August-December 1992 tm The Spirit | Y, ¥ Autonomist/Anti-Imperialist Journal For A Free And Independent Kurdistan! % Inside: News and Documents from the Kurdish Liberation Struggle * Interview with Dr. Luis Nieves Falc6n * Fascist Violence and Anti-Fascist Resistance in Germany * Interview with Abdul Majid - Black Liberation Army Political Prisoner * Shawnee Unit - A Control Unit for Women * Resistance at E.C.I. Lexington * Excerpt from “Imperialist Peace Is War!” by the Communist Prisoners’ Collective Wotta Sitta * Interview with Red Army Fraction prisoners; Lutz Taufer, Karl Heinz-Dellwo and | Knut Folkerts * Part One of the August 92 RAF Declaration * “Letter from Spain” * Also: News and Info on Devrimci Sol, Ploughshares activists, ETA arrests in Uruguay, Black/New Afrikan political prisoners/POW’s and much more... We’re Still Here! Afier un absence of many monihs we're fially back with 8 new isse. As always, the usual problems scem 10 plague s, with money being our igges neme- sis. Ourast s came out August 1992, andsince then ‘we have slowly been pting togethr this isue. As one. ‘month tmed into amother, we eaized tha ot of the information and aricles in this issue were becoming dutd. This was panicuarly problenatic i lght of the it that e ar bi-monthy publicaion and e ancmpt 1 beup-o-dae inour coverageof various evolutionary sruggles. With this in mind, we decded 1o produce & double-szed issue which could b considered over. Th Spik. Theretor we hve compld various sse. meot, imerviews, news 1nd smlyi oo the Kurdiah Titerion sevggle, polical prionens i boh North Amric od Eutope,wban gl oreizations such asteRed Amy Fracionaxd Devici Sl sndmore, . from wiin the st yearor s As 1992 was om0 imporiant year for indigenous peoples in tis hemi phers,wehave honcludedinfomtonch v siruggie 1nd campaigns of 500 Years of Ressane” ‘We have o stmpted ot some o s wgeterwnd show the nrconneiedness o te various svggles ith e nclusion of swemens from both ulisn tnd ‘German olical prsones Hopeflly wehave acieved it some degree. “While we have beca sow o fi his iseue, we have been policlly scive i aer ways. As ome of 00 may havenoticd rom ovr at e, we pow have ‘ncecronic el adeee,Notcly rs we bl 0 send and receive infomation vis clctonic mail but we'e bt gan sccess o vt amoves o nformaton ithin e ol compur etwork nemet. Widin It iher s 4 g number of newsgroups which ae accsibie o anyone it et cces nd n il ades. 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At the same ime we ae lso willn t rade ad space withpublica: ons ith whom we fel some afinity with. Yrm The Spirit from our e-mai adress, ‘We wish to end tis “ediorial” with » corction and a call for soldarty. First o in our st isue we repinted a “Revolutonary Cells RZ)" communigue. from a roup that claimed o carry ot n action agains facists We have leamed that s action was ot s ful and was not camied oot by the RZ'. Comrades in Burope have informed us tht the bombs tht had boca placed did notdetonse and i his had occured, people may have been njred o killed. This is no the pracice of the RZ'. I peopl could b inored o killed as the result o s rned action by them, they will not cary it ou. As well,the commnique has passages that were direcly uken from n aricle in s lfist magazine. While 0 one is sur of the identity of those who placed the bomb nd eleasd he communioe, i st improbable that fascists, o even the German secret ervies, were responsible. One, el need only o ook 1o the Pinzza Foauna bombing in 1969, in laly, which killed 16 people. A bombing which was blamed o lefss bt was caried out b fascss in collsboraion wih the Tlisa secet sevis Finally, we wish 1o poin ou the vial nesd 1o supportwo New Alfikanprisonersof war - Geronimo i | Gaga Prat and Sundista Acol. These comradesshare similar history of trggle andrsistanc for which they have suffeed sever repression from the US. goven- ‘ment. As paricipants in Blac Iiberton srugge n the 60'340d70's bothSundist snd Geronimo wer rgeied by COINTELPRO, n FB! couner.ineligence program designed 10 neutize and destroy Black ierstion o pemizaions most notaby the Black Pasther Pany (BPF) 0 he Black Liberaion Ammy (BLA). As 8 rsul msny. BPP d BLA members wer kiled aod many mere imprisoned. Some of these comrades sl emain i prison and th sruggle o freethem sl conines. Both ‘Sundisa and Geronimo now face opporaniis 1 be eleased on parole. 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L8P 4X3 Cansda A The Spirt clo Auenome Foram P.0.Box 1242 Baringion, VT 054021242 USA FAX for Canadionaddres: 416 527 2419 Eomail for US. addon: aforum@moose.uvm.edy “Caution: Protected Private Property! - This b Jiction emains the propeny of the sender unles mdorunil it hasbeen personaly and mteraly ac- copted by th prisone 0 whomit i addresed.Inthe et tha e prisonc s deaed direct personal sc- e this publication, i mussbe reumed 10 the e it st o e ettt 3o iver it 1o the U3 page V2 page 16 page 13 page S 5 2 Yrrm The Spirit War In Kurdistan 1992 has boen 4 decisive year for the Kurdish liberaion sruggle,paricalrlyin Norh West Kusisan. ‘The Workers Pany of Kurdisan (PKK) sod the Natonsl Liberaion Fon:of Kuristan (ERNK) have ben insiru- mental in developingtissruggle an thei siength and ability 1 achieve thi is measure of supportthy have from e Kurdishpeopl. Ove of he claret examples of {his occurs dring the celebrtions o th Kurdish New Year - Newroz - every Mach. This year, ke te many before i, saw Newroz celebatons in many Kurdish Cies 1nd towns tum nto militan demonstations in supportof the PKK nd he srugge o free andreuni al parisofoccupied Kdisan,The Tukishsateresponded. ‘wih brutal atackson the Kardish pople - dozens were illed and housends were desined under marial lw for many days. The Turksh army thn trid o justty these measores by claiming the they had been tacked by the. ‘mlitery wing ofthe PKK - the Pogie'sLibeation Army of Kudistan (ARGK). They furher sed thi le excase to atack many cites, in panticalr, the ciy of ‘Simak which was put under sege the day afier Newroz, resuling in many deaths nd beavy damage 1o the cty el ‘The Specal War Means A “Scorched Earth” Polly “Ths atackon Simak was s trsing pointinthe w forntionl ibertion, s epresion by the Turkish siate s clarly shifed from s “Special War”counie-inur geacy operions 10 allout war. This escalaton has manifesed el i + ‘sorched earh” policy which has seen the razing ofwwas and ciis such as Kul, Varo, Hani, tnd Cizr and others. The second tnd even more. brucal atack, o Simak in Augst has been by far the learest example o Tokish aociies againstthe Kur. dish peopl. Staring Augost 1892, Turkish forces blocked al roadsinand ot of Simak nd weaton a 3.y ‘rampage, claiming thatthe own was conroled by 1500 ARGK goerilas. Women, children, md elders were iled and wounded by the hundreds. Houses ad buid- ings weretorched nd animals were saughtered. Seventy pet-cent ofthe iy wasdesroyed and many people were Teft omeless and destiate. Thre wereno gl units inthecity. Aupreent the ciy it devasated nd many of it inhabiants have become efugecs. Rebuilding effors arc underway bt doe o the continoed Turksh pesence nd repression thse efforts ae proceeding slovy. While the amy has been camying ou fllscale warare, it has also coninued to carry ou 8 variey of ‘ounter insurgency operatons. Conraguerlls have boen organized 0 assssinatesympatheicjounalsts and polticians, PKK milants, nd other supporters of the Kardish iberaton sruggle. This has inclodd th asas- sinaton of wrterfouralistHaseyin Deniz, sndof Musa Aoter,who wasa joumalis wit he progrssive newspa- per “Orgur Gundem’ and noted wrie considered by many 0 b “the grand od man of Kurdish coure.” He. wasthe it joumaist from thisnewspaper 0 be s inated i 1992. Insn bvious show of conemp forther death, Pritoe Miisir Suleyman Demivel saied that “thse re ot he fouralissyou ik they ar. They are al militots.” Incther words,in the view of the Turkish overmment, teir deaths were justifed. On Jme 11, ‘ontraguerias ok 15 Kurdish parots ff bus which was retoming from Hizan, and executed them. They also ‘tacked a tain staton the ext day in Mos,injuring six aod illng o small child. These nd many oxher atacks take lacecn s consistentbasis,ofenn conjunction with miliay operaions. Adbvary detentons and mass amests of Krdish ot sndactivists coninue o be wed o quelldissent and supporntforanindependent Kurdian. On Sepember 25, 11 memberofthe Pople’sLabour Pry (HEP) were ‘sresed onthe ordersofthe National Secuity Councl - ‘which includes the Prime Miniter, Ammy chiels d cerain cabinetminisers. The HEP s pogessiv poli- al pany which supports Krish rghts; in the 1991 clectons it lecied 22 Kurdish MPs to palameot. The et of e HEP memmbers was based o the view of the NatonalSecurty Counci ha it wouldake “lgal meas- ures againt those democntic insittions and media ‘which suppor separatsm and work agaias the unitary e sroctur, and thus have no constiutions o legal busi” Furhe,disinfornation s used o falsely mplicate the PKK and ARGK in strociies and stacks that are actually caried ou by the army or coniaguerillas. For example, the murder of the 15 Kurdish pariots men- tioned sbove was blamed on the PKK i an siemp 1o descredittheminthe eyesof the Kurdish peopl. As well there havebeen numerous atiznpts to rm nemmational opinion aginst them. The Turkish govemment bas sc- cused the PKK of bombing the Brish consulie in Istanbulandof atempsing o shoot down an Aab ailner raveling 1o Suudi Arabi. The PKK has denied these charges sating that i i not thei way o opertin nd neiher is i in thei nterat” They st tht I the Turkish police and the cotraguerillas who havecaried out these anacks (Counerinsurgency operstions of this kind us used bothto nsill fear i the Kardish pogulaton nd o deter the populain from supportng the PKK. Al of these atcmpts have e and support for Kurdishindepend- ence contnges to lourish ‘Kurdish Callaborators With Turkish Colonialisr InIngi-occupied Krdistn thetwo leading polt- calforce n e region, the Paiotic Uion of Kurdistan (PUK) and Kurdistan Democraic Pany-inq (KDP), have conssiently shown themselves 1o b the enemics of a0 independent Kurdistn. They have arrstd, ontured 04 killed PKK supporier and member, tumed ther ‘ove 0 the Trkish milary, and passed o information sbout PRK actvides to Turkish nd imperalist sgets whotbey allowtooperate in souh Kurdistan.Inesponse tthis, the ARGK imposed n embargoon borderrade . the TurkishIrai fronter on Joly 296h. This was ot simed at the Kardish peopl in the south but against the oot trade camid out between the Tukish saie andthe KDP. Insead the PKK wishes o forge becer economnic, social and polica tes between the people of north nd South Kurdisan withou the interfereace of the Turkish st and s KDP-PUK collsboratrs. The KDP-PUK realised by conrdinaing, wth he Tusishmilitay, s offensve against PR/ARGK bases in south Kurdisian in October. Heavy clashes occured between ARGK guerrilas and KDP-PUK peshimergas (Korishname for*gueril’) i Lolan,Sheranis,Baufs Zakbo, Hafusin and other areas. Whe the fighiing. began many peshmergas refused to fight agains: theis ‘own people and 8 mumber went ove the ARGK side ‘Alo,splits began occurwthin KDP-PUK forces wihhe. resigauions of ministers from both paries who ssted that the “cashes only helped the Turkish ste” On October 22, the PKK was sbe o prove conclusively that collaboraton was aking place between KDP-PUK. An Interview With The General Secretary Of The PKK, Abdullah Ocalan PEK General Stcretary Abdulah Ocalan: "We will develap therevlutionary war o counter the imperi- alist plo in souh Kirdiston” GenerslSecretary, how do you evaluate he devel- opments n south Krdistan? We re el sware s the cocny s ineosi- fed his atacks on us. The allout offcosive of the Turkih sute dats back 10 the Nutomal Securty ‘Councl and Cabine meeings hed n Diyarbaki at the end of August. A concensus has boen arived i becween the pais fa the Turkish Pariament nd diplomatic endeavours have boen made 10 cut off suppoied teswith Ian snd Syi.tey thn wried et he southern coll(oraionis forces i the bresch. The basi for this is Demirels phrase 1o break ho back” of oo avies i south Kurditan. ‘We know thitthy have been prepring such s plan foralong timenow.For various reaons theytimed it forOctaber By securing th spprovalof e US. and Earope, and even taking ino accoun the US. cec- ons they made thee preparatons accordingly. Barzani's satement: “Tutkey gave me seven days, | ave 0 succesd" provesthe realsy o i plan. The timing of the meeing of e g opposition was lso par of thisplan. They had hoped o defet us by he 23rdof Ocober buthe il ofhe peshmergas and the Ik of sucees of the Turkish offeasive has resuliedin the postponementof his meeting Th act thatthe Turkish army entered he fray inthe st fow. days peoves that the colaborators were unsbie 10 deiverthe oods. Wewilldevelopihe iruggleon ] fromsagainst these plans 1 you are vietorious n this war, bow do you seefuture developments? : 1 we come ou on wp it will mean Tuskey i saing defea i the faoe o it will ave o withdraw. Kardisu will hea be re, i great exten. We will givecur all and crate fes Kadisan. Ourreportersinthereglonnformus hatthe pestmergas are unwiling fo fight. What ks your oplaion about this? Thi i clary the cae, tht the peshmery have o ntentionoffighting. Thy are beng forced 10fight.Inaprolonged warthe collsbortonistforces ‘would lose the suppor of he people and th pesh- merga fighier These forces ave ptall e ighiers at the disposal of the Turkish unts f the Torkish units il they, oo, will olapse. Fortis reason we do ot s the clshed i the st s PKK.Peshrverga conflc, ruher we see i a8 te iberaion sauggle of e people of the south. So can we ay that you are olag t0 open 8 front i south Kurdistan? The two frons are lnked. We cannot develop the frontin th north withoutdoing the same i the south and vice verea. The crawing of the Turkish army ik the soulh makesings exser for s inthe Dot We will draw them decpe o the swamp contnued on page 34.. N P 3 Yrm The Spirit meeing of KDP-PUK commanders, seized documents confimed tht rlatera commitse exised which di- ectedthe operuions of the peshmergas. This commitie was compoted of one PUK commender, » KDP com- ‘mander and senior Turkih milary major nd had diect acoesstohe Tukish High Command who were dirctng milly opensions. During e il offnsive, ARGK forces wereon the defensive,facing heevy atacks in many ares. De- apite rumours by he medis, of withdrawal snd suren- der the ARGK/PKK didatlose any gound sndowards the end of October wereabl 1o mount an offeaive. In cary November, the PKK amounced e liing of the embargo on border rade e polidea ekement with the forces of the KDP-PUK. Term of the sealement alowed the ARGK/PKK tocontinue 10 opersefeely in south Kurisan - clearly showisng the inabily of the KDP-PUK/Turkish milary forces 1o achieve thir de- sired goul. The Struggle Moves Forward Despic masiv epresion b the Tukish e of e Kardiah popl, e erwion svggl contiases o row. On iy level, the ARGK continis o cary ot many efecive and somatmes secacla acioos agint e Tukih iy and pole force. Forex. ‘ample,on Sptember 29, 1250 ARGK guerilas il neousy suacked 3 Turish milry garisons in tho Semndinliregion.Th uac,whic e foroverThour compleiely desiroyed the garisons 4 well 1 Kiling ot to SO0 Turkis sldes. They o hot down s | helcoperandcapeurd umerous wespons while e ing il loses. OnNovner 10, ey tacked e maia miliary garisen in he tovn of Hasi. The 200 'ARGK el who wsd ockts d morars daing. e uck,completely desroyed te garison when ey hitthe umiuniion dump. Whenmilaryrefforcements ateed h o, thy were acked by the perilas ho esroyed 4 ks mnd 2 amoured periomnel cari. . Once gainihe ARGK afere il ote, wh | over 100adirs ndpoic were ild duin the eack. | Their most recentaction oo December 14, saw & rid on the Special Forces headguarers n Diyarbakis which resulted i the dexth of 2 police oficers. AL the same time an ARGK unit ambushed s mliry convoy oa the roud from Hani to Diyarbakir. Poliicaly, the Kurdish indepeodence movemeat s been working towars th founding of » Natorul Pulament of Kurdi. According to the Kuristan National Assembly Preparaion Committe,he Natonal Assembly of Kurdistan “wil be the highestbody repre- sening the people of Kurdisan. The assebly will ass s inall felds which ntereet the Kardishnaion nd be the only body repreening them in the intemational areoa” Thisbody ims o b helegiimaerresentdive body f e Kardishpeople ll overthe world Tohis ead, clctons were eld o elec delegais i ll he occupied areas o Kurdistan - Syria, Ing, I, Turkey,a wellas among Turkish communities in the CIS aad Europe, between November20-22,1992. Forthefirtimentheis: sory the Kurdish people were sble o expres their ree will through these clections. In Earope, 153 delegates ‘were elected represntin the many diffrent aspocts of the xiled Kordidh commniy. Of these, 27 wers wormen 0 3 of the delegaes came from south Kurdisa. Al most 0% of thos elgible o vote paricpeied in the elecions, which was hampered by inexperience and techaical diffcolies, s wel a by misiformaton and propeganda spread by Turkish and pro-Turkish Biro- ‘pean media. We do ot s yetknow the result of voting. heldin ccupied Kudistn e 0 themany diffculties bolding clecions in s fragmented ndon. In the second round of the Europesn lections, hld on December 19- 20, 1SMP's were cleciad by the 153 delogate. These 15 MP's representuhe Kardish popleliving in Buropeinthe Kurdisan National Paliament. The Future? Asthe sasion inensifisinpord-wost Kurdisan, support or the PKK and Kariah liberaion srugsle increases correspondingly 10 groving Turkieh ite e presson. Inthe words of two Kurds, “Every personnthe. region now support he rebels. Everyone, amost with- ot exception”, mnd *Some used 10 be unceran,but not e Simak ™ ‘Afer e Gulf War and the besk-up o the Soviet Union, Tuskey has st i sights on becoming the major ‘power i the Middie Eas as el as extending i nfl- encethroughou heregicn. While denying that itplans o e the Turkishspeaking republics of the former Sovet Unic, Turke As Turkish Prme Minisier Suleyman Deenire said, “.we saw [ & Tukish worl, a lest in poope's tentions, . commonaiytht can'tbedeied. At e same time, e recen collboration with he KDP-PUK i souh Kurdisan, i percived a8 & move by Tuskey 1o obuain Irag Kurdisan for sl Becaue of Turkey's snegicimporunce 153 NATOally, Turkih expensicn- im als ot lne with wester imperialisYNATO st egy. Anindicaion ofthi i th recent redploymment his ‘yearof NATOmillary hardwarefrom Cenral Europe o Turkey. With the ending ofthe Cold War, Burope, and ‘Germany inpariala, s o longerconsidered afrondine. in n ‘BasyWest” confroniation. Asthe world sination increasingly shifis 10 2 ‘NoniSouth” confroniaton, Turkey assumes the ole of » fronine in imperalii domination. Cearly then,he Kurdish iberaion sggle poses 2 serious obsacle 1o the implementation of imperialism’s “New World Order".The formation of an independent Kordistan wouldnotanly seiously disrupt - andperhaps oven destroy e Turkish sat bot it would also destabize the nir region 3 oprisings by Kirdish people in Irm, Inq and Syria would mos: likely be. ‘occuring at e same. Furhe, e ibrstion of the Kur- dish nation would be powerflexample and signal for other colonized pecpls in the rgion, paiclary the Palestinians. Of coars, Turkey and it imperiais ales ‘canaot allow his happen and willse any forcenecessay 10 crush the Kurdish liberation siruggle. For ur, concrei soldarity with the Kurdsh ssuggle, means buildin essance ere i heiampeiaist centres and opposing 0 ggresson by any meanknecer. . ERNK European Representati Weare making hefolloving suiement s party o the clashes occuring at the present time betwoen the “Naiiona Unied Independence Front of Kudistan” and e reacherous KDP and PUK sapporied by Turkey. ‘Afer e Galf Warthe “Poised Hummer” miliry fore,Ied by the ULS., wassemt to Kurditn to fill e power vacoumin Iraq and o preventany poteti devel opmens i the Middle Bart. Turkey spproved of this militaryforce which was par of s common regional e ofthe Westem Suates. Tukey wanted o benfit fom the ‘advaniages offred by tis siauaion to rush the move- mens in norther Kardistan. Turkey beganto develop plicy inline withthese developments. Fist thy clamed o defend th nerestof the Kurds. They then made contact with Talaban and ‘Barzan and invited them to Ankara. They wereisued with Tukish diplomatc passports. Turkey provides economic, miliary and polical ropport o these foces. “Thisfake “oveof the Kurds” rom s country whote chie of affsaes “there e no Kards n Torkey” and ‘which kil e of Kurds very day,fciens towns ke Sirmak, Cukurca and Kol nd sarts procesdings to vy Kaurdich deputie under lgaltion which caries the deathpenalyis all part o bloody plan. Tulabani and Barzani st theirpreparaions 1 siack the PKK afier oceiing support a. meetings in Ankara and Washingion st monch. The date of the “ulimanan” was esablished tthe meetng i Anks. Talabani retumed 1o Kurdistan scoompanied by 8 group of Tukishoffcrs. ‘The clashes ccurring in sotbern Kurdistanare e resultof n ssult, hepreparations for which were made previously. The PKK s ot theaggresor ot i exerc ing it legiimate right of self-defence against these fores” colborationsistandtreacherous aacks We have explained many tmes that his siusion was bing incited by the colonialit, imperaist i, pariculary Turkey, bt despie thisthey ar imposing & ‘warof anmihilation o our peope,in allsnce with Tur- key. ‘We repeat that the PKK is ot in favour o these clashes. However, i determinied i cary out olices in e with the intrets of e prople of Kurdisan. We will continue o defend ourselvs sgainst atacks. The PKK is waging it war nd ts defece on the ol of s ‘own couniry, Kundisan, for which s gol i independ- ence,no the vl of anober couniry. For his reason ot posible foritioleavetheland sndposonsfor which it has given many lives. In 1991 we defended this land aguaist atacks by Suddam and Tokey and i heprocess undreds of our members were manyrd, bt the KDP. a0d PUK desered ei people and run o Tike 0 sres the we have the means ecessary o defend ourseves agans these foces. At the momentvilent clashes ae contiving re from Hafanin, near Zakho, 1 Hakurke, nea the ves’ Statement Iranis border, e Natioos Unied Independence Font of Kurdistan armounced that it would rsit hese stacks ‘withallhe power a s disposal. ThisFrot i compoved of the PKK, PAK and forces and individasls who have left the PUK mnd KDP. Since the clashes began on October 15,9 PKK guerillas havebecn martyred snd 20 PAK menbers have been kiled i the towns of Zakho and Sulimaniye. Around 200losses bave beenifliced on the KDP and PUK forcs n the Zakho nd Hakurke areas 20KDP meraber md 6 Tuskish offces have boen captured. The Turkish oficers will be prescned t the pres n the areas where they werecaptred. Since Ocober b, an embargo b been impored on southern Kordistan and all oads leading 10 Turkey ave been aken under the conirol ofthe Front with who the indative in the clashes pow lies, Protest marches against e acks ae spreading intowns ke Zakho nd Suleimaniye. Whilesome pedmergs leadersare going over o the Independence Fron long with the ighiers nder theis command, # leas 1000 peshmergas have Biven eptheir weapoos end witdrawn, “The aggressons chaim tha “he PKK's presence the area leads 10 Turkish air stacks and the Kol vllages have been detroyed md th people hve lf." ‘We have o oiot ou that e Turkish Sae i respansible fo these attacks and tht i thy who should e clled 10 accoun. Aleothe PKK did ot comefrom oue space. Yrm The Spiit Montevides, Urugusy - On May 15, 1992, police ETA, the Basque liberaton orgaizaton. A lawyer and his secreary were amang hose amretd, sceused of busining fale papers fo the Basques. Th other Urs- ayans were » dentit and i wife, whote names were noneofthe Basgue's addres b, th eacherof five year old Basque child, and his son-inlaw. “The police callod this Opertion Aligtor and he aress were e clminaion of 8 two yearod nvesige- ion. The Basques were only charged with violting censin Uraguayaa aw prtsining o the uee and potsce- sion of fals documents, At ther first hearing & judge. rleasedalltheUriguayans and9 of he Basques Several of the Basgues re accused of paricipating in ammed actionsin Spain. Urogasyn aw proibits e extradiionof foreign- ers accused of poliical crimes o common crimes with politcal oventones. Al o the Basques have requesied poltcal asylum nd it sppears unlikely they will be exndied o Spuin. “The Busques were all employedby a Basquerestau- ot in Montivideo. Unugusyn miliary intelligence maintained survillanceover he Basques(inviolationof | Urugoayan law which requires Judicial permisson for leaghy invesigaion) since 1988, at the request o the ‘Spanish govemmen. The Basques in question wereall Incarly November, 1992, wialsgainst. two Paletinians, Khader Hamide snd Michel Shehadeh, beganin Los Angeles which marks the it e of a con- woversal U.S. imnigraion law which he govemment says denie non.cizens the consiurionaly protected ighis o fre speech and association. According 1o their lwyer, f the govermment pre- Vaisnit claim thatt can epori he two men fo ising moneyfor Palesinimn cases, ll no-iizens campaign- g forsocialchange i thernativ ands would be liable fordeporaton. Hamide and Sheadeh, boch longtime esidents of the LS were amested in January 1987 along with 6 others,and ogeiherthey became known as he "L A.8". They were never charged with a criminal offence, bui were held without bil i high security prisons for two ‘wecks unil relessed on heir ovn reconiane. Accord. ing 1o the FBI “the individuals who were arested in Califomia had not been found 1o have engaged them- selves i emoris activity.” Five year e the ovemment s sl seking 10 depon the eght, and i tyingto prove ha Hamide snd ‘Shehadeh ran afoul of section of the 1990 Immigration ‘Act whic prohibis on.