Thomas Vince
13-Jul-2002, 02:18 AM
A small world....
Two years ago I lost a good friend and student to a war we cannot win. He was a demolitions expert in the special forces. We grew up together and blew up cars in the junk yard for fun as teens, "don't ask", but human astrocities exist even now in our modern world, here is just one story unfolding.
For those of you who dont know who Pinochet is read this and ask yourself and those in
charge, is this right?
Pinochet currently faces 59 criminal complaints in Chile for kidnapping, murder, and
torture, all of which were lodged in 1998 and 1999 and are currently being investigated by
Judge Juan Guzman Tapia of the Santiago Appeals Court. The cases are in the
preliminary stage of investigation and Judge Guzman has yet to make formal charges
against Pinochet. He sent a list of questions last year to Pinochet in London, but
Pinochet, in his reply, refused to provide substantive answers.
The charges against Pinochet include the abduction, torture, disappearance, and
execution of thousands of political opponents. The crimes for which Pinochet is closest
to indictment include his command responsibility for a military task force, popularly
known as the "Caravan of Death," which removed scores of prisoners from jail and
executed them one month after the 1973 military coup. Before the case against Pinochet
can go ahead, Judge Guzman must first have Pinochet's senatorial immunity lifted.
I enter this becaue Kurt was trained in Columbia at a camp that specializes in jungle war fare and he was sent in by the US to capture Noriega. He was responsible for blowing up two of Noriega's cocaine plants. I hang his Baret, his purple heart, his jungle patch and I am greatful to his parents for keeping his congretional medal of honor and numerous other medals on display in a local county museum.
As martial artists we should seek to preserve life, not take it!
Two years ago I lost a good friend and student to a war we cannot win. He was a demolitions expert in the special forces. We grew up together and blew up cars in the junk yard for fun as teens, "don't ask", but human astrocities exist even now in our modern world, here is just one story unfolding.
For those of you who dont know who Pinochet is read this and ask yourself and those in
charge, is this right?
Pinochet currently faces 59 criminal complaints in Chile for kidnapping, murder, and
torture, all of which were lodged in 1998 and 1999 and are currently being investigated by
Judge Juan Guzman Tapia of the Santiago Appeals Court. The cases are in the
preliminary stage of investigation and Judge Guzman has yet to make formal charges
against Pinochet. He sent a list of questions last year to Pinochet in London, but
Pinochet, in his reply, refused to provide substantive answers.
The charges against Pinochet include the abduction, torture, disappearance, and
execution of thousands of political opponents. The crimes for which Pinochet is closest
to indictment include his command responsibility for a military task force, popularly
known as the "Caravan of Death," which removed scores of prisoners from jail and
executed them one month after the 1973 military coup. Before the case against Pinochet
can go ahead, Judge Guzman must first have Pinochet's senatorial immunity lifted.
I enter this becaue Kurt was trained in Columbia at a camp that specializes in jungle war fare and he was sent in by the US to capture Noriega. He was responsible for blowing up two of Noriega's cocaine plants. I hang his Baret, his purple heart, his jungle patch and I am greatful to his parents for keeping his congretional medal of honor and numerous other medals on display in a local county museum.
As martial artists we should seek to preserve life, not take it!