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[Peace activists from South Korea and the US have been trying to
stop a US navy base from being built on Jeju Island off S. Korea.
This is the latest of several messages that have been coming to the
United for Peace and Justice list.]<br>
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<td>[ufpj-activist] 3 VFP members denied entry to Jeju Island</td>
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<td>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:02:28 -0400</td>
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<p><strong>Three VFP members denied entry to Jeju Island</strong></p>
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<div><font face="Arial">We've just learned that the three Veterans
For Peace members who arrived in Jeju Island, South Korea today
were denied entry into the country.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Tarak Kauff, Elliott Adams, and Mike Hastie
were met by South Korean authorities when they landed on Jeju
Island via Shanghai, China. The South Korean authorities had a
photo of each of them in their hands and told them they would
not be allowed to enter Jeju Island.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">They were instead taken and put on a plane
back to Shanghai.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">When they arrived in Shanghai they were told
that they each had to pay $280 for the change in flight
schedule. But Tarak told the Chinese that they had just been
denied entry into South Korea because they were going to protest
against a Navy base that was being aimed at China. When the
Chinese authorities heard that they waived the $280 fee for each
of them.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Tarak, Elliott and Mike are severely
disappointed that they will not be able to stand with the people
of Gangjeong village on Jeju Island. South Korean members of
VFP were planning on flying from Seoul to Jeju Island to meet
with the American VFP members.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">This case though illustrates just how much
the South Korean puppet regime fears the growing international
movement to support the fight against the Navy base on Jeju
Island. We know where the South Korean authorities got the
photos of the three American veterans. They got them from the
US military who is pressuring the South Korean government to
build this base that will be used to port U.S. warships that
will be used in Obama's military "pivot" into the Asia-Pacific
region.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Just yesterday Angie Zelter (UK) and Benji
Monnet (France) were deported from South Korea after being
arrested for protesting against the Navy base. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Please help send a strong message to the
South Korean government by calling and/or organizing a protest
at the nearest South Korean embassy/consulate to your community.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Also call the South Korean embassy in
Washington DC 202-939-5692 or 202-939-5600 to lodge a strong
complaint about them denying the three VFP members entry to Jeju
Island.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Can there be an question that we are now
living in a corporate dominated police state?</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Please remember too that the South Korean
corporation Samsung is the lead contractor building the Navy
base on Jeju. Boycott Samsung!</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Bruce K. Gagnon<br>
Coordinator<br>
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space<br>
PO Box 652<br>
Brunswick, ME 04011<br>
(207) 443-9502<br>
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