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<P class=MsoNormal> On <B>Tue, 1/4/11, SOA Watch
<I><info@soaw.org></I></B> wrote:<O></O></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2></FONT><BR>From: SOA Watch
<info@soaw.org><BR>Subject: Activists Face Six Months in Prison,
Federal Trial in Georgia<BR>To: surfersanta@yahoo.com<BR>Date: Tuesday,
January 4, 2011, 2:35 PM<O></O></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><BR>Tomorrow, on
January 5, 2011, SOA Watch activists Nancy Smith from New
York and Chris Spicer from Illinois will appear in federal
court in Columbus, Georgia to stand trial for crossing the
line during the 2010 November vigil to close the School of
the Americas (renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for
Security Cooperation). </SPAN><V:SHAPETYPE id=_x0000_t75 coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"><V:STROKE joinstyle="miter"></V:STROKE><V:FORMULAS><V:F eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></V:F><V:F eqn="sum @0 1 0"></V:F><V:F eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></V:F><V:F eqn="prod @2 1 2"></V:F><V:F eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></V:F><V:F eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></V:F><V:F eqn="sum @0 0 1"></V:F><V:F eqn="prod @6 1 2"></V:F><V:F eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></V:F><V:F eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></V:F><V:F eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></V:F><V:F eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></V:F></V:FORMULAS><V:PATH o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"></V:PATH><O:LOCK v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"></O:LOCK></V:SHAPETYPE><V:SHAPE style="Z-INDEX: 251658240; POSITION: absolute; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; WIDTH: 240pt; HEIGHT: 159.75pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; mso-wrap-distance-left: 4.5pt; mso-wrap-distance-top: 4.5pt; mso-wrap-distance-right: 4.5pt; mso-wrap-distance-bottom: 4.5pt; mso-position-horizontal: left; mso-position-horizontal-relative: text; mso-position-vertical-relative: line" id=_x0000_s1026 type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" o:allowoverlap="f"><V:IMAGEDATA src="http://www.soaw.org/img/nancysmith.jpg"></V:IMAGEDATA><W:WRAP type="square"></W:WRAP></V:SHAPE><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">The two carried the
protest against the SOA atrocities onto the Fort Benning
military base and now face up to six months in federal
prison for their courageous act of nonviolent civil
disobedience. Nancy and Chris will use the courtroom to put
the SOA itself on trial and to take a stand against the SOA,
torture, militarization and oppressive U.S. foreign policy
in Latin America.<BR><BR><B>The presiding judge, Stephen
Hyles, sentenced two other human rights advocates last
November to the maximum allowed prison sentence for the same
action. Father Louis Vitale and David Omondi, who also
crossed onto the base during the November vigil are each
currently serving six months prison
sentences.</B><BR><BR>Please <A title=http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=xNl0smKdV0sBOviCEsDDArb89xu4NqMt href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=xNl0smKdV0sBOviCEsDDArb89xu4NqMt" target=_blank>write to our Prisoners of Conscience</A> David
and Father Louis and send Nancy and Chris good thoughts,
strength, courage and love as they speak truth to power in
the Georgia Middle District Court tomorrow.<BR><BR>Download
the <B><A title=http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GReeoWkTt39e51dhlBK+Irb89xu4NqMt href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GReeoWkTt39e51dhlBK%2BIrb89xu4NqMt" target=_blank>SOA Watch Media Release</A></B> about the
January 5, 2011 trial.<BR><BR><O></O></SPAN></P></DIV></TD></TR>
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