Sorry--Couldn't find the other address--I felt this was too important to wait. We need to support our brothers and sisters and Mother Earth. Despite the fact that the United Nations has ordered the United States to "freeze", "desist" and "stop" actions being taken, or threatened to be taken, against the Western Shoshone Peoples of the Western Shoshone Nation, the United States is planning to detonate a 700 ton explosion on June 2, 2006 at the Nevada Test Site, which is on Western Shoshone land. We need you to help STOP this test! The Western Shoshone remain the most bombed nation on the world, experiencing more than 1000 test explosions over the last 50 years, and June 2's planned "Divine Strike" will add to this history. You can help CANCEL the bomb by making your voice heard. Here's what you need to do! Join the Western Shoshone National Council, the Western Shoshone Defense Project, and Shundahai Network call for the United States Government to cancel the test immediately. Concerned citizens can call or write to express their opinions: >President George W. Bush >_comments@whitehouse.gov_ (http://us.f820.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=comments@whitehouse.gov&YY=639&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b) <mailto:_comments@whitehouse.gov_ (http://us.f820.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=comments@whitehouse.gov&YY=639&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b) > >202-456-1111 >The White House >1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW >Washington, DC 20500 > >Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld >_http://www.defenselink.mil/faq/comment.html_ (http://www.defenselink.mil/faq/comment.html) >Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld >Secretary of Defense >1000 Defense Pentagon >Washington, DC 20301-1000 > >James Tegnelia >_dtra.publicaffairs@dtra.mil_ (http://us.f820.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=dtra.publicaffairs@dtra.mil&YY=639&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b) <mailto:_dtra.publicaffairs@dtra.mil_ (http://us.f820.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=dtra.publicaffairs@dtra.mil&YY=639&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b ) > >(800) 701-5096 >Defense Threat Reduction Agency >Attn: James Tegnelia >8725 John J Kingman RD Stop 6201 >Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6201 > >Thank you for making your voice heard! > >Miigwech, > >Honor the Earth <_http://www.honorearth.org/_ (http://www.honorearth.org/) > > >For more information: > >Western Shoshone Defense Project <_http://www.wsdp.org/_ (http://www.wsdp.org/) > > >Shundahai Network <_http://www.shundahai.org/_ (http://www.shundahai.org/) > ><_http://www.shundahai.org/_ (http://www.shundahai.org/) > > >Western Shoshone Defense Project > >Shundahai Network > >Joint Press Release, April 4, 2006 > >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : > >U.S. Defies U.N. Decision and Contradicts Earlier Public Statement– >Plans Massive Military Detonation on Western Shoshone Land – > >Western Shoshone call for halt to planned June 2 “Bunker Buster” >detonation at the Nevada Test Site > >Speaking with media last week, US military spokesman James Tegnelia >confirmed U.S. plans to detonate a 700 ton explosion at the Nevada Test Site on June 2, 2006 in a test called “Divine Strake.” The location of >this test would be on Western Shoshone land, and would be in direct >violation of a recent decision by the United Nations Committee on the >Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). In its decision, made >public March 10, 2006, the CERD Committee urged the United States to >“freeze”, “desist” and “stop” actions being taken, or threatened to be >taken, against the Western Shoshone Peoples of the Western Shoshone >Nation. In its decision, CERD stressed the “nature and urgency” of the >Shoshone situation informing the U.S. that it goes “well beyond” the >normal reporting process and warrants immediate attention under the >Committee’s Early Warning and Urgent Action Procedure. > >The CERD decision explicitly cited ongoing weapons testing at the Nevada Test Site as well as efforts to build an unprecedented high-level >nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, NV. > >James Tegnelia of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency was quoted by >Agence France Press as saying, "I don't want to sound glib here but it is the first time in Nevada that you'll see a mushroom cloud over Las >Vegas since we stopped testing nuclear weapons," and notes further that this is the “largest single explosive that we could imagine.” The >Department of Defense announced in late October 2005 that the Robust >Nuclear Earth Penetrating (RNEP) weapon project was being dropped in >favor of a more conventional methodology. > >The detonation plan also runs contrary to earlier public statements made in late March to the Las Vegas Review-Journal by Linton F. Brooks, >administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration. In his >statement, Mr. Brooks announced that the Bush administration had no >plans to start detonating warheads at the Nevada Test Site. "We have >absolutely no evidence that we're going to need to test. ... We don't >see any specific reason now that leads us to believe we'll need a test," >Mr. Brooks said. "On the other hand," he said, "we don't know everything >about the future." > >According to Raymond Yowell, Chief of the Western Shoshone National >Council, “We’re opposed to any further military testing on Shoshone >lands. This is a direct violation of the CERD finding and an affront to our religious belief - Mother Earth is sacred and should not be harmed. >All people who are opposed to these actions by the U.S. should step >forward and make their opposition known.” > >Carrie Dann, Western Shoshone grandmother and Executive Director of the Western Shoshone Defense Project, “The U.S. has named this 700 ton >explosive ‘Divine Strake’. It’s a mystery why they use ‘devine.’ Isn’t >‘devine’ used for your deity, God, Your sacredness? Why don’t they call >it ‘Hell Strake?’ I believe when you are working testing weaponry of >destruction of life, you should not associate it with ‘devine.’ We want this insanity to stop – no more bombs and no more testing.” > >Eileen McCabe-Olsen, Associate Director of Shundahai Network noted, >“This test, besides being an egregious violation of Western Shoshone >sovereignty, is an escalation that should outrage anyone concerned with peace, justice and care of our environment.” > >Pete Litster, Executive Director of Shundahai Network said “Ongoing >weapons tests at the Nevada Test Site violate international law. They >violate the standing treaty between the U.S. Government and the Western Shoshone people. They also violate the spirit of non-proliferation of >weapons of mass destruction. The Test Site is located on Western >Shoshone territory, and must not continue to be misused in bold >violation of standing agreements between the U.S. government and the >Western Shoshone nation.” > >Although approval for the test was sought and obtained from the state of Nevada in January 2006, the test detonation can be cancelled. The >Western Shoshone National Council, the Western Shoshone Defense Project, and Shundahai Network call for the United States Government to do so >immediately. Concerned citizens can call or write to express their >opinions: > >President George W. Bush _comments@whitehouse.gov_ (http://us.f820.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=comments@whitehouse.gov&YY=639&order=down&sort=date&pos=0& view=a&head=b) ><mailto:_comments@whitehouse.gov_ (http://us.f820.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=comments@whitehouse.gov&YY=639&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b) > 202-456-1111 > >The White House >1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW >Washington, DC 20500 > >Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld _http://www.dod.gov/faq/comment.html_ (http://www.dod.gov/faq/comment.html) > >Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld >Secretary of Defense >1000 Defense Pentagon >Washington, DC 20301-1000 > >James Tegnelia _dtra.publicaffairs@dtra.mil_ (http://us.f820.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=dtra.publicaffairs@dtra.mil&YY=639&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&vie w=a&head=b) ><mailto:_dtra.publicaffairs@dtra.mil_ (http://us.f820.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=dtra.publicaffairs@dtra.mil&YY=639&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&hea d=b) > (800) 701-5096 > >Defense Threat Reduction Agency >Attn: James Tegnelia >8725 John J Kingman RD Stop 6201 >Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6201 > >CONTACTS: > >Julie Fishel, Western Shoshone Defense Project 775-468-0230 _wsdp@igc.org_ (http://us.f820.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=wsdp@igc.org&YY=639&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b) ><mailto:_wsdp@igc.org_ (http://us.f820.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=wsdp@igc.org&YY=639&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b) > > >Pete Litster, Shundahai Network 801-637-1500 _pete@shundahai.org_ (http://us.f820.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=pete@shundahai.org&YY=639&order=down&sort=d ate&pos=0&view=a&head=b) ><mailto:_pete@shundahai.org_ (http://us.f820.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=pete@shundahai.org&YY=639&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b) > > >The Western Shoshone Defense Project's ( www.wsdp.org ><_http://www.wsdp.org/_ (http://www.wsdp.org/) > ) mission is to affirm New (Western Shoshone) >jurisdiction over Newe Sogobia (Western Shoshone homelands) by >protecting, preserving, and restoring Newe rights and lands for present >and future generations based on cultural and spiritual traditions. The >W.S.D.P. was established in 1991 by the Western Shoshone National >Council to provide support to Mary and Carrie Dann, Western Shoshone >grandmothers who were facing the confiscation of the livestock that they >graze on Western Shoshone lands. > >Shundahai Network ( www.shundahai.org <_http://www.shundahai.org/_ (http://www.shundahai.org/) > ) is >dedicated to breaking the nuclear chain by building alliances with >indigenous communities and environmental, peace and human rights >movements. We seek to abolish all nuclear weapons and an end to nuclear >testing. We advocate phasing out nuclear energy and ending the >transportation and dumping of nuclear waste. We promote the principles >of Environmental Justice and strive to insure that indigenous voices are >heard in the movement to influence U.S. nuclear and environmental >policies. All of our campaigns and events incorporate the values of >community building, education, spiritual ceremonies and nonviolent >direct action. > > You have received this email from Honor the Earth on behalf of a >colleague or friend who thought you'd be interested in this message. We >will not directly send additional emails to your account unless you sign >up at our site.

Has anyone approached the national news with this information? I think this information being exposed on the evening news, 20./20 or some other major news show would be more effective than trying to persuade the bunch in Washington to do anything right. Most of the nation more than likely has no idea that this type of thing is going to happen. Just my 2 cents. At 11:49 AM 4/17/2006 -0400, you wrote: > >Sorry--Couldn't find the other address--I felt this was too important to >wait. >We need to support our brothers and sisters and Mother Earth. >Despite the fact that the United Nations has ordered the United States >to "freeze", "desist" and "stop" actions being taken, or threatened to >be taken, against the Western Shoshone Peoples of the Western Shoshone >Nation, the United States is planning to detonate a 700 ton explosion >on June 2, 2006 at the Nevada Test Site, which is on Western Shoshone >land. >We need you to help STOP this test! The Western Shoshone remain the >most bombed nation on the world, experiencing more than 1000 test >explosions over the last 50 years, and June 2's planned "Divine Strike" will >add >to this history. You can help CANCEL the bomb by making your voice heard. > >Here's what you need to do! > >Join the Western Shoshone National Council, the Western Shoshone >Defense Project, and Shundahai Network call for the United States Government >to cancel the test immediately. Concerned citizens can call or write to >express their opinions: > > >President George W. Bush > >_comments@whitehouse.gov_ >(http://us.f820.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=comments@whitehouse.gov&YY=639&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b) > ><mailto:_comments@whitehouse.gov_ >(http://us.f820.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=comments@whitehouse.gov&YY=639&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b) > > > >202-456-1111 > >The White House > >1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW > >Washington, DC 20500 > > > >Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld > >_http://www.defenselink.mil/faq/comment.html_ >(http://www.defenselink.mil/faq/comment.html) > >Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld > >Secretary of Defense > >1000 Defense Pentagon > >Washington, DC 20301-1000 > > > >James Tegnelia > >_dtra.publicaffairs@dtra.mil_ >(http://us.f820.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=dtra.publicaffairs@dtra.mil&YY=639&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b) > ><mailto:_dtra.publicaffairs@dtra.mil_ >(http://us.f820.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=dtra.publicaffairs@dtra.mil&YY=639&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b) > > > >(800) 701-5096 > >Defense Threat Reduction Agency > >Attn: James Tegnelia > >8725 John J Kingman RD Stop 6201 > >Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6201 > > > >Thank you for making your voice heard! > > > >Miigwech, > > > >Honor the Earth <_http://www.honorearth.org/_ (http://www.honorearth.org/) > > > > >For more information: > > > >Western Shoshone Defense Project <_http://www.wsdp.org/_ >(http://www.wsdp.org/) > > > > >Shundahai Network <_http://www.shundahai.org/_ > (http://www.shundahai.org/) > > ><_http://www.shundahai.org/_ (http://www.shundahai.org/) > > > > >Western Shoshone Defense Project > > > >Shundahai Network > > > >Joint Press Release, April 4, 2006 > > > >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : > > > >U.S. Defies U.N. Decision and Contradicts Earlier Public Statement­ > >Plans Massive Military Detonation on Western Shoshone Land ­ > > > >Western Shoshone call for halt to planned June 2 “Bunker Buster” > >detonation at the Nevada Test Site > > > >Speaking with media last week, US military spokesman James Tegnelia > >confirmed U.S. plans to detonate a 700 ton explosion at the Nevada >Test Site on June 2, 2006 in a test called “Divine Strake.” The >location of > >this test would be on Western Shoshone land, and would be in direct > >violation of a recent decision by the United Nations Committee on the > >Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). In its decision, made > >public March 10, 2006, the CERD Committee urged the United States to > >“freeze”, “desist” and “stop” actions being taken, or > threatened to be > >taken, against the Western Shoshone Peoples of the Western Shoshone > >Nation. In its decision, CERD stressed the “nature and urgency” of the > >Shoshone situation informing the U.S. that it goes “well beyond” the > >normal reporting process and warrants immediate attention under the > >Committee’s Early Warning and Urgent Action Procedure. > > > >The CERD decision explicitly cited ongoing weapons testing at the >Nevada Test Site as well as efforts to build an unprecedented high-level > >nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, NV. > > > >James Tegnelia of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency was quoted by > >Agence France Press as saying, "I don't want to sound glib here but >it is the first time in Nevada that you'll see a mushroom cloud over Las > >Vegas since we stopped testing nuclear weapons," and notes further >that this is the “largest single explosive that we could imagine.” The > >Department of Defense announced in late October 2005 that the Robust > >Nuclear Earth Penetrating (RNEP) weapon project was being dropped in > >favor of a more conventional methodology. > > > >The detonation plan also runs contrary to earlier public statements >made in late March to the Las Vegas Review-Journal by Linton F. Brooks, > >administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration. In his > >statement, Mr. Brooks announced that the Bush administration had no > >plans to start detonating warheads at the Nevada Test Site. "We have > >absolutely no evidence that we're going to need to test. ... We don't > >see any specific reason now that leads us to believe we'll need a >test," > >Mr. Brooks said. "On the other hand," he said, "we don't know >everything > >about the future." > > > >According to Raymond Yowell, Chief of the Western Shoshone National > >Council, “We’re opposed to any further military testing on Shoshone > >lands. This is a direct violation of the CERD finding and an affront >to our religious belief - Mother Earth is sacred and should not be >harmed. > >All people who are opposed to these actions by the U.S. should step > >forward and make their opposition known.” > > > >Carrie Dann, Western Shoshone grandmother and Executive Director of >the Western Shoshone Defense Project, “The U.S. has named this 700 ton > >explosive ‘Divine Strake’. It’s a mystery why they use > ‘devine.’ Isn’t > >‘devine’ used for your deity, God, Your sacredness? Why don’t they >call >it ‘Hell Strake?’ I believe when you are working testing >weaponry of > >destruction of life, you should not associate it with ‘devine.’ We >want this insanity to stop ­ no more bombs and no more testing.” > > > >Eileen McCabe-Olsen, Associate Director of Shundahai Network noted, > >“This test, besides being an egregious violation of Western Shoshone > >sovereignty, is an escalation that should outrage anyone concerned >with peace, justice and care of our environment.” > > > >Pete Litster, Executive Director of Shundahai Network said “Ongoing > >weapons tests at the Nevada Test Site violate international law. They > >violate the standing treaty between the U.S. Government and the >Western Shoshone people. They also violate the spirit of non-proliferation of > >weapons of mass destruction. The Test Site is located on Western > >Shoshone territory, and must not continue to be misused in bold > >violation of standing agreements between the U.S. government and the > >Western Shoshone nation.” > > > >Although approval for the test was sought and obtained from the state >of Nevada in January 2006, the test detonation can be cancelled. The > >Western Shoshone National Council, the Western Shoshone Defense >Project, and Shundahai Network call for the United States Government to do so > >immediately. Concerned citizens can call or write to express their > >opinions: > > > >President George W. Bush _comments@whitehouse.gov_ >(http://us.f820.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=comments@whitehouse.gov&YY=639&order=down&sort=date&pos=0& >view=a&head=b) > ><mailto:_comments@whitehouse.gov_ >(http://us.f820.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=comments@whitehouse.gov&YY=639&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b) > > > 202-456-1111 > > > >The White House > >1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW > >Washington, DC 20500 > > > >Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld >_http://www.dod.gov/faq/comment.html_ (http://www.dod.gov/faq/comment.html) > > > >Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld > >Secretary of Defense > >1000 Defense Pentagon > >Washington, DC 20301-1000 > > > >James Tegnelia _dtra.publicaffairs@dtra.mil_ >(http://us.f820.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=dtra.publicaffairs@dtra.mil&YY=639&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&vie >w=a&head=b) > ><mailto:_dtra.publicaffairs@dtra.mil_ >(http://us.f820.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=dtra.publicaffairs@dtra.mil&YY=639&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&hea >d=b) > (800) 701-5096 > > > >Defense Threat Reduction Agency > >Attn: James Tegnelia > >8725 John J Kingman RD Stop 6201 > >Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6201 > > > >CONTACTS: > > > >Julie Fishel, Western Shoshone Defense Project 775-468-0230 >_wsdp@igc.org_ >(http://us.f820.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=wsdp@igc.org&YY=639&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b) > > ><mailto:_wsdp@igc.org_ >(http://us.f820.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=wsdp@igc.org&YY=639&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b) > > > > > >Pete Litster, Shundahai Network 801-637-1500 _pete@shundahai.org_ >(http://us.f820.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=pete@shundahai.org&YY=639&order=down&sort=d >ate&pos=0&view=a&head=b) > ><mailto:_pete@shundahai.org_ >(http://us.f820.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=pete@shundahai.org&YY=639&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b) > > > > > >The Western Shoshone Defense Project's ( www.wsdp.org > ><_http://www.wsdp.org/_ (http://www.wsdp.org/) > ) mission is to affirm > New >(Western Shoshone) > >jurisdiction over Newe Sogobia (Western Shoshone homelands) by > >protecting, preserving, and restoring Newe rights and lands for >present > >and future generations based on cultural and spiritual traditions. The > >W.S.D.P. was established in 1991 by the Western Shoshone National > >Council to provide support to Mary and Carrie Dann, Western Shoshone > >grandmothers who were facing the confiscation of the livestock that >they > >graze on Western Shoshone lands. > > > >Shundahai Network ( www.shundahai.org <_http://www.shundahai.org/_ >(http://www.shundahai.org/) > ) is > >dedicated to breaking the nuclear chain by building alliances with > >indigenous communities and environmental, peace and human rights > >movements. We seek to abolish all nuclear weapons and an end to >nuclear > >testing. We advocate phasing out nuclear energy and ending the > >transportation and dumping of nuclear waste. We promote the principles > >of Environmental Justice and strive to insure that indigenous voices >are > >heard in the movement to influence U.S. nuclear and environmental > >policies. 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