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bluerev002
29th August 2003, 03:43
School Of Americas (SOA)

The school was first opened in Panama but was later disbanded because of the Panama Canal treaty. On January 17, 2004 it was re-opened in Fort Bennings, Georgia, this time it opened as “Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation.” The same school with a different name.

Funded by the CIA and US tax payers, the School of Americas was created to maintain dictatorship in Latin America. Over 60,000 Latin Americans and over 100,000 of others from 23 different countries have been trained in counter insurgency techniques, sniper training, command, physiological warfare, military intelligence, interrogation tactics, politics, economics, assassination, political upheaval, and modern weaponry training. They target educators, union organizers, religious workers, student leaders, and others who work for the rights of the poor. Hired by wealthy landowners, graduates use their tactics to stop the formation of democracy and to stop revolution from forming in Latin America.
Many end up trafficking drugs for the CIA or for major drug lords in, but others end up being brutal dictators. One example would be Hugo Benzer from Bolivia. When the Bolivian government sold the public water system to a private corporation the prizes for water skyrocketed. Most people couldn’t afford to buy water anymore. A good number of them took to the streets. Benzer sent the military to attack the mass. The attempt to disband the protest failed, and the people continued for three more days. On the fourth days Benzer sent the military out again, this time with real bullets and brutal beatings. Eight were killed and over 100 injured.

Roberto Viola, from Argentina was convicted of murder, kidnapping, and torture during the “dirty wars *.”

Vlademirio Montesinos of Peru, Fujimori’s advisor. Lead the “La Cantuna** ” murders and runs the death squad that is part of the National Intelligence Service.

Frank Romaní from Haiti and his men broke into a church during mass and killed 12 people and wounded at least 77. They then doused the church in gasoline and burned it down. He justified his actions as “legitimate”

All gradates of SOA, there are more: Hugo Benzer from Bolivia, Manuel Noriega from Panama, Vlademirio Montesinos from Peru, Omar Torrijas from Panama, Gustavo Alvarez from Honduras, Roberto Viola from Argentina, Guillermo Rodriguez from Ecuador, Gambetta Hypolittle from Haiti, and a good deal of the Contras. All graduates, all murderers, all high honors and highly esteemed by the School of Americas.
The School of Americas (SOA), dubbed the School of Assassins (for a damn good reason), is responsible for the rape, torture, assassination, disappearance, and massacre of hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans. The time has come to shut this place down one more time, this time permanently. Please help to stop the murder and the humiliation that people have to go through every day because of this school. Please, go to soaw (http://www.soaw.org/new/) and have a say in this. Click on “local groups” to find a group near you. Let there be no more murder in Latin America, let there be no more Imperialism, no more brutal dictatorship. Help put a stop to the evil ways of this school and help put a stop to the evil empire.

*A series of disappearances of thousands of innocent civilians in an attempt to take out the left terrorist, even though many had nothing to do with that group.

**When the students of “La Cantuna” university wrote an article that insulted the regime on Fujimori’s behalf, Vladimir Montesinos ordered an attack on nine students and one teacher. The nine students and the teacher where kidnapped and beaten all the way to an interrogations base, there they were beaten some more until an officer kicked out Montesimos for using his base without his permission. The officer was later killed in a mysteries “terrorist attack.” The bodies of the students and teacher were found years later, burned, chopped to pieces, and buried.

Sabocat
29th August 2003, 12:04
The title of this post was SOA, help shut it down.


Are there any movements or groups organized to that end?

bluerev002
1st September 2003, 03:07
Yeah, actually there was a link there, I probably shouda made it bigger though.

http://www.soaw.org/new/

Gregorio Allemagna
1st September 2003, 07:09
The CIA/US Army and Bundeswehr are doing the same thing in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Little known and well hidden, is the George C. Marshal Centre for Statigic and International Studies.

When asked what they do, the answer is as vague a the morning fog.

If anyone knows somewbody at Amnesty International, I will gladly give them all the info. I am from Garmisch and know enough to get me killed.