Congratulations to the Pit Stop Ploughshares
In what is a great signal that US use of Shannon Airport as a pitstop for logistical support in the occupation of Iraq should not be tolerated, today a jury acquitted the Pit stop Ploughshares of criminally damaging a US war plane at Shannon Airport in 2003.
In 2003 they entered Shannon Airport and and non-violently disarmed a U.S. navy war plane.
Statement:
The jury is the conscience of the community chosen randomly from Irish society. The conscience of the community has spoken. The government has no popular mandate in providing the civilian Shannon airport to service the US war machine in it's illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq.
In 1996 in Liverpool the Jury acquittal of the four 'ploughshares' women contributed to the end of arms exports to the Suharto dictatorship in Indonesia and the independence of East Timor.
The decision of this jury should be a message to London, Washington DC and the Dail that Ireland wants no part in waging war on the people of Iraq. Refuelling of US warplanes at Shannon Airport should cease immediately.
Ciaron, Damien, Karen, Deirdre, Nuin
In 2003 they entered Shannon Airport and and non-violently disarmed a U.S. navy war plane.
Statement:
The jury is the conscience of the community chosen randomly from Irish society. The conscience of the community has spoken. The government has no popular mandate in providing the civilian Shannon airport to service the US war machine in it's illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq.
In 1996 in Liverpool the Jury acquittal of the four 'ploughshares' women contributed to the end of arms exports to the Suharto dictatorship in Indonesia and the independence of East Timor.
The decision of this jury should be a message to London, Washington DC and the Dail that Ireland wants no part in waging war on the people of Iraq. Refuelling of US warplanes at Shannon Airport should cease immediately.
Ciaron, Damien, Karen, Deirdre, Nuin
posted by Nixmix at 1:24 p.m.
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