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Drummond Coal of Alabama, a family owned corporation worth billions, is
going on trial in Birmingham, AL May 14, 2007 in federal court, for the
murder of union organizers. For years, the Bush nominated federal
judge, Karen Bowdre, clamped a silence order on the plaintiff attorneys,
which led to a news blackout on the case. However, a 3 judge panel of
the 11th Circuit Court lifted the gag and now stories are coming out.

Drummond closed most of its mines in Alabama, abandoning its union
workers here, to move its primary operations to Colombia, where they
have two strip mines they value at $2 Billion dollars. They have a
private army protecting them from the Colombian people and from union
organizers. Colombian witnesses say they have witnessed Drummond Execs
pay right-wing paramilitaries, connected with the Colombian armed forces
and right-wing government of President Uribe, to murder union
organizers.

In case people don’t know, Colombia is the third highest recipient of US
aid, after Israel and Egypt. The nation is deeply repressive and is the
primary source of cocaine coming to the US (I believe that the battles
with the Medillin and Cali cartels was in fact a turf battle, and the
CIA and US military won and took over the trafficking of cocaine into
our country). Colombia is, of course, a potential launching ground for
an invasion of Venezuela, something being planned by the
Bush/Cheney/Rove cabal.

This trial is of greatest importance and should gain national and
international attention. Please contact you local media to focus on it
next month. Below is a link to the B’ham News article in today’s
business section. There is another AP article I can’t find on the net
about a Colombian senator who has announced that Drummond conspired to
assassinate him (Sen. Gustavo Petro).

Please focus on this trial. Drummond is, in my opinion, a terrorist
corporation, one of the US terrorist organizations. And its offices are
just a few blocks from my home!

http://www.al.com/business/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/business/11774
88950215900.xml

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