Vieques cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Cleanup time in Vieques

New York Daily News
April 18th, 2004

Tomorrow, April 19, will mark five years since David Sanes Rodríguez was
killed on Vieques. And during that time, much has changed on that little
Puerto Rican island.

Sanes Rodríguez, a 33-year-old civilian security guard, was accidentally
killed in 1999 by a U.S. Navy pilot who dropped two 500-pound bombs on
the island - but missed his intended target.

However, the young man's death was not in vain: It ignited a firestorm
of protest that culminated with the May 1, 2003, Navy pullout from
Vieques, which it had mercilessly used for target practice for more than
60 years.

Yet, after six decades of problems, peace and fairness for the almost
10,000 U.S. citizens who inhabit the 55-square-mile island mean much
more than just an end to the bombing.

"If they do not eliminate the military toxins accumulated over six
decades of bombing, the Navy will continue to kill our people for a long
time to come," said Ismael Guadalupe, spokesman for the Committee for
the Rescue and Development of Vieques, one of the main groups that
opposed the Navy's presence.
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for the entire story, see
http://www.nydailynews.com/boroughs/story/184355p-159906c.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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