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...Administration is truly concerned for human rights, Steiner adds, then it is backing the wrong guys. On the June trip, the faculty group amassed information on massacres and torture committed by the "contras" on the civilian population. "No one could ever blame the Sandinistas for some of the things the 'contras' have done," he says...
...However one views the Sandinista record, we are not responsible for it. But we are complicit with what the 'contras' are doing," Steiner adds. "Let's get our human rights priorities straight...
After returning to the States, Steiner wrote to 22 congressmen and leading newspapers about his findings in Nicaragua--over and above the group's letter--and criticized current U.S. policy. Along with the letter he sent a manual that he obtained in Nicaragua. The book let presented in cartoon form instructions on how to destroy farms and burn books, among other acts of sabotage. According to Steiner, sources in Nicaragua said the manual could be traced...
...Steiner says, he plans no further political activism--but he will raise the issue of U.S. policy in Nicaragua in his class and in the law school human rights program, of which he is an organizer...
...policies may force Nicaragua along the Cuban route. McGinn says. He agrees with Steiner that armed pressure against the country will militarize the Sandinistas further and push them towards heightened internal controls. "If we attack Nicaragua we will eliminate loyal opposition in the country. The Sandinistas will necessarily centralize and rule out any opposition...