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SHANNON Update - Donald Rumsfeld at Protest?

IrishIndymedia Irishhead | 18.12.2001 12:55

Picture Donald Rumsfeld in SHANNON IRELAND
SHANNON UPDATE - RUMSFELD and MARINES at protest maybe 3 arrests? DONALD RUMSFELD NOT WELCOME IN IRELAND by ¡°coincidence¡± the protest coincided with a photo shoot Rumsfeld drinking Guinness with US Marines.

SHANNON Update - Donald Rumsfeld at Protest?
SHANNON Update - Donald Rumsfeld at Protest?


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Peace Protesters to get a bad name? By WHO?

18.12.2001 13:23

Donald Rumsfeld who leads the War on (IS) Terror enjoys a pint while his planes bomb and kill, people in one of the poorest and most technologically UN advanced Nations on Earth. Some News reports say 3 people arrested, Indymedia confirm at least 2.

PEACE movement to get a bad name? By who? Those who have the blood of thousands on there hands?


by ¡°coincidence¡± the protest coincided with a photo shoot Rumsfeld drinking Guinness with US Marines. Donald was supposedly on his way to Eastern Europe and the Marines dressed mainly in Karki uniforms were presumably on their way to the War Zone. All this only raised tensions leading to the runway invasion.

All this in Neutral Ireland, The protesters were visibly up set that anyone would be directing his grubby little war from there country.

The World Trade Center ``is still burning as we sit here, they're still bringing bodies out. Fortunately, the caves and tunnels at Tora Bora are also burning,'' said Donald Rumsfeld, does this sound like the words of a man on a humanitarian mission?


The Corporate media in its usual dangerous ignorance (stupid or malicious?) got the whole thing arseways. SUN headlines ¡°Man ATTEMPTS US JET ATTACK¡± and putting ¡°¡°PEACE¡± PROTESTERS IN BRACKETS¡± etc. Garda (police) said ¡°Two Gardai were injured¡± and ¡°When a woman attacked one of our members and knocked her hat off, that was that¡± that was that? That was what, the excuse you were looking for? Can you Attack a HAT what kind of crime is that? Cruelty to hats?

They called the protesters a ¡°mob¡± ¡°Disgrace¡± and talked about how restrained they were, compared to what? The Dublin Police (see Burlington PPP Protests) it was a walk in the park for these Boys, they looked as if they were enjoying it to me, Soft core compared to most of the fights these boys and girls get in to.

Anyway it was never about fighting the police, the protesters have no problem with the police, and it was the 300 US Troops on their way to an unjust war that upset people. The fact that people had just found out that Donald Rumsfeld CHEIF WARMONGER had been or was still in Shannon only raised tensions.

30 people have been arrested in Ireland in Anti War and Anti Globalization protests since Sept 11th. The latest 2 or 3 arrests in Shannon are for assaulting a Officer and could be worse for the guy on the runway. only one paper the Star mentioned that Rumsfeld was also hiding somewhere in the airport. Usual media dis information and mis information. Try this one the mystery of the plane and its origon and destination.

1) The Sun "World AIRWAYS PLANE TAKING AMERICAN SOILDERS TO THE WAR ZONE"

2)The Irish Times "World Airways flight which had arrived eairler from GERMANY on there way back to the US"

3) The STAR " The Soilders on there way back to America from Kuwait"

What a load of pants, Wake Up Irish People you are Being Misinformed

irishhead


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18.12.2001 14:25

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irishhead


oppose american imperial prescence in ireland

18.12.2001 15:45


The prescence of any US troopsss in Ireland is a fucking disgrace:

but what can we expect from the cunts in the Dail, most of them are happy to fall in line with american domination and pax ameriacana; especially with Ireland being american mnc's favorite haunting ground for low taxes and a people who are still amazed that there is actually employment to be had:


well I say fuck you to microsoft Ibm hewlett packard and all the other corporate monsters: fuck you to the peoples misrepresentatives in the dail:and fuck you rumsfield and all the other BUSH DYNASTY henchmen and dogged women:

solidarity with all protesters and arrested comrades:

DISBAND THE GARDA:
AGAINST CAPITAL AND $TATE
no war but the class war:

another irishhead


Not even the apron, certainly not the run-way

29.12.2001 16:55

Hi, I just wanted to make the point that the guy who made it over the fence to stop the plane wasn't on the run-way. The intention was to carefully wave the plane to a stop while it was still on the apron/ramp (taxi area), wearing high-visibility vest, bands and a big yellow "WANTED" sign (Bin Laden, Bush). He was arrested by police while still on rough grass near the apron.

I'm only saying this so that nobody tries running onto the run-way, where the plane can't stop for you even if the pilot cared to. Since the Shannon rally people are suggesting for future actions: speak to airport apron workers (e.g. baggage handlers) to get a better idea of what goes on, get into an affinity group, and get nonviolence training and legal advice before you try **anything**.

Eoin Dubsky
mail e-mail: slack@redbrick.dcu.ie


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