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Edited on Fri May-26-06 05:02 PM by lonestarnot
TONATIERRA PRESS RELEASE DATE: FRIDAY MAY 26, 2006
STOP THE STRAKE
Indigenous Nations joined by Peace and Justice Coalition Mobilize to stop assault on Western Shoshone Nation
Phoenix, AZ- Representatives of Indigenous Nations of Arizona will be joined by Arizona Peace and Justice activists this weekend in sending a support delegation to block the explosion of the mega bomb “Divine Strake” on the Western Shoshone territories of Nevada. The above ground detonation that would result in a health threatening mushroom cloud of possibly radioactive contamination to be released against the public at large is being proposed for the month of June.
The 700 ton explosion planned by the US military forces at the Nevada Test Site is widely seen as a precursor to “bunker buster” bombing attacks against fortified installations in Iran.
The location of this test would be on Western Shoshone land, and would be in direct violation of a recent decision by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). In its decision, made public March 10, 2006, the CERD Committee urged the United States to "freeze", "desist" and "stop" actions being taken, or threatened to be taken, against the Western Shoshone Peoples of the Western Shoshone Nation. In its decision, CERD stressed the "nature and urgency" of the Shoshone situation informing the U.S. that it goes "well beyond" the normal reporting process and warrants immediate attention under the Committee's Early Warning and Urgent Action Procedure. (ht tp://www.wsdp.org/un_cerd_wsdp.htm#gov0320)
The CERD decision explicitly cited ongoing weapons testing at the Nevada Test Site as well as efforts to build an unprecedented high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, NV.
“The proposed Divine Strake is a criminal assault in violation of international law, and a breach of the Peace established in the territory under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo with Mexico in 1848. If the US wants to affirm the border established by the Treaty, the Peace must be also affirmed. No peace, no border.” said Tupac Enrique Acosta, of the Xicano-Nahuatl Nations.
The delegations from Arizona will join a continental Caravan for Peace and Justice, arriving at the traditional southern doorway of Western Shoshone Nation in Nevada to participate in a direct action of support for the Western Shoshone Nation on May 28, 2006.
www.wsdp.org
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TONATIERRA Press Release - Stop the Strake
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