is not only fuel the opposition in el salvador but created opposition in the u.s. congress. this time factor has also been ignored when people tried to introduce a new elite class and support the old elite in running a country. we removed the leadership of the iraqi military and brought in exiles and other people who don't have a lot of experience running the country and this is chronicled in a fiasco as we saw how disastrous that was. in reconstruction after the civil war which i found to be fascinating, we introduced in our curriculum, the parallels to a lot of experiences are pretty striking. the radical republicans in congress decided they had enough of the southern white a leak so they banned them from voting and brought in carpetbaggers and freemen to run the government without really thinking about whether they had the qualifications to run a government. we saw a lot of things in afghanistan and iraq. ineptitude, voter fraud, use of mood altering substances. this also allowed crime to flourish and the former confederate officers were particularly upset by this so they

we've had our first meeting in el salvador just this past week. it's going well.'m way to go down and i think in two months for the fallout, and when you will see is a steady effort to make sure we provide as much information as we can about the self dorians we return to el salvador, and in the context of removal mechanisms that make the most sense for the two countries and the people involved. >> okay. to the microphone. >> i'm with amnesty international usa triet i had to questions. the first i haven't heard before that i.c.e. had jurisdiction to prosecute 400 colonel violations. but i wondered where does the jurisdiction our life from and also what course our the ic going? >> the customs laws and immigration laws of the united states. we are a marriage of the two powers and that is where the authorities come from and we prosecute those cases in the united states district court and federal system on the country. >> [inaudible] -- i'm not sure where else they are. >> they are in title viii, title 18 and all of the customs, they, are there, trust me. >> i have ano

in el salvador or alwhere s woman was killed just two weeks ago.ining that -- demanding that they are ecologically sustainable. additional areas of a further study on what we touched on in this book -- water is areas in africa and asia -- waters and areas in africa and asia. what can be done, what is working? my hat is off to folks who are trying. the issue of addressing water contamination -- as we continue to make headway to getting more access to safe water, we need to the issue of how we continue to make water truly a renewable resource, and that involves more than just contamination issues. it will be technically challenging, but it is necessary and other success stories -- what is working out there? to conclude, basically, to truly be builders of peace, we need to be able to listen and went over hearts and minds. -- win over hearts and minds did not just the people we serve, but our own. human dignity and peace becomes our own. thank you very much. [applause] >> happy new year, everyone. i think it is not too far into the new that i can still

during the '80s when the reagan was carrying on covert warfare in nicaragua and honduras and el salvador, people committed civil disobedience. at 1.500 of us sat in the jfk building in boston and wouldn't move when the building closed down. they arrested 500 of costs. the charge was based on an old statute and was abbreviated as the old statute like bill year to quit the premises, you see, and it was abbreviated as failure to quit. and [laughter] as we have to do. we have to fail to quit. [applause] >> a quick question and a longer question number two. [laughter] this is driving me nuts. i've been an admirer of your for over 30 years. >> you want to drive me nuts? [laughter] >> i am older than many of these people here, 30 years ago when i was in school we read a book by you and i can't remember the name about begin, and i don't believe it's the vietnam logic, it's another book. a paperback that had read in it and adelstein to look for it and is driving me nuts and i can't remember the name of it. >> neither can i. at [laughter] >> i know what was written by you. >> you are sure? >> my s

vietnam war or during the '80s when reagan was carrying on covert to warfare in nicaragua now under el salvador people committed civil disobedience. 1.5 hundred of us sat in the jfk building here in boston and would not move when the building closed down and a restive 500 of us. this charge was based on an old statutes and was abbreviated as the statute like a failure to quit the premises and abbreviated as failure to quit. [laughter] that is what we have to do. we have to fail to quit. [applause] >> a quick question then a longer question. [laughter] this is driving me nuts i have been an admirer over 30 years is to make you want to drive me nuts? [laughter] >> i will try. i am older than many of the people here with 30 years ago we read a book buy you but i cannot remember the name of it about the a number crow i don't think it was vietnam's logic that i tried to look for it today i cannot remember the name of it. >> neither can i. [laughter] and buy no it was written by you. >> are you sure? >> if i understood you correctly you mentioned that government is for the wealthy and the upper but o

we've had our first meeting in el salvador just this past week. it's going well. i'm way to go down and i think in two months for the fallout, and when you will see is a steady effort to make sure we provide as much information as we can about the self dorians we return to el salvador, and in the context of removal mechanisms that make the most sense for the two countries and the people involved. >> okay. to the microphone. >> i'm with amnesty international usa triet i had to questions. the first i haven't heard before that i.c.e. had jurisdiction to prosecute 400 colonel violations. but i wondered where does the jurisdiction our life from and also what course our the ic going? >> the customs laws and immigration laws of the united states. we are a marriage of the two powers and that is where the authorities come from and we prosecute those cases in the united states district court and federal system on the country. >> [inaudible] -- i'm not sure where else they are. >> they are in title viii, title 18 and all of the customs, they, are there, trust me. >> i have a

in el salvador three community leaders were assassinated in the last half. their crime of was someone to demand ecological sustainability for the mining operation and to ban it out right. in this case it was pacific williams mine in sells out the door. this young woman here killed two weeks ago, eight months pregnant, coming back from the river having done her laundry shot in cold blood. if we're serious about peace building and water we need to be at the side of these people. demanding that things be ecological sustainable. i was asked to suggest additional areas for further study beyond what we touched on this book and i think some more concrete water scenarios in the african nation conference will be worth it. reading the size of the time with the war zones and on stage actress in development efforts trying to -- what can be done there, what is working. my hat's off to those who are trying. this issue of water contamination, as we continue to make headway in getting more access to safe water, we need to look at the issue of how do we continue to make wate

just like el salvador, just like south africa, just like vietnam, just like anywhere.to know that people at that level of authority and power in this country could send a death squad out specifically to engage in target assassination tells us something about what we are up against in terms of what lengths the state will go to to preserve its power and authority. we just have to name that. we can never forget it and we have to teach it to the young. that is what we need to understand in terms of struggling in this country. [applause] >> i will do three more questions. the first, i will ask barbara ransby -- brenda harris, one of the survivors of the raid says in the book we didn't have enough classes in black history or clear idea of the role of women and when asked about her gunshot injury she i will never play the violin again. you have told the story about deborah johnson, woke up to the hail of bullets and tried to cover with her own, i wonder if you can talk about the gender here. the role of the mothers and also the legal team, the panthers, the survivors. this is

in nicaragua and some of the other count counterrevolutionary forces in he will solve door -- el salvadorrried out. i don't know any more about it than that. and i must say while i believe most of those articles were probably accurate, i don't think this has been a systematic policy of the u.s. government and i certainly don't see it as a policy today because i don't see who they would be funding in latin america at least by using that type of policy. what of course you could argue and you may have a better case there is what is going on in afghanistan today where in a few weeks or a couple of months there will be 100,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan, which is of course the world's number one producer of heroin. and i'm not saying that the u.s. army there, the u.s. forces there, actively encourage the cult vacation of poppy and production of heroin, but it doesn't seem to me they are involved in any eradication campaign. if anything they have sort of an accommodation with the afghan peasants and afghan drug lords who cultivate and grow the poppy and produce the opium and the heroin that com

navy p-3 aircraft from the forwarding operational location at el salvador took off early this morning to have an area reconnaissance of the affected area and another is expected to arrive off the coast of haiti. i can imagine they are bringing in what is necessary in terms of the heavy equipment. many countries around the world are coming and i do believe it is crucial that we acknowledge that. the red cross is receiving dollars. the white house has a website, madam chair, that i'd like to recite, if i could find it, and if i don't find it i will -- i will -- it is -- i'd be happy to yield. ms. lee: it's usaid.gov. ms. jackson lee: and that's an excellent one to use. and then i'd like to state the number for family members, americans trying to find their family members in haiti. and that number is 888-407-4747. what i'd like to conclude on is to give comfort to haitians who are here and to ensure that they can reach out to their members of congress' office. i'll give my number 202-225-3816, for constituents in my oarea, but it's important to note -- in my area, but it's important to n

in nicaragua and some of the other count counterrevolutionary forces in he will solve door -- el salvadorand honduras. i recall some of the investigations i think congress carried out. i don't know any more about it than that. and i must say while i believe most of those articles were probably accurate, i don't think this has been a systematic policy of the u.s. government and i certainly don't see it as a policy today because i don't see who they would be funding in latin america at least by using that type of policy. what of course you could argue and you may have a better case there is what is going on in afghanistan today where in a few weeks or a couple of months there will be 100,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan, which is of course the world's number one producer of heroin. and i'm not saying that the u.s. army there, the u.s. forces there, actively encourage the cult vacation of poppy and production of heroin, but it doesn't seem to me they are involved in any eradication campaign. if anything they have sort of an accommodation with the afghan peasants and afghan drug lords who culti