IS - The South Afri­
can Defen force h intensi­
fi dl it repre 'on in the nor­
thern region of am ., kill-
ing, idnapp' and comrnittin
h t one church-sponsored ne s
organization calls 'e
evidence of reign of terror."
The London-based amibia
Communication Center CCl,
hich ther and di ribute
ne bout the South frican
occupied country to religion
public tion in the U.S. and
Europ recently released aries
of report on e alated violence
by the South African military
nd the paramilitary force,
t.
lea In
calling for the apartheid
government troop to ithdr
Over the past t 0 decade
APO ha responded to the
illegal South African occupation
by ctiv ting a military mg,
the People Liberation Army
of amibia (PLAN).
of the military twi­
een South Africa and
are reported in the
north.
The region home for nearly
two thirds of the arnibian
population borders southern
Angola. That area ha been
ravished by direct a ult from
South frica and the .S.-
backed ngola rebel ITA.
orthern amibia has been
under a outh frican-impo d
du to dawn curfew for nearly
a decade.
One of the mo t recent
South frican assaults reported-
An e im t d 100 000 South
frican troop are ati ned in
amibia in violation of an
International Court of Ju tice
ruling i ued 20 ye s 0
ly re lted in the death of
three arnibian omen. Eye­
witne s said that two South
Afri an armed personnel car­
ri rs drove from the bush to a
ami
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la
nearby village "with their guns
blazing in all directions."
The ldiers reportedly fired
into an open field, fatally
wounding a young girl who was
there eating her lunch. The
vehicles proceeded into a
homeste d, smashing into a hut
and killing two elderly sisters.
Three others were injured.
In another incident reported
in late March on the An olan
side of the border, a young
man wa hospitalized and treat­
ed for burns suffered after
being thrown into a fire by
c
o
oral. Arnold Brae
a
Statement by Charie! E. Carter desperate plea to help her and biased approach of the the ordeal he has been forced
as ciate general coun /, n. ith the approval of the aval Intelligence Service to- to suffer becau of the IS.
:AACP on the release of Cpl. Executive,: Director of the ward Cpl. Bracy. All it really The system of military justice
Arnold Bracy in Quantico, VA. CP, Dr. Benjamin L. h d to go on was an allegation i not to blame. It has moved
on June 12, 1987: Hoo s, I and George Hair on that Cpl. Bracy had been inti- slo ly, but it ha moved fairly
The CP, rom the very of ew York City, were assigned mate with a Ru ian national. and it is the hope of the AACP
b ginning, never for a moment to represent Corporal Bracy. Thi emed to nd the IS that this travail is now behind
b Ii ed any of the charges The media caught up in the off into frenzy to place every Cpl. Bracy and he can get on
placed gain Corporal Arnold hy teria of what they w as a po ible charg it could find in with hi career.
Br cy. They ere simply not JUICY sex andal, had in effect the boo ain this Marin . For me 78 years, the
in eeping with the char cter alre y tried and convicted In military jargon, the IS AACP has been fighting for
and integrity of thi young this young man. In the mind fouled up and fouled up badly. justice- for Blac people. That
man ho represent the fine t of million of people he wa a Since arch 20, 1987, Cpl. is why we entered this ca ,
tr ditions of the arine Corp tre cherou Marine who had Bracy has b en kept in the that is why we have wor ed
To rve his country ha been been t en in by the Russians brig in solitary confinement, so hard to bring it to this happy
this young man' lifetime am- and had betrayed his country. not knowing whether he wa conclusion.
bition and the fact that he wa This is a most damnable charge doomed to spend the re t of his
po ed to the U.S. Embassy to level again anyon, but life in prison and be forever
in 0 0 clearly indicate he media emed more con- branded a a traitor to his
ho ell he ha fulfilled that tent to rush to judgment then country.
ambition. to ferret out the truth. Our relief th t all charg
The . anc::e of the MCP When r. Hair on and I be- have been dropped by the
as fir t by Cpl. Bracy' gao our in'le iption, e quickly arine Corps . tempered by
bo turned to us ith became aware of the py he knowledge of the depth of
South African ldier.
He said that hi interro -
tor, ccompanied by two B1
amibian soldi rs, was demand-
ing to kno about APO
guerill .
uch of the reported
civilian village repre . on is
attributed to the counterin-
r ency unit oevoet, the
Afrikaans word for crowbar.
voet, formed by South
Africa in 1980 includes BI
and white amibian police
and mercenarie fr m
fri urop and ther
the partheid
predi t that th
ill littl redress.
Leaders 0
Add ess
AACP
Three noted civil right lea­
der - John E. Ja ob Pre ident
of the ational rban Le gue:
Rev. Je Jack on and oretta
cott ing - will be among the
featured speaker appearing at
the ACP' 19 7 nnual on-
vention in e Yor ity Dr.
Benjamin L. Hoo s xecutive
Director of the AA P h
announced.
The Convention offi iall
opens on unday July 5th
and concludes on Thursd y
July 9th.
orne 15 000 per ns are ex­
pected to at tend the Conven­
tion.
The theme is The Struggle:
Yesterday Today Tomorro ."
Other featured sp ers in-
clude e Yor Governor Mario
Cuomo Chic go ayor Harold
ashington and "Dr. J' Julius
Erving.
The convention clo s ith
the presentation of the Spingam
ard, the highe t honor the
AACP can besto , to Percy
E. Sutton, businessman and
civil rights activist.
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