Pinochet's Confessions

[RevolutionaryMarxist]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6184696.stm

http://www.liberalismo.org/img/secciones/pinochet.jpg


Originally posted by Pinochet
"Today, near the end of my days, I want to say that I harbour no rancour against anybody, that I love my fatherland above all...[The Overthrow of Allende was] no other motive than to make Chile a great place and prevent its disintegration...

...Thanks to their courage and decision, Chile moved from the totalitarian threat to the full democracy which we restored and which all our compatriots enjoy[Referring to the Repression under the regime]".

Total Bastard is what I think

3rd BBC Story, They seem to think this guy's blabbering is important. (#1 Story on America's page)

[RedAnarchist]

I don't think the families of those murdered by his regime will be in any way comforted by his confession. He may be a frail, old man now but he is still the murderous dictator he was in the 70's and 80's. Like Thatcher, he is another old dinosaur the world will be glad to get rid of.

[RebelDog]

Total scumbag. Its a sham that he is alive and free to say these words. Pinochet will of course die comfortable in his bed, those he had tortured and murdered had no such luxury. They should have hanged this grotesque man years ago.

[RevolutionaryMarxist]

Originally posted by The [email protected] 26, 2006 04:29 am
Total scumbag. Its a sham that he is alive and free to say these words. Pinochet will of course die comfortable in his bed, those he had tortured and murdered had no such luxury. They should have hanged this grotesque man years ago.
Just like Pol Pot

[tylerdurdenwasright]

Pinochet deserves swift punishment. Actually all of the junta leaders from South America should be rounded up and be sent to solitary confinement for the rest of their lives.

[Keyser]

Pinochet deserves swift punishment.

Indeed.

A bullet to his head would suffice.


Actually all of the junta leaders from South America should be rounded up and be sent to solitary confinement for the rest of their lives.

Why not just shoot them? A much more effective way of executing proletarian justice against these capitalist and statist butchers.

[Guerrilla22]

One of my professors said in class "yeah, he did committ crimes against humanity, but he brought neo-liberal policy to Chile, therefore he wasn't all bad." I felt sick to my stomach.

[RevolutionaryMarxist]

Good News:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6189208.stm


Originally posted by "Pinochet put under house arrest "
Chile's former military leader, Augusto Pinochet, has been placed under house arrest over the abduction of two people in 1973.

The charges relate to the Caravan of Death - a military operation to remove opponents to Gen Pinochet's rule.

The two men were security guards for former President Salvador Allende, who was overthrown by the military.

Gen Pinochet is accused of dozens of human rights violations but has never faced trial over any of the charges.

More than 3,000 people were killed or "disappeared" during his 1973- 1990 rule.

Ill health

His arrest comes just days after his 91st birthday, on which he said he accepted political responsibility for everything that happened during his time in office.

He defended his record saying he had acted in the interests of Chile and that the coup was necessary to prevent the country descending into political and social turmoil.

Gen Pinochet was also placed under house arrest in October for alleged human rights abuses committed at the infamous Villa Grimaldi detention centre, but was freed on bail earlier this month.

He enjoys legal immunity as a former president, but the courts can strip him of this privilege on a case-by-case basis. This has happened in a number of human rights and financial cases.

He has yet to be cleared or convicted in any of the cases, some of which have been dropped because of his ill health. His lawyers have argued he is too infirm to stand trial.