| Honduras Emergency Alert Support the people of Honduras against the coup! Demand the return of President Manuel Zelaya! Child among those shot and killed by the military |
On July 5, hundreds of soldiers blocked the runway at the International Airport of Honduras' capital using military vehicles, preventing the return of democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya. President Zelaya has stated he will attempt another return flight in the coming days.
More than 120,000 people had marched to the airport in Tegucigalpa to demand that the Honduran coup plotters allow Zelaya to land his plane and resume his presidency, and to fight against the repression of the people's movement.
The military fired live rounds against the unarmed protesters, killing at least three people, including one child. Hundreds more have been wounded.
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I saw that man with the blood stained clothes say that child died in his arms. CNN's reporter also noted that the police were saying they could not fire on the people because they are all Hondurans. Apparently someone is shooting, but who?
ReplyDeleteLet's hope when the time comes, our own police are that loyal but I doubt it.
I did another post on this, there are more details and a pic in there but it's the army shooting at the people, who else? You guys just don't understand how very sanguine these people are. They get off on killing human beings. The more blood they shed, the happier they are
ReplyDeleteYep, sister they sure do love blood. My question was a hypothetical because I believe the CIA is amongst the locals.... so what else is new?
ReplyDeleteOnly pressure by the American people can prevent the coup's success or a reversion to civil war.
ReplyDeletePeople vs a well armed right-wing military is a bloody uneven contest.
More coup detail can be found here:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.defenestrator.org/aggregator/sources/2
The same Americans that are totally engrosed with where Michael Jackson is going to be buried, who gets his money, who gets the kids and such? Those Americans or the other ones? The ones that know that their government is lying to them, that the corporations are enslaving them, that the mass media is brainwashing them, the ones that are pissed and are not going to take it anymore? Those Americans?
ReplyDeleteI was thinking about the Hondurans, facing US armed/trained death squads. I doubt any of them care about MJ.
ReplyDeleteWell, as you can see, that isn't going too well for them. Democracy Now had a great an update & interview with someone in Tegucigalpa on the show today, I was gonna post it but it's too long so here's the link:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.democracynow.org/2009/7/6/honduran_military_blocks_ousted_president_zelayas