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Resist Operation Charging Bison Beau Burton - The Uniter.ca \|\| April 03, 2006 Have you heard? Five hundred troops, supported by helicopters, armoured vehicles, and artillery are going to turn our downtown into an armed camp as part of the biggest military exercise in Canada's history. It's called Operation Charging Bison and it will last seven days and nights beginning April 30, 2006. Thankfully they won't be using live ammunition though, only lasers, blanks and "harmless projectiles". I didn't think the words "harmless" and "projectile" would ever go together. In the Free Press article ("Army to occupy downtown", Dec. 27, 2005, David O'Brien) Col. Kelly Woiden, commander of the 38th brigade, stated that "The drill is designed to simulate the kind of complex conditions soldiers would encounter in places such as Afghanistan and Iraq." We do have troops in Afghanistan already, but Iraq is out of the question considering the Canadian public is so opposed to putting troops in there. However, recently with Stephen Harper being elected, the United Nations has asked for more Canadian Troops to be sent to Haiti. The Canadian government and media have relied on zero-transparency for the crimes committed in Haiti by the Canadian Government. Canada's Joint Task Force 2 secured the airport and the neighborhood of Port-au-Prince during the illegal coup of the democratically elected government. RCMP have been training the Haitian National Police who have been murdering unarmed protesters and jailing hundreds of political prisoners. Article Posted at www.KnowledgeDrivenRevolution.com The puppet-regime put in place by the U.S. and Canada is headed by a man who lived in Florida before his promotion to interim Prime Minster of Haiti. The interim government had expressed its desire to hold elections as soon as possible, however they have been postponed over three times since the coup, two years ago in February. Suppressing democracy, jailing political dissidents and murdering unarmed protesters is not "peace keeping" but an extension of the colonial project currently transforming Haiti. Our governments have had zero transparency with the city in regards to whether we want Operation Charging Bison to take place. This event will affect so many people and our government has made a unilateral decision with zero input from residents in the downtown area who will have to live with the disturbance. A group has formed opposed to Charging Bison and posters will begin to go up around the city informing people of what will be taking place. Beau Burton is a member of the Winnipeg Canada Haiti Action Network and the ice-PIRG (Public Interest Research Group) at the University of Manitoba. www.outofhaiti.ca About KDR \| \| Home \| \| Weekly Features Archive	Weekly Weekly Features Archive
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Resist Operation Charging Bison

Beau Burton - The Uniter.ca || April 03, 2006

Have you heard? Five hundred troops, supported by helicopters, armoured vehicles, and artillery are going to turn our downtown into an armed camp as part of the biggest military exercise in Canada's history.

It's called Operation Charging Bison and it will last seven days and nights beginning April 30, 2006. Thankfully they won't be using live ammunition though, only lasers, blanks and "harmless projectiles". I didn't think the words "harmless" and "projectile" would ever go together.

In the Free Press article ("Army to occupy downtown", Dec. 27, 2005, David O'Brien) Col. Kelly Woiden, commander of the 38th brigade, stated that "The drill is designed to simulate the kind of complex conditions soldiers would encounter in places such as Afghanistan and Iraq." We do have troops in Afghanistan already, but Iraq is out of the question considering the Canadian public is so opposed to putting troops in there. However, recently with Stephen Harper being elected, the United Nations has asked for more Canadian Troops to be sent to Haiti.

The Canadian government and media have relied on zero-transparency for the crimes committed in Haiti by the Canadian Government. Canada's Joint Task Force 2 secured the airport and the neighborhood of Port-au-Prince during the illegal coup of the democratically elected government. RCMP have been training the Haitian National Police who have been murdering unarmed protesters and jailing hundreds of political prisoners.

Article Posted at www.KnowledgeDrivenRevolution.com

The puppet-regime put in place by the U.S. and Canada is headed by a man who lived in Florida before his promotion to interim Prime Minster of Haiti. The interim government had expressed its desire to hold elections as soon as possible, however they have been postponed over three times since the coup, two years ago in February.

Suppressing democracy, jailing political dissidents and murdering unarmed protesters is not "peace keeping" but an extension of the colonial project currently transforming Haiti. Our governments have had zero transparency with the city in regards to whether we want Operation Charging Bison to take place. This event will affect so many people and our government has made a unilateral decision with zero input from residents in the downtown area who will have to live with the disturbance.

A group has formed opposed to Charging Bison and posters will begin to go up around the city informing people of what will be taking place.

Beau Burton is a member of the Winnipeg Canada Haiti Action Network and the ice-PIRG (Public Interest Research Group) at the University of Manitoba. www.outofhaiti.ca

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