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To: Thomas M. who wrote (49418)	10/4/2002 6:38:04 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Those Indians were being armed and funded by the CIA to overthrow the democratically elected government. Calling the Sandinistas "democratically elected" is ridiculous... I could just as readily claim that Somoza was democratically elected also... Because Somoza DID hold elections... Elections that he always manipulated so he could win. And the Sandinistas did exactly the same thing by killing, or forcing into exile, any Nicaraguan who dared oppose them... It was the Nicaraguan middle class and business sector that rose up to oust Somoza. The Sandinistas could never do it alone (they'd been trying for years to no avail).. But when the middle class found themselves being increasingly isolated by the greed of Somoza and his family, they said "enough is enough" and formed a temporary alliance with the Sandinistas. And when they came to power, they destroyed the very middle class that had assisted them in getting there in the first place. But knowing you Thomas, how could anyone expect anything less than such utter BS about the Sandinistas being "democratic"?? Hawk

To: Thomas M. who wrote (49418)	10/4/2002 9:35:02 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 281500

On the subject of Sandinista ethnic cleansing: sims.berkeley.edu >>> This map illustrates the status of Nicaraguan Miskito communities. Solid black dots represent FSLN-destroyed communities, and the triangle and dot symbol represents communities in the process of recovering from invasion and/or relocation attempts made by the Sandinistas during the period of Miskito-Sandinista conflict. Feeling threatened by the Miskito's "Plan of Action 1981" for socioeconomic and political development, the FSLN sent Sandinista soldiers in February of 1981 to a Miskito church ceremony where they attacked and shot a Misurasta leader by the name of Elmer Prado. The incident resulted in the death of four armed Sandinista soldiers and four unarmed Miskito, which catalyzed the war between the Miskito and the Sandinistas (Nietschmann, Bernard. The Miskito Nation, Nicaragua, and the United States: The Unknown War, 1989). Mass destruction around the Rio Coco, the area most heavily inhabited by the Miskito, is clearly marked by the extensive trail of black dots along the river that overlies shaded regions portraying areas of cleared by forced relocation. Hollow black circles (o) represent communities that survived the conflict. <<<