Death toll of Vietnam crackdown grows

WorldNetDaily ^ | 5/20/04 | WorldNetDaily

[wagglebee]

The number of Christians killed by the Vietnam's communist government in an Easter crackdown has risen to 280, with 26 people still missing, reports International Christian Concern.

ICC, which monitors the persecution of Christians worldwide, says it has obtained the names and villages of 41 of the dead.

Information has been hard to come by because the government sealed off the area where the April 10 attacks occurred. The Christians were killed after demonstrating for religious freedom, an end to the confiscation of their land and an end to the abuse suffered at the hands of the Vietnamese authorities.

ICC reports the final death toll will likely be higher than 280 and that until recently the Vietnam government had not allowed representatives of the press into the area.

"It has remained difficult to learn the truth of what happened because of the quick response of the Vietnamese government to cover their steps," said the group in a statement. "They have learned from previous experience that if a story is suppressed long enough it will disappear."

ICC criticizes Sens. John McCain and John Kerry for their support of Vietnam, calling on the latter to "address this issue and tell the American public where he stands on the murder of innocent Christians by our 'friends.'"

[wagglebee]

So where is the outrage at this? Where is the Red Cross, Amnesty, the Senate hearings. After all these are Kerry's friends doing this. These people are dying, not just having some embarrassing pictures taken.

[sgtbono2002]

Kerry doesnt care how many Christians die, he voted to do nothing about this.

[nonliberal]

They are our trading partners.

Move along, nothing to see here...

[sport]

I think that john kerry is on record as saying that maybe 3,000 people would be impacted by by the fall of Viet Nam.

Which part of the 3,000 are these?

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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NEVER FORGET


From 2 years ago...


Freeper Alert: Sen. KERRY / Communist Vietnamese Killing Off Christians in Central Highlands

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/news/675016/posts


NOTE: The FREEDOM-Loving Vietnamese Americans in Little Saigon, California are well aware of this abuse of power by JOHN KERRY and have been holding large Demonstrations against him.


Signed:.."ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer / A Speaker at Little Saigon's Anti-KERRY Demonstrations

See: http://www.rfvn.com


NEVER FORGET

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[Askel5]

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[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

BTTT

[Texasforever]

They are busy looking for nude pictures.

[fire_eye]

On occasions like this, I take time out to remember a poll question which Mother Jones magazine asked of its readership, some years back.

It was a multiple-choice question, regarding the respondee's attitude toward the use of force, and one of the choices was, "I am opposed to all violence, even the violence necessary to impose socialism".

Upon reading that sentence, back in my formative years, I thought I'd been hit by a bolt of lightning out of the blue. The entire attitude of the Left about the atrocities committed by Communist governments around the world, suddenly became crystal clear to me.

[gdc314]

It was a multiple-choice question, regarding the respondee's attitude toward the use of force, and one of the choices was, "I am opposed to all violence, even the violence necessary to impose socialism".

The insight provided by that choice is amazing...