Antiwar Activists Halt Bomb Convoy Again At 9am this morning anti-war activists used their bodies to stop a convoy carrying bombs as it was making its way from the bomb 'depot', RAF Welford in Berkshire, to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.
In a protest against the humanitarian cost of war on Iraq, 5 activists locked themselves onto the lorries that make up the bomb convoy. They were attempting to prevent the convoy's deadly cargo from reaching RAF Fairford where it is believed it will be loaded onto United States Air Force B52 bombers destined for Iraq.
The convoy was successfully halted on the west bound slip road at Chievely junction (M4/A34) north of Newbury. One group blocked the lead vehicals, whilst others attempted to lock on to the bomb transporters. Police and lorry drivers seem to be under orders to keep the convoy moving at all costs. Activists were forced to unlock as the lorries kept moving despite the drivers being told that there were people under their vehicals.
As with a similar action last week no arrests were made.
more soon
if the trucks kept moving
by enraged 9:45am Tue Apr 1 '03 | |
did you take pictures? license plates of the vehicles? witnessess? film? they endangered your lives! you can take them to court for that, you should take them to court for that. This is an outrage!
you dont drive a vehicle when someone is chained to it! god damn fucking soldiers! |
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eye witness account
by bomb busters 12:45pm Tue Apr 1 '03 | |
Peace Campaigners Stop Bomb Convoy
1st/04/2003
Today peace campaigners attempted to stop a convoy of bombs from RAF Welford to USAF Fairford where they will be soon shattering the bodies and lives of Iraqi civilians.
Despite about eight police vehicles guarding the convoy the group successfully caught the convoy by surprise and stopped it briefly. Campaigners ran in front of the convoy and others lay on the road locked together in metal tubes. Police moved quickly in numbers and threw peace campaigners to the side of the road. Trucks continued while campaigners were underneath and the large number of police meant people did not have quite enough time to lock on under the vehicles before police removed them.
One of the campaigners said, 'We held them up but did not stop them; a couple of seconds more would have been enough to stop a couple of the trucks. Remember we are a few concerned citizens trying to peacefully stop well-trained police and military personnel. Think what could be done if hundreds of civilians, opposed to the war, took direct peaceful action. We do not do this lightly but believe strongly that we all have a responsibility to take action against an illegal war, the humanitarian disaster the UN predicts and to bring our troops home quickly and safely.' |
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