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California
Washington,
DC
New York
 WHAT'S
GOING ON? The Westchester Community
College (WCC) Foundation has invited
Henry Kissinger to speak on ways to
promote "global order and international
harmony" at a campus forum on Sunday,
November 15, for $100 a ticket and up.
Yet, as a senior US government official
and policy advisor, Henry Kissinger
has left a bloody trail of death and
destruction that stretches around the globe.
As just one example, he authorized massive
bombing raids that killed an estimated
950,000 civilians in Cambodia and Laos
alone, while serving in the Nixon
administration. (See below for a partial
summary of his other serious crimes.)
Apparently, the WCC Foundation does not
understand recent history well enough to
realize that Henry Kissinger is an
extremely poor choice for a panel discussion
on "global order and international
harmony." In fact, his life and work is
a stunning example of how to promote
global disorder by instigating
aggressive military and covert operations,
and providing military and police aid to
tyrannical governments - often flouting both
U.S. and international law- and entirely get
away with it.
JOIN US! If you
care about peace, human rights, and
democracy, please join our vigil to hold
Henry Kissinger accountable, and educate
the public about the need for ethical and
responsible U.S. foreign policies that
encourage diplomacy, reduce international
tensions, and promote respect for human
rights.
Contact: 914-830 0639,
HenryKissingerWatch@gmail.com
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WCC
Foundation: Please Do Your Homework Before
You Schedule a Panel Discussion! The WCC
Foundation's "President's Forum" with its
"Catered Dinner and Dessert Reception,"
dishonors the lives and memories of millions
of people around the globe -- Vietnamese,
Cambodians, Laotians, Chileans, East
Timorese, and so many others -- who were
bombed, strafed, napalmed, maimed, shot,
displaced, kidnapped, jailed, interrogated,
tortured and/or exiled -- as a result of US
military campaigns, covert operations, and
arms transfers directed and authorized by
Henry Kissinger.
PARTIAL
SUMMARY OF HENRY KISSINGER'S WAR CRIMES
VIETNAM: Kissinger scuttled
peace talks in 1968, paving the way for
Richard Nixon's victory in the presidential
race. Half the battle deaths in Vietnam took
place between 1968 and 1972, not to mention
the millions of civilians throughout
Indochina who were killed.
CAMBODIA and LAOS: Kissinger persuaded
Nixon to widen the war with massive bombing
of Cambodia and Laos. By conservative
estimates, the U.S. killed 600,000 civilians
in Cambodia and another 350,000 in Laos.
BANGLADESH: Using weapons
supplied by the U.S., General Yahya Khan
overthrew the democratically elected
government and murdered at least half a
million civilians in 1971. In the White
House, the National Security Council wanted
to condemn these actions. Kissinger refused.
Amid the killing, Kissinger thanked Khan for
his "delicacy and tact."
CHILE:
Kissinger helped to plan the 1973
U.S.-backed overthrow of the democratically
elected Salvador Allende and the
assassination of General Schneider.
Right-wing general Augusto Pinochet then
took over. (Human toll: 3,000+ people killed
directly in coup, 40,000+ detained and
interrogated, 200,000 fled the country,
1,500 killed later on by Pinochet regime
from 1973-1985.)
EAST TIMOR:In
1975 President Ford and Secretary of State
Kissinger met with Indonesia's corrupt
strongman Suharto and gave him the go a head
to invade East Timor. Kissinger told
reporters the U.S. wouldn't recognize the
East Timor, which had recently declared
independence from Portugal. Within hours
Suharto launched an invasion, killing, by
some estimates, 200,000 civilians.
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More on Kissinger
from ETAN -
http://www.etan.org/news/kissinger/
Download ETAN's Kissinger leaflet:
http://www.etan.org/etanpdf/Hold_Kissinger_Accountable.pdf
Contact us
about organizing or hosting an event
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Allan Nairn on ETAN, Occupy
Wall Street and more
In January 2012, Nairn spoke
about the successful movement
to support East Timor's self-determination
and restrict U.S. military assistance
to Indonesia and its significance
for Occupy Wall Street and today's
global movements for justice.
Watch
the video here
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Want to
help organize an event contact
etan@etan.org
Madison, WI
Free
screening of the award-winning
documentary "The Look of Silence"
Saturday 14 November, starting at 1
pm
Madison Central Library (room
302), 201 West Mifflin St
What is it like to survive
genocide, and be surrounded by the
perpetrators?
That's the
question explored by the
award-winning documentary "The Look
of Silence," which will be shown for
free at 1 pm Saturday 14 November at
the Madison Central Library. Dr.
Mary McCoy of the UW-Madison Center
for Southeast Asian Studies will
lead the post-film discussion.
"The Look of Silence" is the
second film about the Indonesian
genocide of the 1960s by
Oscar-nominated director and
MacArthur "Genius Grant" awardee
Joshua Oppenheimer. His previous
film, "The Act of Killing," was told
from the perpetrators' perspective.
The event is organized by
the Madison chapter of the East
Timor Action Network
(www.aideasttimor.org). The
Indonesian genocide of the 1960s and
rise of the dictator Suharto set the
stage for the Indonesian military's
brutal invasion and occupation of
East Timor, from 1975 to 1999.
For more information, visit
www.aideasttimor.org, email
madison@etan.org or call
608-241-2473 and see
http://www.aideasttimor.org/.
The East Timor
Action
Network/Madison meets at 7:00 p.m. on
the 1st Thursday of each month at
Mother Fool's Coffeehouse
(1101 Williamson St. This is right
on the corner of Ingersoll and Williamson)
For more information,
please contact
madison@etan.org, 608-241-2473 or
visit:
www.aideasttimor.org.
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East Timor & Indonesia
Action
Network (ETAN)
PO Box 21873, Brooklyn, NY 11202-1873,
Tel. +1-917-690-4391
email:
etan@etan.org
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See ETAN's
Action Alerts
for additional actions
you can take.
If you want to
host a speaker or
organize an event
contact: John M.
Miller (718-596-7668,
etan@etan.org).
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