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Subject: Thousands march toward Army school for annual protest Author: No name [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 16:59:07 12/03/01 Mon Thousands march toward Army school for annual protest By Elliott Minor, Associated Press, 11/18/2001 12:15 http://www.boston.com/dailynews/322/nation/Thousands_march_toward_Army_sc:.shtml COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) About 9,000 demonstrators marched toward Fort Benning Sunday to protest an Army school they blame for alleged human rights violations against Latin American civilians. With the nation at war against terrorists and Americans riding a patriotic wave, organizers said it was more important than ever to protest the former School of the Americas, which used to be a training center for Latin American soldiers. ''We are fighting terrorism out there in other parts of the world, but here we are harboring and training terrorists,'' the Rev. Roy Bourgeois, who founded School of the Americas Watch in 1990, said Saturday, when demonstrators gathered to plan Sunday's event. The annual demonstration at the gates of Fort Benning commemorates the Nov. 16, 1989, killings in El Salvador of six Jesuit priests, to which some of the school's graduates have been linked. Military officials strongly deny Bourgeois' claims. ''Criminals often go on to commit crimes in spite of the best efforts of the institutions they attend,'' said Brig. Gen. Paul Eaton. ''People are focusing on the past. We are focusing on the future.'' The Army closed its School of the Americas in December after a decade of protests. A month later, the school was replaced by the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, which is operated by the Department of Defense. The DOD says the institute's new mission is to focus on 21st century challenges, not the bloody Latin American insurgencies of the 1980s. Last year, 26 SOA Watch demonstrators were convicted of trespass for participating in a funeral procession representing those who died in Latin America. On the Net: Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation: http://www.defenselink.mil/speeches/2001/s20010117-depsecdef.html School of the Americas Watch: http://www.soaw.org &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment ...http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]