Is it possible to move the mouse with applescript?

I have a simple applescript program that runs at login to launch movie files in VLC - basically I want the computer to launch into presentation mode. Everything runs smoothly - except that the startup mouse position is over the menu bar, so it won't disappear.
Here's the applescript I'm using:
<code>
tell application "Finder"
open every file of folder "myHD:myfolder"
end tell
</code>
Any tips?

Awesome, thanks!
Note that you can't compile an application or run a script from Snow Leopard that uses xtool.osax ( http://lists.apple.com/archives/Applescript-users/2007/Feb/msg00303.html ) However, you can compile a program from Leopard and run that application on a Snow Leopard machine that has xtool.osax installed. Lucky I still have my G5 sitting around still!

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