chandler n a pas encore t enregistr e 5 4 Annette C femme de GI s Allemagne Parce qu elle avait pris la parole sur l objection une r union officielle de l arm e Annette C a eu des ennuis avec la police militaire Son appartement a t fo
9. 3 7 Warren Davis marin afro am ricain Arr t le 12 dec apr s une apparition la TV Seattle o il a d clar son opposition cette guerre Emprisonn la base navale de Miramar Californie 3 8 Capitaine Yolanda Huet Vaughn M decin Kansas City g e de 39 ans elle a t mobilis e le 20 d c comme m decin de l Arm e Fort Riley Kansas et programm e pour un d part imminent pour le Golfe Ab sente au rapport le 31 dec elle n est pas r apparue Un porte parole de Fort Riley a d clar qu elle tait absente sans permision et que l arm e voulait l appr hender Quelques jours avant le d but des hostilit s le 9 janvier lors d une conf rence de presse convoqu e par Citizen Sol dier Washington elle a d clar Je suis le Dr Yolanda Huet Vaugh m decin de famille mari e m re de 3 enfants et membre depuis 1980 de M decins pour la responsabilit sociale association am ricaine affili e l Internationale des m decins pour la pr vention de la guerre nucl aire Capi taine de r serve du Corps de sant de l Arm e des EU j ai t appel e en service actif en d c 90 Je refuse les ordres qui feraient de moi la complice d un acte qui est pour moi immoral inhumain et anti constitutionnel je veux parler de RITA fax infos 3 and my responsability as a human being to the preservation of this planet would be violated if I cooperate with opera tion Desert Shield I had h
10. CONTRE LA GUERRE ANTI WAR RAP La cassette Tape 30 00 francs fran ais port 10 00 francs francs fran ais commander order to RITA ch ques l ordre de pay to IDS Darnell Summers Vietnam veteran belongs to the anti war brigade With a group of musician GI s he made an anti war Rap which circulates undergroud within the US barracks RITA faxnews 4 Collection Number AG1977 END CONSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN ECC PUBLISHER Publisher Historical Papers Research Archive Location Johannesburg 2013 LEGAL NOTICES Copyright Notice All materials on the Historical Papers website are protected by South African copyright law and may not be reproduced distributed transmitted displayed or otherwise published in any format without the prior written permission of the copyright owner Disclaimer and Terms of Use Provided that you maintain all copyright and other notices contained therein you may download material one machine readable copy and one print copy per page for your personal and or educational non commercial use only People using these records relating to the archives of Historical Papers The Library University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg are reminded that such records sometimes contain material which is uncorroborated inaccurate distorted or untrue While these digital records are true facsimiles of paper documents and the information contained herein is obtained from sources believed to
11. ITA mode d emploi RITA est un r seau international d informations sur les r sistances la guerre qui se manifestent au sein des forces arm es engag es dans le Golfe Informations et faits sont des outils essentiels pour combattre la guerre et pour organiser l aide et la solidarit RITA se propose d accueillir toutes les informations sur ce sujet qui lui seront envoy es et de les diffuser par fax ou par cour rier aux m dias mouvements anti guerre organisations ouvri res parlementaires syndicats de soldats glises etc RITA veut briser le mur du silence sur les R sistances L InT rieur des Arm es Utiliser l Si vous souhaitez des informations plus d taill es sur les faits publi s par RITA fax infos faites le nous savoir en pr cisant les r f rences de cette information Si vous connaissez des personnes ou des organisations qui seraient int ress es par RITA fax infos faites nous connaitre leur num ro de fax et leurs adresses RITA est de retour la guerre va reculer What is RITA RITA is an international information network on the resistances against war inside all the armed forces involved in the Gulf war News and data are precious tools to fight against war and to organize help and solidarity RITA will welcome all the informations on this matter and will spread them by fax and mail among medias peace move ments labour organisations trade unions soldiers unions members of Parliament churches
12. RITA fax infos R sistances I InT rieur de l Arm e Resisters Inside The Army R seau international d informations des soldats appel s engag s r servistes contre la guerre War resisters inside the army international network conscripts NCOs reserve nz 8 4 1991 fax 3 pages AMNISTIE POUR LES RITAs AMNESTY FOR ALL THE RITAs CONFERENCE INTERNATIONALE DES RITAs INTERNATIONAL RITAs CONFERENCE RITA 40 rue de Malte 75011 Paris France fax 33 1 43 57 64 50 ph 33 1 43 57 44 80 RITA faxnews RITA continue RITA est n avec la volont des soldats des arm es bellig rantes de dire NON la guerre du Golfe En refusant les ordres en ne se soumettant pas en tant absent sans permission en mettant crosse en l air en objectant ou encore en manifestant les citoyens en uniforme ont montr leur attachement la paix et leur d termination dire qu ils n iraient pas faire cette guerre De la m me fa on que le cessez le feu doit conduire une paix juste et globale au Moyen Orient le triomphe des vainqueurs que nous ne partageons pas ne doit tre ni le temps de l humiliation des vaincus ni celui de la vengeance contre ceux et celles qui sous l uniforme ont eu l immense courage de dire NON La solidarit internationale qui s est construite entre les soldats r sistants la guerre et leurs divers mouvements et dont le r seau RITA s est fait l cho doit se prolonger car not
13. RITA wants to break the wall of silence on Resisters Inside The Armies Just use it If you want to have more detailed informations about the facts published in RITA faxnews please ask under references of the information you need If you know people or organisations who would be interested in getting RITA faxnews please give us their faxnumbers and adresses RITA is marching on again war will step back 3 1 Spain 3 1 Espagne General Attorney of the Kingdom Mr Leopoldo Torres has stated he will prosecute all the deserters as well as all the Le Procureur g n ral du royaume Mr Leopoldo Torres a d clar qu il poursuivrait aussi bien les d serteurs que people and organizations sup porting them The legal base of this attitude is a delict existing in the spanish penal code called apologia de delitos which means to defend or encourage in public the attitude of those who have committed an illegal ac tion Ministry of defence Mr Narcs Serra declared on the na tional TV network deserters and those who encourage them are a danger for democracy He mentioned as the main responsi toutes les organisations qui les soutiendraient Le support l gale de cette attitude est un d lit existant dans le Code p nal espagnol intitu l apologia de delitos qui vise ceux qui d fendent ou encouragent ceux qui ont commis des actions ill gales Le Ministre de la d fense Mr Narc Serra a d clar sur la
14. The association was pre sented to the public in the Central Penal Court in Madrid 3 5 US RITA s face rough treatments as war starts The US military began to treat war resisters more harshly as it began offensive The last weeks of 90 several well publicized war resisters like Jeff Paterson Stephanie Atkin son and Ronald Jean Baptiste were released with bad dis charges instead of being court martialed Just before the war started the military began to be more repressive Several GI s stationned in Germany David Carson Bryan Centa Sean Hodder Derrick Jones were handcuffed and sent to SA in early january According to a North Carolina paper at least 7 Marines at Camp LeJeune NC have been shack led and sent to SA The 8 Marine Reservists from the Fox Company at Ft Schuyler in the Bronx NY are now in jail at Camp LeJeune waiting for their CO claims The NY bases War Resisters League estimates that more than 1000 GI s have filed as COs since Aug 2 with thou sands more seeking for medical discharge or simply not showing up when called A number of RITAs have been ar rested in recent weeks and most are now facing Court mar tial and possible prison terms from Guardian 3 6 Marine Reservist Eric Hayes of St Louis He was arrested on dec 13 in his University Locked up in Camp LeJeune waits for Court Martial 3 7 African American sailor Warren Davis He was grabbed by police dec 12 after he appeared on a Sea
15. are precious tools to fight against war and to organize help and solidarity RITA will welcome all the informations on this matter and will spread them by fax and mail among medias peace move ments labour organisations trade unions soldiers unions members of Parliament churches RITA wants to break the wall of silence on Resisters Inside The Armies Just use it If you want to have more detailed informations about the facts published in RITA faxnews please ask under references of the information you need If you know people or organisations who would be interested in getting RITA faxnews please give us their faxnumbers and adresses RITA is marching on again war will step back 5 1 Bremervoerde Germany 62 German soldiers of a Hawk rocket Batallion in this small town close to Bremen applied for a discharge as COs when they learned that 141 soldiers of their unit should be deployed to Diyarbakir in Kurdish Turkey to support the NATO AMF allied mobile forces stationed in Erhac 400 kms from the Turkey Iraq border 5 2 German RITAs After TV appearances of some of the German RITAs it was confirmed an account of 22000 CO applications in Germa ny in Jan 91 only German Defence Minister Stoltenberg told the press this is the result of the work of peace acti vists The Gulf war has led to a 54 jump in the number of Ger mans claiming exemption from military service as CO De fence Minister said 5 3 Lucius
16. at an August 1990 press conference He spoke out against war at over 100 events across the USA in Italy Germany amp GB His application for CO status was denied according to the military because it was purpotedly based solely on political grounds The militay seeks to punish him for exercising his 1st amendment right to speak out against war In legal papers filed in April 18 the USMC stated that bay area war resister Erik Larsen was potentially liable to the death penal ty for desertion in time of war Erik was initially told he could expect a sentence of 7 years to life 8 3 PRESS RELEASE PARIS FRANCE APRIL 24 The story has leaked out in Germany that some US army units in Kuwait would have been under orders not to take prisonners of war Soldiers who have returned from ground war said they experi enced a situation in which Iraqui soldiers were walking toward them unarmed with hands in the air Under orders the US troops simply mowed them down with 7 62 mm amp 20 mm rapid fire weapons One officer shot a surrending Iraqui with a TOW anti tank missile An eyewitness who said he saw hundred may be thousands of Iraqui mowed down while trying to surrender reported ru mors from command that there were too many prisonners of War This information has been stated in the European Parliament Brussels Same facts have been reported by Philipp Agee writer former CIA agent in New York during a press conference 8
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18. chaine natio nale de TV que les d serteurs et 3 2 A Marine reservist of Milwaukee Wisc recently refused to obey activation orders Military police searching for him left a note to his family stating that if war started he could be given the death penalty 3 2 A Milwaukee Wisconsin un r serviste des Marines a r cemment refus d ob ir a un ordre de mobilisation La police militaire qui le recherche a laiss ses parents une note qui disait que si la guerre clatait il ceux qui les encouragent sont des dangers pour la d mocratie Il a mentionn comme principal res serait passible de la peine de mort ble of the present situation Izquierda Unida United Left 3 3 Charleville M zi res France Two corporals of the 3rd R giment of G nie refused to be deployed in the Op ration Daguet 3 4 Spain Thursday 31 a civil association has been formed by judges lawyers and judicial personnel in order to express their war reffusal and their support to those who leave the army be ponsable Izquierda Unida Gauche Unie 3 3 Charleville M zi res France Deux caporaux du 3 R giment de g nie ont refus de partir dans le Golfe 3 4 Espagne Jeudi 31 une association compos e de juges d avocats et de personnels judiciaires a t cr e Son but exprimer son refus de la guerre et son soutien ceux qui quittent l arm e RITA faxnews 2 _ cause of their personnal believes
19. effort to avert war by refusing orders to participate in Operation Desert Shield As Albert Einstein remarked with the advent of nuclear weapons If civilization is to survive humankind will re quire a substantially new manner of thinking I believe that we must all extend our thinking to a new level and I urge our political and military leaders to acknowledge the severity of these medical and environmental conse quences in committing themselves to diplomatic solutions I consider myself as a patriot and have taken these actions in support of American troops who have been deployed in the Gulf region in support of the American people and in support of the children both here and in the ME who have no voice I hope that in some way my act of conscience will help promote a peaceful resolution of the Gulf crisis 3 9 Statements in France Gilles Perrault French writer declared We have to desert this war Jacques Gaillot Bishop of Evreux stated We are in a state of resistance 3 10 Captain David Wiggins RITA faxnews 2 Seems to have resumed his hunger strike since arriving in the Gulf RITA faxnews RITA fax infos RITA faxnews la mobilisation militaire offensive au Moyen Orient Mon engagement de soldat citoyen 4 d fendre la Constitution mon engagement de m decin sauver des vies et de lutter contre la maladie et ma responsabilit d tre humain de pr server cette plan te seraient viol s si je coop
20. ffensives En tant que m decin je sais que quand il n y a pas de traite ment la pr vention est le seul rem de C est pourqoi je consacre mon savoir et mon exp rience m dical viter la guerre en refusant l ordre de participer Bouclier du D sert Comme le remarquait Einstein avec l av nement des armes nucl aires si la civilisation doit survivre le genre humain a besoin d une nouvelle mani re de penser Je crois que nous devons lever notre penser et je presse nos dirigeants politiques et militaires de prendre en compte la gravit des cons quences m dicales et cologiques en se tournant vers des solutions diplomatiques Je me consid re comme une patriote j ai pris cette d cision en soutien aux troupes am ricaines d ploy es dans la r gion du Golfe en soutien au peuple am ricain et en soutien aux enfants d ici et du Moyen Orient qui eux n ont pas droit la parole J esp re que d une certaine fa on mon acte de conscience aidera une solution pacifique 3 9 D clarations en France Gilles Perrault crivain Nous devons d serter cette guerre Jacques Gaillot Ev que d Evreux Nous sommes en tat de r sistance 3 10 Capitaine David Wiggins RITA fax infos 2 Aurait repris sa gr ve de la faim son arriv e dans le Golfe RITA faxnews 4 RITA fax infos R sistances l InT rieur de l Arm e Resisters Inside The Army R seau international d informations des soldats appe
21. ims are evil He was speaking at the US Subic bay naval base Philipines where the two have been confined since being flown out of the Gulf on Jan 18 If convicted the sailors could receive dishonorable discharges 10 years imprisonment A 3rd sailor Danny Robertson 25 from Marrero was under investigation 7 7 INFORMAL POLL A poll conducted among military counselling organizations throughout the USA came up with an estimate that at least 1200 GIs and reservists had refused to deploy 7 8 RACIAL DISTURBANCES 3200 Black and Hispanic GIs are currently confined in military stockades in Saoudi Arabia RITA fax news n7 informations from The Other Israel The Guardian NY New York Times Intemational Herald Tribune Associated Press Cit izen Soldiers Military Counselling Network Australian press Morocco Human Right Defence Association Yesh Gvul RITA fax infos 3 RITA fax infos RITA faxnews R sistances l InT rieur de l Arm e Resisters Inside The Army R seau international d informations des soldats contre la guerre War resisters inside the army international network RITA 40 rue de Malte 75011 Paris France d fax 33 1 43 57 64 50 EA ph 33 1 43 57 44 80 fax 2 pages 8 1 CAMP LEJEUNE NORTH CAROLINA PRISONNERS LES PRISONNIERS DE CAMP LEJEUNE CAROLINE DU NORD THEY ARE FIGHTING CHARGES WHICH CARRY DEATH PENALTY ILS RISQUENT LA PEINE DE MORT Kevin Sparrock student tudiant Erik La
22. ination Such a conference will also be the opportunity for representatives of soldiers unions anti war movements trade unions churches and MPs to discuss with RITAs coming from the US Australia Middle East and Europe This conference will be the loud voice of the struggle for peace and democracy within the armed forces RITA war resisters inside the armed forces international information network was born with the war RITA must go on because cease fire isn t peace and because the citizens under uniform international solidarity is much than ever necessary RITA A DES DETTES RITA IS IN DEBT RITA A BESOIN DE 15000 FRANCS Chaque num ro de RITA a co t 2000 FF fabrication fax t l phone PTT loyer de notre petit bureau parisien etc Certains d entre vous nous ont d j apport leur contribution finan ci re Merci eux Mais aujourd hui il reste 15000 FF payer A ceux qui ont re u RITA fax infos ceux qui souhaitent que ce r seau continue fonctionner nous lan ons un appel l aide Si chacun d entre vous envoie 200 francs RITA fax infos pourra RITA NEEDS 3000 US DOLLARS Each RITA issue has cost 400 USD printing fax phone mail etc plus the expenses for the rent of our small office in Paris Some of you have already brought their financial contribution We want to thank them here Today 3000 USD have to be paid To those who got RITA faxnews since last january to those who want this network t
23. l s engag s r servistes contre la guerre War resisters inside the army international network conscripts NCOs reserve n 5 23 2 1991 fax 4 pages RITA 40 rue de Malte 75011 Paris France fax 33 1 43 57 64 50 ph 33 1 43 57 44 80 RITA faxnews RITA mode d emploi RITA est un r seau international d informations sur les r sistances la guerre qui se manifestent au sein des forces arm es engag es dans le Golfe Informations et faits sont des outils essentiels pour combattre la guerre et pour organiser l aide et la solidarit RITA se propose d accueillir toutes les informations sur ce sujet qui lui seront envoy es et de les diffuser par fax ou par cour rier aux m dias mouvements anti guerre organisations ouvri res parlementaires syndicats de soldats glises etc RITA veut briser le mur du silence sur les R sistances L InT rieur des Arm es Utilisez la Si vous souhaitez des informations plus d taill es sur les faits publi s par RITA fax infos faites le nous savoir en pr cisant les r f rences de cette information Si vous connaissez des personnes ou des organisations qui seraient int ress es par RITA fax infos faites nous conna tre leur num ro de fax et leurs adresses RITA est de retour la guerre va reculer What is RITA RITA is an international information network on the resistances against war inside all the armed forces involved in the Gulf war News and data
24. ment ont t affect es dans le Golfe Il y a quelques jours d anciens appel s de ce r giment se sont publiquement prononc s contre cette guerre Dans les an n es 70 les soldats du 2 RIMA taient tr s organis s Ainsi ils avaient r ussi autog rer des activit s sociales pour les soldats ils avaient achet des parcelles du Larzac et luttaient quotidiennement pour les droits d mocratiques RITA fax infos 3 5 10 17 years old soldier According to the WRI London a 17 years old British sol dier was sent to SA He is the youngest of 3 brothers all in the same regiment and all in SA Their parents wants to pull them out WRI asks if you have heard of other allied troops with soldiers as young as 17 in SA Do you know countries which take family consideration into account when they post troops like Netherlands amp Belgium where having an older brother as a conscript is grounds for exemption WRI Fax 44 71 70 82 545 5 11 Gulf crisis TV project Take control of your TV set TV tools to stop the war Call for tapes The 1st Gulf crisis TV project was transmitted on cable ac cess and PBS stations across the US Germany England Canada Brazil Australia Japan Dubai etc The 2nd series includes 6 programs reporting and discuss ing mainstream media coverage censorship and FBI sur veillance anti arab racism story of colonialism and inter vention in the ME and the fight for social justice in the US T
25. o go on we ask for financial help If each of you sends 40 USD RITA faxnews will be able to pay its RITA faxnews 2 payer ses dettes et continuer Pour aider RITA en France ch ques l ordre de IDS A l tranger virement sur le CCP d IDS n 325329 Z Paris 7 1 DESERTEURS IRAKIENS Apr s avoir appel les soldats irakiens la d sertion les autorit s militaires US les renvoient contre leur gr vers leurs lignes Suite ces faits en rapport avec les accords de cessez le feu un certain malaise se d veloppe au sein des troupes am ricaines 7 2 ISRAEL DANNY END WALDER R serviste de l arm e de l air 27 ans religieux il a refus en dec 90 d effectuer la garde de prisonniers palestiniens Ansar 3 centre de d tention de Ketziot Apr s une semaine de prison les m mes ordres lui ont t donn s Nouveau refus nouvel emprisonnement de 2 semaines Nouveaux ordres 3 refus il a t emprisonn pour 28 jours En mars 91 il a t rappel de nouveau avec les m mes ordres Quatri me refus et 2 semaines de prison Cette fois son cas a attir l attention de la presse 7 3 ISRAEL ADI LEKSER 32 ans sergent de r serve originaire de Hod Ha sharon Rappel le 21 mars pour servir Ramallah Cisjordanie A refus les ordres et a t puni de 35 jours de prison A d j t emprisonn en 1990 pendant 28 jours pour le m me d lit 7 4 ISRA L YANAY LEV OR 22 ans sergent de r serve dans les para
26. oped that we as american people had learned the les sons of Vietnam 50 000 American dead hundred of thou sands of civilian dead an environmental disaster What we face in ME is death and destruction on a grander scale Whereas in Vietnam we had 200 casualties per week it had been projected that war with Iraq could result in 200 casual ties per hour The majority of casualties will be civil ians as 57 of the population of Iraq and Kuwait are con centrated in urban centers Of this civilian population 47 are children under the age of 15 A bombing raid over Baghdad a city of over 4 million will not target only Sad dam Hussein but also the civilian population of whom 2 millions are children Are we as Americans knowing this in advance knowing that this is not fate but a choice willing to live with the moral burden of these deaths US servicemen and women will suffer extensive burns from high velocity and incendiary weapons As many as 24000 burn casulaties can be expected From a medical point of view the public has been misled concerning the catastroph ic nature of wounds and injuries that will befall combatants and civilians Do we as Americans want the responsability of going ahead with offensive maneuvers that could easily be the start of World War III As a doctor I know that where there can be no medical cure prevention is the only remedy I therefore commit my medical knowledge and training to this
27. r arr ter la guerre demande de cassette La premi re mission de t l du projet a t diffus e par cable et PBS aux USA en Allemagne en GB au Canada au Br sil en Australie au Japon Duba La seconde s rie comprend 6 programmes se rapportant la couverture m diatique la censure le FBI le racisme anti arabe l histoire du colonialisme l intervention au MO le combat pour la justice sociale aux USA Deux parties seront sp cialement consacr es aux activit s anti guerre centr es sur la r sistance l int rieur des arm es Les producteurs de Dites juste non le programme sur les RITAs ont besoin d infos de vid o de films de musi que de contacts sur les th mes de la r sistance des sanc tuaires du recrutement etc contacter Jen Lion FAX 1 212 420 8223 PH 1 212 219 1025 5 12 Maroc 700 soldats marocains ont tent de d serter en traversant la fronti re alg rienne Ils ont t refoul s par les autorit s al g riennes 5 13 SOS Droits des soldats 33 1 43 47 00 65 Toute information sur les droits des soldats appel s et en gag s Conseils cog r s par Information pour les droits du soldat et le Mouvement des objecteurs de conscience JUST SAY NO DITES SEULEMENT NON Darnell Summers ancien du Vietnam anime l anti war brigade Avec un groupe de GI s musiciens il a cr un Rap contre la guerre qui circule clandestinement dans les casernes am ricaines RAP
28. rais avec l Op ration Bouclier du d sert J avais esp r que nous peuple am ricain nous avions ap pris la le on du Vietnam 50 000 am ricains tu s des cen taines de milliers de civils tu s un d sastre cologique Ce qui nous attend au Moyen Orient c est la mort et et la des truction sur une plus grande chelle encore Alors qu au Vietnam nous avions 200 bless s par semaine des pr vi sions font tat de 200 bless s par heure dans un conflit avec l Irak La majorit des bless s seront des civils car 57 de la population irakienne et koweitienne sont concentr es dans des zones urbaines Et 47 de cette population est compos enfants de moins de 15 ans Un raid a rien sur Bagdad ville de plus de 4 millions d habitants ne visera pas seulement Saddam Hussein mais aussi la population dont 2 millions sont des enfants Est ce que sachant cela sachant que ce n est pas la fatalit mais un choix nous Am ricains voulons vivre avec le souvenir moral de ces morts Les soldats US hommes et femmes souffriront de br lures extensives dues aux armes incendiaires et hautes vitesses 24000 br l s sont de l ordre du possible D un point de vue m dical le public a t d sinform propos de la na ture catastrophique des blessures occasionn es aux combat tants et aux civils Est ce que nous Am ricains accep tons la responsabilit de d clencher la 3 guerre mondiaie en continuant nos man uvres o
29. re combat commun est loin d tre termin RITA propose donc que se tienne dans les plus brefs d lais une Conf rence internationale des soldats r sistants la guerre et des mouvements qui se sont engag s dans la d fense de cess citoyens en uniforme contre la guerre Les objectifs de cette conf rence pourraient tre les suivants Echanger nos exp riences engager la bataille pour l amnistie et les liber t s aux arm es exiger le rapatriement des troupes et la d mobilisation organiser le soutien aux soldats qui avec leurs moyens propres de lutte s opposent l occupation de territoires et toute pr sence de troupes en territoire tranger montrer ensemble par del leurs diversit l opinion mondiale aux gouvernements et aux autorit s militaires la d termination des RIT As Une telle conf rence sera aussi l occasion pour des repr sentants des syndicats de soldats des mouvements anti guerre des organisa tions ouvri res des glises et des parlementaires de d battre avec des RITAs venus des Etats Unis d Australie du Moyen Orient et d Eu Tope Cette conf rence sera ainsi le porte voix du combat pour la paix et la d mocratie men e au sein des arm es RITA r seau international d informations sur les r sistances la guerre au sein des forces arm es est n de la guerre RITA doit conti nuer car le cessez le feu n est pas la paix et la solidarit internationale des citoyens en uniforme sera plus que jamais
30. rsen student tudiant THEY HAVE BEEN SENT TO JAIL ILS ONT ETE CONDAMN S A LA PRISON Eric Hayes student tudiant 8 months mois Greg Dawson student tudiant 9 months mois Darwin Airola student tudiant 8 month Harvey Hensley roofer couvreur 10 months mois David Bobbitt repairman r parateur 14 months mois Marcus Blackwell student tudiant 15 months mois Wayne McWhite clerk employ 18 months mois Colin Bootman artist artiste 18 months mois Doug DeBoer 15 months mois George Ward 10 months mois Keith Jones student tudiant 16 months mois X 8 months mois THEY PLEAD NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES WITH SENTENCES OF UP TO 5 YEARS ILS PLAIDENT NON COUPABLES POUR DES CHEFS D ACCUSATION ALLANT JUSQU A 5 ANS DE PRISON Enrique Gonzalez student tudiant James Summers student tudiant Jean Claude Rainey UPS Sam Lwin student tudiant Daniel Gillis Demetrio Perez student tudiant John Isaac III med student tudiant en m decine Frederick McKin ney Kenneth McGhee marine Des messages de solidarit et des motions de protestation ont t envoy s aux Ambassades des Etats Unis en France en Espagne aux Pays Bas Solidarity and protest statements have been sent to the US ambassies in France Spain and Holland 8 2 ERIK LARSEN He turned himself in on March 20 and awaits Court Martial pro ceedings in a repressive and hostile atmosphere at Camp Le jeune He announced his objection to war
31. s membre du Kibboutz Mishmar Hae mek marri 2 enfants A refus le 24 mars de servir gaza et a t puni de 28 jours 7 5 SOLIDARIT Une manifestation de solidarit avec Leker amp Lev Or et pour le re trait isra lien de Cisjordanie et de gaza a eu lieue le 5 avril la fronti re s parant Isra l et Gaza 7 5 ALG RIE MAROC Les gouvernements marocain et alg rien ne sont pas encore parve nu un accord concernant les 860 militaires marocians stationn s en Alg rie RITA fax infos n 5 12 Selon certaines sources 5 7 officiers marocains auraient t fusill s 7 6 DES MARINS US ACCUS S DE COMPLOT DE MUTINERIE Deux marins Noirs am ricains rejettent l accusation de complot de sabotage d un navire US dans le but d aider l Irak Accus s de incitation la d loyaut mutinerie refus d ob issance James L Moss 21 ans de Colombus Ohio amp Abdul H Shaheed 22 ans de St George NC marins sur le Ranger affirment tre traduits de vant la cour martiale uniquement parce qu ils sont Musulmans La seule raison a d clar Shaheed lors d une conf rence de presse c est parce que certains sur ce navire pensent que les Musulmans sont le diable Il parlait la Base navale US de Subic Philipines o ils sont confin s depuis leur retrait de la zone du Golfe le 18 janvier Les deux marins risquent une r vocation d shonorante et 10 ans de prison Un troisi me marin Danny Rob ertson 25
32. t s militaires US ont commenc traiter les r sis tants la guerre plus durement depuis le d but de l offen sive Fin 90 plusieurs r sistants bien connus comme Jeff Paterson Stephanie Atkinson et Ronald Jean Baptiste ont t lib r s de leurs obligations avec un mauvais rapport mais ne sont pas pass s devant la Cour Martiale Juste avant la guerre les autorit s ont commenc tre plus r pres sives Plusieurs GI s stationn s en RFA David Carson Bryan Centa Sean Hodder Derrick Jones ont t transf r s menottes aux poings en Arabie S Selon un journal de Caro line du Nord 7 marines de Camp Lejeune Caroline du Nord ont t mis au trou et envoy s en Arabie S Les 8 Marines r servistes de la Compagnie Fox Bronx New York sont maintenant d tenus au Camp LeJeune at tendant qu une d cision soit prise sur leur demande de sta tut d objecteur La Ligue des r sistants la guerre de New York estime que plus de 1000 GI s ont d pos une telle demande depuis le 2 ao t tandis que des milliers d autres cherchaient des dis penses m dicales ou ne r pondaient pas l appel De nom breux RITAs ont t arr t s ces derni res semaines et beau coup d entre eux vont tre traduits en Cour martiale et risquent la prison d apr s Le Guardian 3 6 Eric Hayes r servisie des Marines de St Louis Il a t arr t dans son Universit Enferm au Camp Le Jeune il attend son proc s en Cour martiale
33. ttle TV show were he expressed his opposition to serve in this war He is jailed in the naval brig at Miramar Calif 3 8 Captain Yolanda Huet Vaughn M D 39 of Kansas city KS was called to active duty on dec 20 as a physician in the US Army at Ft Riley KS and was scheduled to depart shortly for the Persian Gulf She failed to report for roll call dec 31 and has no returned A spokesman at Fort Riley said she was considered AWOL and the Army wants to apprehend her January 9 in Washington DC just few days before the be gining of the war she stated at a news conference called by Citizen Soldier I Yolanda Huet Vaughn MD am a board certify family physician a wife a mother of 3 children I am also a member since 1980 of Physicians for Social Re sponsability the US affiliate of the Internatioanl Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War I am a captain in the US Army Reserve Medical Corps In connection with the Gulf crisis I was called to active duty service in dec 90 I am refusing orders to be an accomplice in what I consider an immoral inhumane and unconstitu tionnal act namely an offensive military mobilization in the ME My oath as a citizen soldier to defend the Constitution my oath as a physician to preserve life and prevent disease cause de leurs convictions personnelles L association a t rendue publique au Palais de Justice de Madrid 3 5 RITAs USA la r pression se fait plus dure Les autori
34. uill et on lui a dit que son mari aurait des probl mes en Arabie S a cause d elle De plus il semblerait qu elle ait t inculp e de diffamation de l arm e et menac e d expulsion d Allemagne 5 5 Sanctuaires allemands 150 citoyens allemands bien connus de Br me et 100 de Berlin ont publi des annonces dans la presse pour exprimer leur volont d h berger les militaires am ricains absents sans permission 5 6 Sanctuaires californiens Le 5 dec 1990 l University Lutheran Chapel Berkeley Ca lifornie la First Presbyterian Church Palo Alto Califor nie la Beacon Street Fellowship Oakland Californie et d autres congr gations ont annonc qu elles se constituaient en sanctuaires pour les militaires qui pour raisons de conscience ne veulent plus servir 5 7 Des GI s se sont r fugi s Peter McKean Marine Tahan Jones RITA fax infos 4 and LiAnn Noble Garde nationale se sont r fugi s dans ces congr gations 5 8 Une ligne t l phonique pour les GI s La Guilde nationale des avocats a mis en service le 24 dec un num ro vert pour r pondre toute demande juridique de la part des personnels militaires confront s leur mise en service actif ou leur affectation dans le MO Ce service est assur en commun par divers organismes CCCO War Resisters League American Friends Service Committee Vietnam Veterans against the War etc 5 9 2 RIMA Le Mans France Des unit s de ce r gi
35. une sont astreints au moins 2 piquets d incendie qui durent 2 heures au cun d entre eux ne peut dormir plus de 2 heures cons cutives Chacun des RITA est aussi astreint l ensemble des t ches du tableau de service pendant la journ e Au moins l un d entre eux a fait une d pression Ils re oivent aussi des menaces par cour rier et par t l phone 8 5 CAPT YOLANDA HUET VAUGHN RITA 3 8 amp 6 2 Inculp e de d sertion pour se soustraire son devoir Si elle est reconnue coupable elle risque 5 ans deprison militaire Elle est confin e Fort Wood Missouri 24h sur 24 Ces mesures sont ill gales selon son avocat Louis Font ADI LESKER Isra l RITA 7 3 Sergent r serviste emprisonn depuis le 21 3 91 pour refus de servir dans les territoires occup s Souffre d une pneumonie s v re du fait de la n gligence m dicale des autorit s p nitentiaires Sources Hand Off Commitiee Erik Larsen Defence Committee On Guard The Objector Military Counselling Network The Guardian The Other Israel RITA fax infos R sistances I InT rieur de l Arm e Resisters Inside The Army R seau international d informations des soldats appel s engag s r servistes contre la guerre War resisters inside the army international network conscripts NCOs reserve n 3 5 2 1991 fax 4 pages RITA 40 rue de Malte 75011 Paris France fax 33 1 43 57 64 50 ph 33 1 43 57 44 80 RITA faxnews R
36. wo segments will focus specifically on reports of anti war activities around the world military resistance The producers of Just say no the program on military re sistance need information video or transferred film foot age music and contacts regarding military resistance sanc tuary recruitment and counter recruitment contact Jen Lion FAX 1 212 420 8223 PH 1 212 219 1025 5 12 Morocco 700 Morocco soldiers tried to desert by crossing the Algeri an border They have been sent back by the Algerian author ities 5 13 Hot line for French soldiers 33 1 43 47 00 65 All informations provided to french soldiers conscripts amp professional Referrals by Information pour les Droits du Soldat and Mouvement des Objecteurs de Conscience r 5 10 Un soldat de 17 ans Selon la WRI de Londres un soldat britannique de 17 ans a t envoy dans le Golfe Il est le plus jeune de 3 fr res tous 3 dans le m me r giment et tous en Arabie Leurs pa rents veulent les tirer de 1a La WRI demande si vous avez connaissance d autres soldats alli s aussi jeunes en Arabie Saoudite Connaissez vous des pays qui prennent en consid ration la situation familiale dans l affectation des militaires comme par exemple les Pays Bas ou la Belgique qui acceptent d exempter un jeune quand son fr re ain est d j sous les drapeaux 5 11 Projet t l et crise du Golfe Prenez le contr le de votre t l outils t l pou
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