sion of the island on 25 October.
solidarity march claimed Grenadans had been killed in the fighting.
The British Friendship Society put the figure at around 1,200 killwounded caused by the US bombing civilian including hospitals and high density working housing areas around the capital'.
Two per cent of the total population believed to have been kill.
wrote in the Guardian on 7 November, that the BBC seemed to be pointing Vul deliberately ignoring any reports of those killed or A MYSTERY surrounds the number of Grenadans, Cubans and American soldiers killed since the invaFennis Augustine, the Grenadian High Commissioner, when he spoke at the end of the 5 November that around 1,500 wounded in the fighting.
Apparently their on-the10U sending this information.
The Telegraph on 10 November said that the Pentagon figure of 18 American dead was also in doubt.
guisin is deliberately disguising military losses in reported At least 42 US soldiers had died and the final toll could rise past 70 nore ome severe v wounded die. Several incidents which Americans have died have gone unreported, cluding multiple The national 5 November demonstration was only the beginning for solidarity action Salines.
Ine airport is sealed off with a ring of troops military roadblocks and all but military traffic Civilian contractors involved in the airport construction have now been barred from the site.
Some months ago, went to great lengths to 'prove' that the airport was a jumping off polnt for cuban millary manouevres in the region.
and the Cuban construction workers proved otherwise, as did the British Plessey WIlU helicopter crash at the Cuban-built airport of Point Salines' Several dozen Cubans killed defending WCIC Point Salines airport nom bee by American forces. But these workers of 1,000 strong Cuban 'batallion' As Illilal Noil Scott wrote in the Guardian, the workers when they filed down the steps of the plane that took their stained working of them ir their 40s and 50s, it would be hard to imagine ally group of people who look less like soldiers more like workers'.
Here surely were me real heroes of the invasion ot this tinv island by the American bully.
now Governor General Sir Paul Scoon Invading troops round up supporters of the revolution has really shore us how his interim : out and government attempts impose democracy On 10 November he banned authorisarrests withou walrrants and promised Col_sorship of the press.
The Americans Walle another Papa d in this installed region right wing regime that will back their attacks on Salvador, CIDa New Jewel Movement leaders are being arrested and questioned. , 'Advisory tribunals' are to be set up to deal with anvone accused creating 'disturbances' or interfering with American and Caribbean on the island. troops This necessari because the Grenadian people do not want Pau Scoon or any American o other imperialist imposed government to rule over them Their support for Maurice Bishop, plans for taking forward lives Only fear and repression can crush them into submission.
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