NEW YORK(FinalCall.com)�A June 23 War Crimes Tribunal will expose alleged atrocities of U.S. servicemen carried out on innocent Korean citizens during Korea�s "Forgotten War," according to organizers of the Korea Truth Commission (KTC).

The Tribunal, to be held at the InterChurch Center in Manhattan, is part of a three-day observance of 51st anniversary of the June 25, 1950 U.S. military campaign in Korea. The KTC also plans to hold an International Peace March in New York on June 24 and in Washington, D.C., on June 25.

Human rights organizations from the United States, Europe and elsewhere will offer and listen to testimony about U.S. troop massacres of civilians during the tribunal. Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark led a delegation of the KTC to North and South Korea May 15-21 in preparation for the upcoming tribunal.

"We made this final trip to hold discussions with lawyers and to interview witnesses who will testify on June 23," Mr. Clark explained to reporters at a May 31 press conference. A large contingent of Koreans will be coming from South and North Korea, Japan, Canada and the United States, according to Brian Becker, co-director of the International Action Center. According to the KTC, evidence points to tens of thousands of protestors being killed, and at least 100,000 political prisoners rounded up and executed between 1945 and 1950.

"What I found most astonishing was the intensity of the witnesses as they recalled the atrocities," Mr. Clark told reporters.

Since a 1999 Associated Press series about U.S. troops attacking and killing innocent civilians during the Korean War, news of 160 attacks on unarmed Koreans has surfaced. According to news reports, the most notorious attack was at No Gun-Ri, where villagers were pinned beneath a bridge as U.S. forces strafed the area from aircraft and fired machine guns and mortars. "Some three-and-a-half-million civilians were killed during the three years of the Korean War and the horror is that most Americans have no knowledge of this," Mr. Clark said.

The Pentagon inquiry of No Gun-Ri concluded that it was a rare occurrence caused by poor training. Then-President Bill Clinton expressed regret but offered no apology.

"It has taken 10-years to get to this tribunal, to get to the truth," explained Rev. Kiyul Chung, co-coordinator of the KTC. He said the KTC is not looking for revenge, but is just seeking an arena to bring about reconciliation.

"We found on our trip that many victims never spoke of the terrible atrocities that they had witnessed or survived because of the not-unfounded fear of being labeled sympathizers of North Korea, being denied employment or even jailed," Rev. Chung said.

The Korean activist accused the U.S. government of concealing the truth about what really happened in Korea from 1945 to the present day occupation of South Korea.

The commission also intends to examine the violent suppression of the Kwangju uprising against the U.S. Air Force bombing practice at Maehyong-ri; the "unfair" agreement under which U.S. troops are still immune from prosecution via the South Korean court system even for violent crimes against Korean people; and the impact of the notorious National Security Law�the legal instrument for jailing trade unionists and suspected North Korean sympathizers. "We hope the evidence brought forth by the commission will force the U.S. government to withdraw all troops from South Korea," Mr. Clark said.

"The administration of President George Bush continues to use the pretext of anti-communism as the reason for keeping troops in South Korea. But we believe it�s really a kind of colonial domination over a whole people," Mr. Becker told The Final Call, adding, "When we say U.S. troops out of South Korea, it�s our way of showing solidarity with the Korean people�s desire for self-determination for sovereignty."