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ACTION ALERT: Oppose US Military Training and Refuelling in PEI
Do you have concerns about plans to bring the US military to train and=20
refuel aircraft on PEI?
Do you have concerns that the public has not been consulted?
Do you have concerns about War and US Imperialism?
If you wish to express your concerns, contact information is listed below=20
for the President of the Slemon Park Corporation, the Premier of Prince=20
Edward Island, and some local media.
Spread the word.
Earth Action
Prince Edward Island
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Tuesday, January 14, 2003
EARTH ACTION Denounces Plans for US Military Training and Refuelling on PEI
CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI - Prince Edward Island environmental group=20
Earth Action is denouncing plans to bring the US military to train and=20
refuel aircraft on PEI. Representatives of the Slemon Park Corporation are=
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in St. Joseph, Missouri this week, for the 22nd annual Air Mobility Tactics=
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Symposium, at Rosecrans Air Force Base and will be making a bid for the=20
refuelling and maintenance of military aircraft, as well as military=20
training exercises for their crews. Earth Action stands in opposition to=20
this plan, for social and environmental reasons.
Sharon Labchuk, Earth Action toxics campaigner, explains "This idea was=20
hatched by a private corporation, with the intent to profit from the=20
business of War. It is unacceptable that the public has not been consulted=
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about this plan which will support both environmental degradation and human=
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suffering."
The US military produces a ton of toxic waste per minute, more than the=20
five largest US chemical companies combined. Besides more conventional=20
materials like propellants, oil, solvents, paints, preservatives, and=20
heavy metals, military facilities frequently store deadly chemical and=20
radioactive substances (chemical weapons, bomb components), in secret and=20
rarely subject to environmental oversight). Contaminated sites are spread=20
across the planet, but the US military continues to avoid responsibility=20
(just try an Internet search for "US military" + "toxic waste"). Military=20
activities are responsible for 6=AD10 percent of global air pollution,=20
according to the Washington, D.C.=ADbased Worldwatch Institute.
DU (Depleted Uranium) weapons were used by US forces in the Gulf War,=20
Yugoslavia/Kosovo, Afghanistan and elsewhere. The radioactive uranium oxide=
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dust from these exploding weapons has been inhaled by a large number of=20
soldiers (on both sides), as well as civilians (on "their" side). The=20
radioactive particles contaminate the bombed out cities (and countryside)=20
centuries after the conflict is over. In Iraq, cancer and birth defects=20
have skyrocketed since the Gulf War.
If you want to talk about Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs)...the USA is=20
the ONLY government that has used nuclear weapons to target civilians in=20
not one, but TWO, large cities. The survivors (in surrounding areas) and=20
their descendants have been left with a toxic radioactive legacy.=20
Furthermore, the US government has recently announced plans to develop=20
first strike "small scale'" nuclear weapons.
The US government and CIA have armed and/or trained Osama Bin Laden and the=
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Taliban, Saddam and Iraq, and many other murderous dictators and death=20
squads. They have supported the overthrow of democratically elected=20
governments when it is in their interest. According to UN statistics for=20
1996-2001, the US is the world's largest weapons manufacturer and exporter,=
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with 45 per cent of the sales. In 2000, the US netted $14 billion (US) in=20
arms sales, double its closest competitors, Britain and Russia.
To date the PEI provincial government seems to be avoiding comment. Aaron=20
Koleszar of Earth Action asks "Will our government allow this? Will they=20
say 'our hands are tied...it's not our jurisdiction'? How can one, in good=
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conscience, allow this, support this, and profit from this?"
Slemon Park Corporation and the US military should give up on this idea=20
before it's even begun.
The people of PEI have a history of resisting nuclear technology and=20
supporting peace movements. This is no place for warmongers.
For more information, contact Earth Action:
Aaron Koleszar (902) 659-2575 <aaronk@isn.net>
Sharon Labchuk (902) 621-0719 <slabchuk@isn.net>
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Contact Info for the Premier of PEI, local media, and the President of the=
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Slemon Park Corporation.
Pat Binns, Premier of Prince Edward Island
phone 368-4400, home 962-2196
pgbinns@gov.pe.ca
P.O. Box 338, Charlottetown, P.E.I., C1A 7K7
Fax 902-368-4416
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Media
The Guardian <newsroom@chg.southam.ca>
Fax 902-566-3808, PO Box 760, Charlottetown, PEI, C1A 4R7
The Journal-Pioneer <dshea@itas.net>
Fax 902-436-0784, PO Box 2480 Summerside, PEI, C1N 4K5
The Eastern Graphic <eastgraphic@islandpress.pe.ca>
Fax 902-838-4392, PO Box 790, Montague, PEI, C0A 1R0
CBC Radio Island Morning Talkback - 629-6414, 1 (800) 680-1898
CBC Radio Maritme Noon Talkback - 1 800 565 5463
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Ken DesRoches, president
Slemon Park Corporation
Phone: (902) 432-1700 | Fax: (902) 436-1854
Email: kdesroches@slemonpark.com, slemonpr@atcon.com, spc@atcon.com
www.slemonpark.com/
Mailing Address
Slemon Park Corporation
P.O. Box 90
Slemon Park, PE
C0B 2A0
Physical Address
Slemon Park Corporation
30A Aerospace BLVD
Slemon Park, PE
C0B 2A0
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Slemon Park Corporation & Aerospace Centre
Slemon Park Corporation is a private company, focused on and dedicated to=20
providing excellence in world-class aerospace and training facilities.=20
Strategically located it offers an outstanding workforce and environment in=
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a supportive business and government climate.
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Aaron Koleszar <aaronk@isn.net>
Happy New Year.
And, as everyone knows, one will be happy if one does not stop fighting for=
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what one believes in... ~Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, Mexico,=20
December of 2002.
Although many people think that the CIA=92s primary mission during the Cold=
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War was to 'deter communism,' Noam Chomksy correctly points out that its=20
real mission was 'deterring democracy.' From corrupting elections to=20
overthrowing democratic governments, from assassinating elected leaders to=
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installing murderous dictators, the CIA has virtually always replaced=20
democracy with dictatorship.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is=
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invisible to the eye."
- The fox in "Le Petit Prince" (The Little Prince) by Antoine De Saint=
Exupery
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