Sunday action at Fairford
OSSTW | 11.03.2003 17:47
A group which included OSSTW activists broke into
USAF Fairford this Sunday, delaying the takeoff of
a transport plane.
USAF Fairford this Sunday, delaying the takeoff of
a transport plane.
This Sunday around 20 people were arrested after
various actions at USAF Fairford.
Activists from OSSTW, as well as many others, broke
in around the gate 13/14 area. Contrary to what some of
us have heard, there is currently no razor wire around
this side of the base (g12/13/14), although there are
a few dog handlers etc.
Several people got onto the runway, although none got
right up to the B52s stationed there. According to MoD
police, the action delayed the take-off of a transport
plane.
As the police hurried to clear the area, they even
arrested people who were outside the fence but refused
to move further away.
Several people were let off because the police were
overloaded with people. Others have been charged with
aggrevated trespass, with heavily restrictive bail
conditions (wide exclusion area around Fairford,
exclusion of 500 metres from any military establishment).
These bail conditions clearly contravene the right to
protest, and police admitted they were deliberately
intended to prevent people going to March 22 events.
Let's keep up the pressure on Fairford. Successful actions
are still highly do-able despite somewhat souped-up
security!
More details soon.
various actions at USAF Fairford.
Activists from OSSTW, as well as many others, broke
in around the gate 13/14 area. Contrary to what some of
us have heard, there is currently no razor wire around
this side of the base (g12/13/14), although there are
a few dog handlers etc.
Several people got onto the runway, although none got
right up to the B52s stationed there. According to MoD
police, the action delayed the take-off of a transport
plane.
As the police hurried to clear the area, they even
arrested people who were outside the fence but refused
to move further away.
Several people were let off because the police were
overloaded with people. Others have been charged with
aggrevated trespass, with heavily restrictive bail
conditions (wide exclusion area around Fairford,
exclusion of 500 metres from any military establishment).
These bail conditions clearly contravene the right to
protest, and police admitted they were deliberately
intended to prevent people going to March 22 events.
Let's keep up the pressure on Fairford. Successful actions
are still highly do-able despite somewhat souped-up
security!
More details soon.
OSSTW
e-mail:
osstw@lautre.net
Homepage:
http://osstw.lautre.net
Comments
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Excuse my ignorance
11.03.2003 20:28
ignoramous
I know, I know!
11.03.2003 21:24
Hoorah for them.
JTG
Lucky to have Fairford
12.03.2003 01:53
Go US and UK. Kick the S*%t out of Iraq and end this once and for all.
Jim
hmm
12.03.2003 02:42
up in the sky. Really brave to target power plants,
civilian infrastructure etc with their "smart" bombs.
Really brave to use DU shells which leave the land as
a wasteland and cause birth deformities and cancer for
years to come. So brave to use mini-nukes, and daisy
cutters.
Whereas the ordinary people of Baghdad, going on with
business as usual despite all this horror, are blatantly
just cowards.
I'm so glad someone is "protecting" me from them. I'm so
glad the government and military are gracious enough to
grant us the right to protest. All the struggles and
hard-won fights of the people obviously had nothing
to do with it. They just let us protest out of the
goodness of their hearts, those wonderful politicians.
granny quat
update & apology
12.03.2003 03:32
were OSSTW activists, of which 5 have been charged.
Also, apparently a group got into the bomb store.
And BTW, I've just found out this story has already been
posted once. So apologies for reposting.
previous posting:
gtr
cardiff activists too!!
13.03.2003 19:21
Not that I want to blow our own trumpet......
la la
CAN
14.03.2003 12:24
very much appreciated, but without consulting them
I didn't know if they wanted to be mentioned :O
There were also some excellent people there from London
and Manchester, and probably others too.
gtr