25733: ***HACtion Emergency Protest***Th, 21 July, 4 pm, Powell & Market, SF, "Stop UN Massacres" (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Haiti Action Committee <haitiaction@yahoo.com>


EMERGENCY PROTEST!



STOP U.N. "PEACEKEEPER" MASSACRES IN HAITI!



On the morning of July 6, 2005, more than 350 heavily armed United Nations
?peacekeeping? forces killed at least 23 unarmed people in the densely
populated Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Cite Soleil.  Some estimates indicate
that 50 or more may have died. The UN Force Commander, Brazilian Lt. General
Augusto Heleno, claims there was a ?firefight,? yet there were no UN deaths or
injuries.



THIS WAS A MASSACRE. Photographic evidence and eyewitness testimony confirm
that
the U.N. murdered unarmed civilians, including a 4-year old child, shot through
the head.



Cite Soleil has been the focus of attacks by both UN forces and the Haitian
police because it remains a powerful base of support for the democratically
elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and the Lavalas movement. The U.N.
operation targeted and killed Emmanuel ?Dred? Wilme, a well-known community
leader in Cite Soleil, who had been in the forefront of the neighborhood?s
resistance to the illegal coup regime. The attack came just a few days after
U.S. Ambassador to Haiti James Foley labeled Haitian grassroots activists as
?terrorists? and ?gang members?, sending a clear signal that it was now open
season on civilians.



Since a U.S.-orchestrated coup overthrew the democratic government in February
2004, a United Nations force of 7500 troops has occupied Haiti. The U.N. has
supported the coup regime, which has killed and imprisoned thousands of
innocent people. As the U.N. mouths its concerns for human rights around the
world, it attacks the poorest communities in Haiti and backs up the violent
repression carried out by the Haitian police.  Brazil continues to do the
bidding of the United States by heading-up this brutal U.N. military operation
in Haiti.



On July 21, there will be coordinated protests in many U.S. and Canadian cities
to condemn the U.N. massacre in Cite Soleil.  Please join us!




END THE U.S./U.N. OCCUPATION OF HAITI!
RESTORE DEMOCRACY AND PRESIDENT ARISTIDE!



Thursday, July 21st



Gather:  4 P.M. - Powell and Market, San Francisco

March to Brazilian Consulate, 300 Montgomery: 4:30 P.M.

Followed by Picket at the Brazilian Consulate.


Sponsored by the HAITI ACTION COMMITTEE
For more information:

www.haitiaction.net                  haitiaction@yahoo.com 510.483.7481





















































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