Peace Camp Established at Shannon Airport
On one of the coldest nights of 2003 thus far, a Peace Camp was established
[ 1 ] in the evening of 4 January at Shannon Airport. The camp kicked off
with a twenty-four hour Women's Peace Camp, and quickly began to draw a
huge amount of attention from the dominant Irish media.
From 7 January to 12 January, up to thirty arcraft belonging to or
chartered to the US military have passed through Shannon airport, and many
of these have been observed and photographed by peace activists at the
Shannon Peace Camp. Flights have been continuing, through the eve of
protests planned on Saturday, 18 January. The Irish government has admitted
that no searches are being carried out to ensure that these aircraft are
not carrying weapons or war materials, thus breeching the country's
constitutional status of neutrality [ audio ].
Read: entire feature | documentation of US military transport en route to
West Asia | Ireland IMC antiwar archive | July 17, 2002 feature
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