2012-02-24 (VAFB-peace) Minuteman III ICBM launch (UPDATE) *** The protests will happen at their scheduled times EVEN IF the launch is rescheduled! ***
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:22:53 -0800 (PST) Subject: (VAFB-peace) Minuteman III ICBM launch from Vandenberg to Kwajalein protest is a go five minutes to midnight Friday Feb 24 From: MacGregor Eddy <[email protected]> To: Vandenberg Peace Protests <[email protected]> .Note about the Minuteman III ICBM launch protests set for noon and 11:55 pm 2/24. We are protesting the entire ICBM Minuteman III testing program, the use of the Marshall Islands as a target, and the 450 armed ICBM's that are in hardened silos all over the midwest on hair trigger alert. The Vandenberg test launch will have dummy hydrogen bombs, but it is a test of the 450 land based ICBMs that are armed with thermonuclear warheads designed to destroy large civilian populations. Should the launch is postponed, the protests are NOT repeat NOT. One protest is at noon Feb 24 in El Segundo at the Los Angeles Space and Missile Center 400 N Douglas and the second will be at five minutes to midnight the front gate of the base, six miles north of Lompoc on Highway One. For the, Vandenberg protest, some of the indigenous people (whose land the base is built on) request that we not use the term "occupy Vandenberg,"since the land has already been occupied by the military. Dan Ellsberg, Fr. Louie Vitale, Cindy Sheehan and Cynthia Papermaster will be at the five minutes to midnight Vandenberg event. CD is planned. There are still a few seats on the Green Tortoise from Northern CA, but please reserve it now as we are filling fast. The Green Tortoise Charter Bus will leave the West Oakland BART station at 5 pm, the San Jose Diridon Amtrak/ Caltrain station at 6:30 pm, and the Salinas Amtrak station between 7:30 and 8:00 pm (Friday traffic) . You must reserve a seat in advance by emailing me a [email protected] If you are late to the departure times the bus will leave without you. The bus will arrive at Lompoc (Vandenberg) before midnight. If you are driving you are allowed to park in the lot at Vandenberg Middle school. (at least you are supposed to be allowed) if you are looking for computer map directions use Vandenberg Middle School, Lompoc as your goal. The base itself is 198,000 acres and the addresses are PO boxes. You will not find it that way. If the launch window is set to start at 3 am instead of midnight, the protest will still begin at midnight. Launch time windows are announced shortly before the launch. The protest is at five minutes to midnight, just like the doomsday clock of the Atomic Scientists. for details and breaking news check the blog at http://vandenbergprotests-macgregor.blogspot.com - - - http://groups.google.com/group/VAFB-peace?hl=en more information at http://vandenbergwitness.org ### ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
