-------------------------------------------------------- http://brianvernon.no-ip.net/index.php?/archives/11-Sean-Garland.html brian-vernon Friday, November 4. 2005 Seán Garland The arrest of Seán Garland, President of the Workers Party of Ireland, by Brit "police" at the request of the United States of War Criminals has provoked an international outcry. Critics say that the arrest of Garland, an Irish citizen, is an attack on Ireland's sovereignty. Count me among them! Seán was heading for a WPI conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland, when he was arrested by "security forces" Oct. 7. The U.S of War Criminals., are seeking Mr Garland's extradition on FAKE charges of trafficking counterfeit U.S. currency, conspired with Britain because it did not believe that Ireland would extradite Mr Garland. This amounts to kidnapping, and is a violation of Mr Garland's rights as an Irish citizen and a violation of Ireland's right to self-determination. A letter signed by leaders of Ireland's largest unions asked, "If these were serious charges, why did the United States government wait until Seán Garland was outside the jurisdiction of the Irish Republic before this warrant was served on him?" Noting Garland's opposition to the illegal U.S. invasion of Iraq, it said the charges were politically motivated. Seán has received quite a bit of attention abroad, while the Irish Mainstream Media, notably RTE, have been negligent in the extreme, in their non-coverage of this issue. Here, workers in Greece are protesting his illegal detention. Letters of support are arriving from around the globe. "Over the 70s and 80s he was very active in developing and expanding the partys international contacts and activity. He played a major role in organising and supporting solidarity campaigns across a wide area of the world, S.E. Asia. Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Africa. Angola, Mozambique, South Africa, South West Africa, Latin America Chile, Cuba, Guaetamala, and the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, plus Cyprus, Greece against the military dictatorship and Palestine to name some of the many places in the world where United States foreign policy has inflicted great suffering, repression and untold deaths on people. He also took part in the development of fraternal relations with many parties in the former Socialist countries of Eastern and Central Europe. For decades he has been a vocal and active critic of United States foreign policy. Never an enemy of the American people he is a consistent opponent of the Right Wing Reactionary policies which have been pursued by US administrations overmany decades. This comment, quoted in the Observer Newspaper Sunday 9th October2005, from J.K. Galbraith an outstanding American Economist, Statesman, Keynesian style economist and adviser to US Presidents from Roosevelt to Kennedy aptly describes the political situation in the United States.. "Our military operations including naturally Iraq are under Corporate direction through Rumsfeld and a compliant military machine staff. In the absence of corporate initiative andpower we would not be in Iraq and, a more poignant matter, we would not have George Bush ". http://www.seangarland.org -- -------------------------------------------------------- http://cyberjournal.org "Apocalypse Now and the Brave New World" http://www.cyberjournal.org/cj/rkm/Apocalypse_and_NWO.html Posting archives: http://cyberjournal.org/cj/show_archives/?date=01Jan2006&batch=25&lists=newslog Subscribe to low-traffic list: •••@••.••• ___________________________________________ In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.
