USAF Fairford has the longest run way in Europe and is the closest military airfield to Iraq capable of housing B-52 bombers, except for Diego Garcia. It is from these two airfields that the attempt will be made to level Baghdad in the coming weeks. These bombers are there now and are still arriving.
A group of committed young activists decided the situation was urgent and required immediate direct action despite the fact that the next mass action called for USAF Fairford is not until the 22nd of March. These activists avoided the main protest and instead made their way straight to the runway and planes. The fences were breached in at least ten places according to police radio and despite the police dogs and cop vans many people had a good run around, four of whom sat down to blockade the runway. A number of other activists breached an arms dump while munitions were being transferred to the bombers.
At least twenty people were arrested. The police seemed much more eager to charge than previous protests and nearly all those arrested were charged with aggravated trespass and bailed on condition that they avoid all military establishments and the entire surrounding area of Fairford.
However we will not give in! But we need larger numbers of people who are not afraid to stand up to the American warmongers and their British servants. If a small number of people, mainly students can achieve this level of disruption despite the large police presence then imagine what a few hundred more can accomplish on the 22nd of March.
Also continuous pressure must be applied, with smaller scale autonomous protests carried out with the element of surprise. We’ve got them running scared which is why they’ve tried to restrain us from coming back. Small affinity groups can achieve can cause a great deal of disruption when the authorities aren’t ready for you. We will ignore their repressive measures and continue to struggle against the use of our land to wage war.