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You are invited to the 2004 Anarchist Social Retreat!

When: August 20-22, 2004
Where: Near Colorado's San Juan Mountains
Cost: Free!

Many Anarchist gatherings end up being drunk-fests or
endless meetings - Not this time!
Please leave any booze, drugs or abstract theoretical
discussions at home.

The ASR-2004 gathering is a great opportunity for
Anarchists & our allies to have a weekend filled with
fun, relaxation and networking - with a special focus
on providing a friendly, safe space for children &
families.

The space is wheelchair accessible, equipped with
electricity, water, bathrooms, a kitchen, outdoor
camping & indoor floor space for sleeping, a stage for
bands or other performances - not to mention plenty of
room for other uses and events.

Share your ideas for ASR-2004 at the discussion
group:
http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/asr2004

Get involved! Join the organizing & planning forums:
http://www.dbom.net/mhrbb

Questions? Suggestions? Want more info?
Ph: 719-539-3553 - Email: [email protected]

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U.S. Works to Calm Prisoner Abuse Fallout
Senators scheduled another hearing Tuesday with top military and intelligence
officials, including Army Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba, author of a Pentagon
(news - web sites) report that found numerous "sadistic, blatant and wanton
criminal abuses" at a U.S.-run prison complex near Baghdad
In Geneva, the International Committee of the Red Cross said U.S.-led coalition
intelligence officers had told it that up to 90 percent of Iraqi detainees were
arrested by mistake.
A 24-page Red Cross report also cited abuses, some "tantamount to torture,"
including brutality, forcing people to wear hoods, humiliation and threats of
imminent execution.
Bush said, "All prison operations in Iraq will be thoroughly reviewed to make
certain that such offenses are not repeated."

Full story here:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040511/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_prisoner_abuse&cid=542&ncid=716

Israeli Tried for Killing UK Man

(BBC, May 10) -- An Israeli soldier charged with killing a British
student in the Gaza Strip has gone on trial in Israel.

Tom Hurndall, 22, from north London, was shot in April last year
while trying to help Palestinian children to safety during clashes
in Rafah.

His family campaigned for a trial after an initial army inquiry
cleared those responsible for the shooting. In recent years,
hundreds of civilians have been killed in the conflict, but few
cases have been investigated.

Confession 'doubts'

Mr Hurndall was working alongside the Palestinian rights group, the
International Solidarity Movement, when he was shot in the head. He
fell into a coma and died nine months later, in January 2004.

The soldier faces six charges, including manslaughter and
obstruction of justice. Mr Hurndall's family says the charge should
be murder because he was shot by a rifle with an advanced telescopic
lens and was clearly identifiable as a civilian.

But the soldier's lawyers told the court that their client was not
guilty and that a confession he signed had been forced from him
under duress.

'Show trial'

Mr Hurndall's mother, Jocelyn, sat just a few metres away from the
accused soldier in the courtroom at a military base in southern
Israel. She said she still found it difficult to believe that
justice would be done. "It is not sufficient to come this far merely
for the staging of a show trial," she said.

The BBC's Middle East correspondent James Reynolds says there is an
inescapable feeling among many that this trial is going ahead
because the victim was British, not Palestinian.

The trial was adjourned for nine days and a verdict is not expected
for several months.

African American man found hanging in tree in Wilkinson County
WOODVILLE, Miss. - Family members say a man found Friday hanging from a tree in rural Mississippi had returned home to fight for his family's land.
The body of 52-year-old Roy Veal was discovered in Wilkinson County, relatives said.
Warren Strain, spokesman of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, said the body was discovered about midday in a wooded area of the county near Woodville. Authorities declined to identify the man pending notification of relatives.
But Doris Gordon, a Woodville native now living in San Francisco, said the victim was her brother, Roy Veal of Washington state. Thelma Veal, the man's mother, also confirmed the identity.
"They found my brother hanging from a tree with a hood over his head and some papers burned at his feet," Gordon said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press from San Francisco. "It's awful. We don't know who did it."
Gordon, who said she would be returning to Woodville as soon as possible, said her brother had returned to the family home in Wilkinson County "to help with a lawsuit pending against our family."
"There are people trying to take part of our land because they apparently think there is oil on the land," she said.
Officials at the chancery clerk's office in Woodville said a lawsuit pending in chancery court names several members of the Thelma Veal family, including Doris Gordon and apparently Roy Veal, as defendants.
Chancery Clerk Thomas Tolliver Jr., said the case involved title to land in the county and damages.
Thelma Veal said the lawsuit sought portions of land owned by her late husband and his brothers. She said her son had obtained a map of the property and was collecting documents to prove the family owned the land.
Now they have found my son hung back there on a tree," said Thelma Veal, 79.
She said her husband owned more than 40 acres in the area southwest of Woodville and that it was being sought because it might have oil deposits.
There is oil production in that area of the state.
"My husband's daddy bought this land in 1926 and I've been here ever since I was 18," she said. "It's our land."
Strain said the Highway Patrol's Bureau of Investigation was looking into the circumstances around the death.
County Coroner Travis Sharp said he had not been contacted about the death and the sheriff's department declined any comment when contacted Friday.