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UK DSEi 2003 Newswire Archive

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DEstroY DSEI Smash themup

02-09-2003 17:10

Transport and general info re Demo
Local details pick up etc
wht to do
how to get in touch

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Fluent Deals in Death - Anti-DSEi Protest

02-09-2003 16:46

Fluent helps bully boys kill children

Fluent Inc had their European HQ in Sheffield targeted by anti-war protestors because they are an exhibitor at the DSEi arms fair in London next week.

Protestors barricaded themselves in the main entrance revolving door, scaled the entrance canopy to drape a Fluent Deal in Death banner and two protestors locked themselves to the front door with d-locks.

Previous Sheffield DSEi actions include a protest in the city centre and public meeting.

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DSEi Blockade Photos

02-09-2003 11:28

Tripods blocked one access to DSEI
Yesterday, 1st September, contractors and exibitors started to arrive at the largest arms fair in the world. Peace campaigners were waiting for them.

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PROTEST AT LOCKHEED MARTIN'S UK HQ

02-09-2003 00:20

Camden Stop the War
PROTEST AT LOCKHEED MARTIN'S UK HQ
TUESDAY 9th SEPTEMBER, 1pm
BERKSHIRE HOUSE, 168-173 HIGH HOLBORN (next to Oasis Sports Centre at corner with Endell St WC1).

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Police stop and search people near Excel (where DSEi is to be held)

02-09-2003 00:01

Cops have stopped and searched people under the Terrorism Act 2000 near to Excel where DSEi istaking place.

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DSEi Media roundup mon 1st sept

01-09-2003 22:58

The action today (lockons and tripods obstructing arrival of tanks etc) got 2.5mins on ITN local london news. There have been a couple of articles, finaly triggered by MET police press work warning of possible violence and disruption (why oh why do the corporate media have to wait for the bloody police to warn of a protest like this before they print an article??) - see earlier bbc and independent articles. Also guardian on cluster bombs - but not even mentioning the protests!

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DSEi Arm-Tube Blockade at Excel Monday 1st Sept

01-09-2003 22:35

Video
Video and stills from the East entrance-way to the Excel centre.

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DSEi: Detailed briefing about companies and countries

01-09-2003 16:17


CAAT has now published a full report and briefing about the companies and countries at the DSEi arms fair. It can be downloaded (as pdf) from www.caat.org.uk

Contains details, including names and addresses, of the companies - what they make, etc, as well as countries and issues of concern.

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STWC are at it again!!!!

01-09-2003 13:30

Confusion by the SWP front jumping on the band wagon again.

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DSEI information

01-09-2003 10:51

Custom House Checkpoint
If you go down to Excel today your sure of a big surprise.... Because they are giving security briefings in public

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LATUFF on DSEi

01-09-2003 10:12



Latuff has done this for the Disarm DSEi crowd.

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Update on DSEi blockade

01-09-2003 09:56

Blockade at Excel Centre is still going strong, preventing the exhibitors from entering the site and setting up.

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US Army Herd Iraqi Old and Young in Barbed Wire

01-09-2003 07:48



HAMREEN, Iraq - Iraqi sheep farmer Thani Mushlah was asleep on his roof when the American soldiers arrived before dawn.

"They banged open my door, came for me and made me lie face down on the floor and stuck a broom-stick up my ass in front of my wife and children," he said.

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Activists halt preparations for DSEi

01-09-2003 07:29

Activists halt preparations for Europe's largest arms fair

At 8am this morning, 1st September, a group of 40 activists halted preparations for Europe's largest arms fair, DSEi (Defence Systems and Equipment International), by blocking vehicle access to the site. Both of the roads leading to the conference venue, the ExCel centre in London's Docklands, were blocked. One by two tripod structures and the other by activists linked together using metal arm tubes.

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Accommodation at Disarm DSEi: request for help

30-08-2003 11:13

Spaces needed for accommodation for protestors travelling to London for Disarm DSEi. Also, information for people requiring accommodation.

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DSEi SECRET INVITE LIST EXPOSED

30-08-2003 07:33

ARMS FAIR INVITE TO TANZANIA PUTS PROFIT BEFORE TACKLING POVERTY

SECRET LIST FINALLY RELEASED

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DSEi Organizers Phone Numbers

29-08-2003 15:45

Phone Numbers of Spearhead's DSEi Team Members

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Cardiff Disarm The Arms Trade Day

28-08-2003 10:01

day of workshops and talks will be held in Cardiff against the DSEI arms fair.

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SYRIA TO SHOP AT DSEi ARMS FAIR

28-08-2003 06:27

GOVERNMENT INVITES SYRIA TO
SHOP FOR WEAPONS IN LONDON

OUTRAGE AS “AXIS OF EVIL” ASKED TO LONDON ARMS BAZAAR

NOW RELEASE SECRET INVITE LIST, CAMPAIGNERS DEMAND
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