> --- Robert Rabin - Nilda Medina <bieke at coqui.net>
> wrote:
> > Subject: Vieques bombardeo Vieques bombing
> > Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 0
> >
> > Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques
> > PO Box 1424 Vieques, Puerto Rico 00765
> > Tel.fax 787 741-0716
>
> > Viequenses acuse officials of agencies responsable
> > for environmental and health protection in Puerto
> > Rico of aiding the Navy in the destruction of
> > natrual resources and the attack against life that
> > will result from the US Navy´s practices announced
> > for the following several days.
> >
> > In documents from the Puerto Rico Planning Board,
> > obtained by the Committee for the Rescue and
> > Development of Vieques (CRDV) through environmental
> > advisor Sara Peisch (Environmental Action Center of
> > PR), military officiales admit that the bombing they
> > hope to do this week will have a negative impact on
> > beaches, dunes, coral reefs and adjacent waters.
> > The document also describes the problems with the
> > inert bombs that skip on land and end up in the
> > water.
> >
> > According to the official documents, the Navy plans
> > to drop 130,000 pounds of bombs on Vieques during
> > maneuvers that should begin this week. Rear Admiral
> > J.K. Moran offered the following description of the
> > projectiles to be fired at Vieques:
> >
> > 600 rounds from ships; 400 bombs of 25 pounds; 30
> > laser guided 50 lb. projectiles; 120 bombs of up to
> > 1000 pounds.
> >
> > Nilda Medina, spokesperson for the CPRDV, commented
> > that "...all Puerto Ricans should denounce the
> > intentions of the US Navy to launch more than 125
> > thousand pounds of bombs during upcoming practices.
> > Each bomb means more contamination for our people,
> > more cancer, more death. We don´t understand how
> > the Puerto Rican government can permit this genocide
> > against our town. The Special Commission on
> > Vieques, created by the Governor, described in
> > detail the horrible effects on our health from
> > bombing, whether with live or inert bombs."
> >
> > The people of Vieques demand that the Governmental
> > agencies responsable for environmental and health
> > protection do not permit the the Navy to continue
> > the destrction of Vieques.
> >
> > Contact: Robert Rabin, CPRDV 787 741-0716 cel.
> > 787 375-0525