US military plane damaged on runway
RTE online is reporting the arrest of a women at Shannon who is "being
questioned about damage to an American military plane there."
They claim the women has been staying at the peace camp and that "It is
understood the nose of a US Navy cargo aircraft was damaged in an incident
on the tarmac early this morning."
If the story is true then this is the sixth succesful Direct Action at
Shannon in the last year and the second in which a US military plane was
damaged. The largest of these actions back in October saw 150 people take
part in breaking down part of the perimeter fence and then entering the
airfield itself. A detailed report on this with photos is at
http://struggle.ws/wsm/news/2002/shannonOCT.html and more reports on
protests in general at Shannon are at http://struggle.ws/wsm/shannon.html
These direct actions in Ireland are part of a growing international
anti-war movement that says protesting the war is not enough, we must take
action against the war machine. Recent actions have seen blockades of
military bases in Britain while in San Francisco up to 2,000 people
attacked the INS office. More reports on these and background information
on the war online at http://struggle.ws/stopthewar.html
related link: http://struggle.ws/wsm/shannon.html
http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/01/29/3870711
500,000 euro's has been mentioned.Good one!
