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Attempted bomb blockade II - 01/04/03

chris b | 02.04.2003 15:34

Eyewitness account attempted blockade of bomb convoy from Welford to USAF Fairford.

Attempted bomb blockade II

It is with disappointment that I have to tell you that we failed to stop another bomb convoy from the Munitions depot at Welford to USAF Fairford. We had another plan, it worked – except for one factor that we didn’t take into consideration: that the drivers of the bomb lorries were perfectly prepared (instructed?) to drive off with PROTESTERS UNDER THE LORRIES.

Waiting in a ditch by the side of the slip road of the Cheiveley Junction/Roundabout (M4) the first set of protesters ran on to the motorway, locking themselves together with armtubes and straps. This stopped the convoy long enough for others to attempt to lock on to the lorries themselves, before being manhandled to the side of the motorway. Meanwhile, two made it under the trucks, and began to lock-on. Despite being told that that there was protesters under the lorry by the support team the lorries started edging forward. Understandably, the two under the lorries didn’t finish locking themselves to moving vehicles and were dragged out by the Police.

Again, after removing the blockage the police showed no interest in arresting us, and a few of the activists managed to get to a vehicle and pursue the convoy.

Others walked back to the service station, and we’re subsequently searched under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (section 44).

Having just made it back home, I have been feeling despondent that we didn’t manage it at the second attempt, but self-pity is especially pathetic at a time when people are being murdered from a great height by your own government: we’ll come up with a new plan and we’ll try again.

chris b

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stay positive

02.04.2003 21:07

Fighting fascism isn't easy. In an age of high tech surveillance, police repression, and alienation it's particulalrly demanding but even attempted actions are huge inspiration. Well done.

Moak

Protest

02.04.2003 23:35

Ya'll are some real dumbasses!!!

harry

Are you as clever as a squirrel?

02.04.2003 23:37

“Even a *squirrel* learns to try a different trick when its first attempt at the birdfeeder fails. This leads us to ask an inevitable question: Are bomb convoy protestors actually as clever as squirrels?" - from Anti-Idiotarian Headquarters.

say it like it is

Please keep trying!

02.04.2003 23:39

HAHAHAHAHAHA! This is hysterical!

Please keep trying, you are providing great comedy. Don't get depressed, know that most of us non-crazies are laughing at your expense, thus you bring happiness into the world.

You'll try a new plan, but these drivers are onto you. Don't be surprised if one of you ends up as ketchup on the road.

Can you guys please record this comedy with photographs or video? I'd be willing to donate money for some of this footage.

ElCapitanAmerica

Tactics Advice

02.04.2003 23:39

Next time lock yourselves directly to the munitions. I'm sure the USAF technicians would be happy to add you and your dimwitted mates to the B-52 payloads. What clearer way to convey your opposition to the war? Next stop Baghdad ... wahoo! (Apologies to Slim Pickens.)

paljoey

Airdrop

02.04.2003 23:42

Maybe you should try and airdrop. As people are being murdered from a great height, an airdrop would be most appropriate. However, parachutes would not work: they would see you. Suggest an airdrop upon the lorries sans parachutes. Capital idea, no?

Steve Hall

Make Love, not Roadkill

02.04.2003 23:45

Do you people know what a Darwin Award is?

Careless Motorist

How'd you get there?

02.04.2003 23:46

I'm curious - by any chance did you folks take a short yellow bus or two to get to your "protest"? I know it sucks to be ignored but this takes things to a whole new level. How's it feel to be considered nothing more than a speed bump?

NTropy

Keep on trying, lads!

02.04.2003 23:49

One of you is bound to be successful in winning the Darwin Award. And who knows, you just may get the 72 virgin grand prize.

Darwin Akbar

A joke

02.04.2003 23:56

only funny when it's told once.

is

Haha!

02.04.2003 23:57

I would have died to have been there. Saddam Hussein's fan club stages a protest! How rich!

4001st Suicide Bomber

HOLY SHIT

03.04.2003 00:03

I wish to thank my people for attempting to stop this kaffir sponsored war. I just got off the phone with the great Allah, may a steaming pile of camel dung be upon him, and he sends his thanks.

On another note, the great Allah, may he be skinned and fed pork testicals, has informed me that a GREAT volcano has been captured by the kaffir. They plan on using it in their war against Islam, the religion of peace (May Allah rip the necks out of all infidels).

I, Mohamed, may piss be upon me, implore you to stop the infidels by mass-jumping into the heart of the volcano. Allah, may his penis be infected with leporosy, be with you all.

Mohamed

Thanks!

03.04.2003 00:08

Now, that's entertainment! I wish I had the video! Oh wait ... it will probably be on the "World's Stupidest Radicals" show Fox airs next year. Keep up the good work ... and whatever you do, don't get a job.

Natural Selection

How very frustrating for you...

03.04.2003 00:12

Is your stupidity congenital or acquired as a result of a closed head injury suffered later in life? Only the most profoundly mentally retarded are wholly incapable of learning from experience. Oh, well, that's why they call you guys indiots.

mommydoc
mail e-mail: mommydoc@engate.com

More Tactics Advice

03.04.2003 00:13

Study the HEDGEHOG

Simon

Unbelivable

03.04.2003 00:20

You people are, truly, remarkably stupid.

K

Your Behaviour

03.04.2003 00:33

The definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Next time human speed bumps?

Barking Pumpkin

Love your work

03.04.2003 00:33

Be fair guys, how could these people win the Darwin awards when Rachel Corrie is already a sure fire winner?

Ponting lover

You have failed again, my minions!

03.04.2003 00:36

Do not fail again! Praise be to those who use the freedoms that their forebearers paid for with their blood to deny those freedoms to others! Praise to all hypocrites who make moral decisions based purely on pulp fiction headlines instead of logic and honorable intentions! Woe to those who stand in the way of a good party! May those who look down upon my faithful minions be without intoxicants and left out night to wail and knash their teeth! May the enemy's ears be withered by the whining and moaning of the believers! May their eyeballs melt and their noses burn with the foul stench of my unwashed legions! All blessings to the feebleminded and those who ignore reality, for I shall grant thee 72 virgin* hippie chicks, a bar of soap, and all appropriate antibiotics!


*Maybe not virgins, even I The Prophet cannot find 72 virgin hippie chicks.

The Prophet

A Red, Red Rose

03.04.2003 00:48

My luve is like a red, red rose
That's newly sprung in June.
She made a jolly thumping sound
When they drug her to her doom.

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

Beautiful

03.04.2003 00:54

Totally the funniest thing any pack of comedians have ever staged. I never thought Monty Python was funny, so, fabulous to see the current band of stonies in Britain have brought comedy into the modern age.

Just beautiful. Kep it up kids.

JustMoist

You opting for the "human speed bump" award?

03.04.2003 00:58

LOLOLOL... one peace freak becomes a squishy doormat and you all wanna be copycats?
BTW... i think the fact you lost your balls TWICE is really hilarious... i mean how gutless do you get?
And as for Pancake Annie, the human speed bump, you'll never be like her... You'll never be as rememberedd as her.. there will always be a small speed bump in israel with her name on it..
And as to you guys, keep trying.. who knows, maybe one day we'll get lucky enough for one of you to get guts and clean the gene pool from worthless scum.

israeliguy

You opting for the "human speed bump" award?

03.04.2003 01:00

LOLOLOL... one peace freak becomes a squishy doormat and you all wanna be copycats?
BTW... i think the fact you lost your balls TWICE is really hilarious... i mean how gutless do you get?
And as for Pancake Annie, the human speed bump, you'll never be like her... You'll never be as rememberedd as her.. there will always be a small speed bump in israel with her name on it..
And as to you guys, keep trying.. who knows, maybe one day we'll get lucky enough for one of you to get guts and clean the gene pool from worthless scum.

israeliguy

You opting for the "human speed bump" award?

03.04.2003 01:01

LOLOLOL... one peace freak becomes a squishy doormat and you all wanna be copycats?
BTW... i think the fact you lost your balls TWICE is really hilarious... i mean how gutless do you get?
And as for Pancake Annie, the human speed bump, you'll never be like her... You'll never be as rememberedd as her.. there will always be a small speed bump in israel with her name on it..
And as to you guys, keep trying.. who knows, maybe one day we'll get lucky enough for one of you to get guts and clean the gene pool from worthless scum.

israeliguy

LOLOL trying to get a speed bump named after?

03.04.2003 01:02

LOLOL trying to get a speed bump named after?
LOLOL trying to get a speed bump named after?

LOLOLOL... one peace freak becomes a squishy doormat and you all wanna be copycats?
BTW... i think the fact you lost your balls TWICE is really hilarious... i mean how gutless do you get?
And as for Pancake Annie, the human speed bump, you'll never be like her... You'll never be as rememberedd as her.. there will always be a small speed bump in israel with her name on it..
And as to you guys, keep trying.. who knows, maybe one day we'll get lucky enough for one of you to get guts and clean the gene pool from worthless scum.

israeliguy

The Darwin award is Pancake Annie's

03.04.2003 01:05

The Darwin award is Pancake Annie's
The Darwin award is Pancake Annie's

LOLOLOL... one peace freak becomes a squishy doormat and you all wanna be copycats?
BTW... i think the fact you lost your balls TWICE is really hilarious... i mean how gutless do you get?
And as for Pancake Annie, the human speed bump, you'll never be like her... You'll never be as rememberedd as her.. there will always be a small speed bump in israel with her name on it..
And as to you guys, keep trying.. who knows, maybe one day we'll get lucky enough for one of you to get guts and clean the gene pool from worthless scum.

israeliguy17

You realize

03.04.2003 01:11

We are laughing at you, and not with you.

[Dark, malevolent laughter]

Please. If you want to snuff yourself, try a vodka and valium cocktail. This speed bump crap is getting old.

Iron Fist

What did I tell you yesterday???

03.04.2003 01:12

Remember, you have to practice with immobile things (rocks, shrubs), then with mobile things smaller than you (roller skates, ducks), before you move on to moving objects larger than you.

Did you bring the spatulas and mops, like I instructed you?

Scooter

Use a video

03.04.2003 01:23

Please take a video camera to the third attempt of stopping the lorries. Please make sure that your video has the volume up so we all can hear the commentary. I wish to thank you for the best laugh I have had two days in a row. Please don't get discouraged and feel down in the dumps. The comedy relief you are providing is priceless.

JimC

hilarious....

03.04.2003 01:50

That is great! Please get photo's or video next time.

You guys are idiots!

ba haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

DJ Liberation

Thanks for the Laugh

03.04.2003 01:50

Thanks for a good laugh. I am an avid fan in the USA of the "Brit-Coms" we see on PBS. I can almost hear the Benny Hill music as these "serious" peaceniks try to stop a convoy of trucks. Hilarious. Is there some problem with these people that they cannot move into the twenty-first century? Are they truly stuck in the 1960's? But thanks anyhow for the laugh; it made my day.

Grandma USA

Chickens

03.04.2003 01:51

No guts, no glory.
They should've been faster locking themselves in.
Road rash isn't really that painful, I swear.
After the first 10 meters, it stops hurting.

Dishman

idiots

03.04.2003 02:00

you guys are stupid, must have shit for brains

anti-idiotarian

Priceless

03.04.2003 02:05

Priceless
Priceless

Is this why so many brits have fucked up teeth, from being dragged down the road beneath a truck? You guys must watch too much Jackass. It'll be hard to top this stunt. May I suggest you lie on the runway when the B-52s are coming in?

Bravo morons, bravo.

Joey

HA HA HA HA HA

03.04.2003 02:11

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAHA HA HA HAHA HA HA HAHA HA HA HAHA HA HA HAHA HA HA HAHA HA HA HAHA HA HA HA!!!!!!

Witless but not clueless

This is Pricless!!

03.04.2003 02:12

This is Pricless!!
This is Pricless!!

I never realized how entertaining you idiots could be. Can you top this stunt? Were the cameras from 'Jackass' on hand?

Joey
mail e-mail: joey@jojo.com
- Homepage: http://www.google.com

Fartknockers UN-TIE!!

03.04.2003 02:14

Uh...huh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh....chained to a moving lorrie...uh-huh-huh-huh....like, Kewl!

M1-A1 Abrams

This is Priceless!!

03.04.2003 02:14

I never realized how entertaining you idiots could be. Can you top this stunt? Were the cameras from 'Jackass' on hand?

Joey
mail e-mail: joey@jojo.com
- Homepage: http://www.google.com

Idiots

03.04.2003 02:37

Maybe next time they'll actually crush your stupid asses.

JimK

This is London...

03.04.2003 03:55

London should take a cue from Jerusalem and not let idiots diving under moving vehicles stop them from the task at hand.

Joe Mama

Jeez, you guys are pretty stupid

03.04.2003 04:16

Your lame-o attempts to disrupt the war efforts are VERY amusing, though, so please keep it up. It build morale among those of us who SUPPORT the ouster of the Iraqi regime. :-)

RobertNAtl

you're slow on the learning curve

03.04.2003 04:31

i've never seen fools so determined to be road kill and failing at it. do more drugs, get your neuron count closer to skunks and possums and you'll get it right. we're counting on you.

penny

try again

03.04.2003 04:33

Perhaps you could try again.

This time just jump under one of the tires as the truck is moving.

You'll get some real press out of it, I'm sure.

cleaning the genepool

try again

03.04.2003 04:33

Perhaps you could try again.

This time just jump under one of the tires as the truck is moving.

You'll get some real press out of it, I'm sure.

cleaning the genepool

well what do you expect?

03.04.2003 04:35

What a bunch of goobs. They should have drug your sorry carcasses all the way to the friggin' base.

Get a life.

Stuff It

you're slow on the learning curve

03.04.2003 04:36

i've never seen fools so determined to be road kill and failing at it. do more drugs, get your neuron count closer to skunks and possums and you'll get it right. we're counting on you.

penny

you're slow on the learning curve

03.04.2003 04:38

i've never seen fools so determined to be road kill and failing at it. do more drugs, get your neuron count closer to skunks and possums and you'll get it right. we're counting on you.

penny

you're slow on the learning curve

03.04.2003 04:40


i've never seen fools so determined to be road kill and failing at it. do more drugs, get your neuron count closer to skunks and possums and you'll get it right. we're counting on you.

onecent

LOCK ON!

03.04.2003 04:53

I only wish all you dumb-asses had locked on and been dragged to the base. I wonder how many of you will try that stunt again? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

Bobby

Soldier on brave peace warrior duuuudes.

03.04.2003 05:08

Soldier on brave peace warrior duuuudes.
Soldier on brave peace warrior duuuudes.

As your Teletubbies say: "AGAIN AGAIN!"

Jack

Wow

03.04.2003 08:48

You guys will regret this later on, hopefully when you GROW UP!

I'm with stupid

Fuck off and join the army.....

03.04.2003 09:44

Ooh, a lot of "witty" comments, aren't you lot of right wing racist bigots clever.
If you are so fucking hard and hate arabs why not fuck off and join the army, you'll probably be killed by your own trigger happy side.
Or maybe you'd like to come down to the next anti-war demo and shout abuse at us, then we can beat the crap out of you. Which is what will happen when i see the British National Party canvassing for this years local elections.

Miss Point

Today's Safety Briefing

03.04.2003 10:55

"Don't do stupid shit."

Any questions?

daveman

Today's Safety Briefing

03.04.2003 10:57

"Don't do stupid shit."

Tomorrow's safety briefing: Definition of "stupid shit".

Any questions?

daveman

Today's Safety Briefing

03.04.2003 10:59

"Don't do stupid shit."

Tomorrow's safety briefing: Definition of "stupid shit".

Any questions?

daveman

Today's Safety Briefing

03.04.2003 10:59

"Don't do stupid shit."

Tomorrow's safety briefing: Definition of "stupid shit".

Any questions?

daveman

Today's Safety Briefing

03.04.2003 11:00

"Don't do stupid shit."

Tomorrow's safety briefing: Definition of "stupid shit".

Any questions?

daveman

Today's Safety Briefing

03.04.2003 11:01

"Don't do stupid shit."

Tomorrow's safety briefing: Definition of "stupid shit".

Any questions?

daveman

Why

03.04.2003 11:07

Look at this, and start asking yourself is it really worth it to risk my life in order to prevent happiness for the Iraqi's?
 http://www.meanmrmustard.net/movabletype/images/posted/20030402_sgtmarrkiss.jpg

Riet

WHY

03.04.2003 11:17

Look at the following link, and start asking yourself is it really worth it to risk my life in order to prevent happiness for the Iraqi's?
 http://www.meanmrmustard.net/movabletype/images/posted/20030402_sgtmarrkiss.jpg

Riet

these people are right, we must obey!

03.04.2003 13:05

Can't you stupid lefties see? These so-called 'civilians' dying in Iraq are all Muslims, and as we know, Muslims are Nazis, so they deserve to die!

I know what you'll say; what about the kids? But that just shows how naive you all are. Those aren't really kids, they're Islamofascist demon clones created by Saddam Bin Laden in his vast underground laboratory!

Why are you so blind? When the US/UK imprison, torture and kill, they do so in the name of Freedom-n-Democracy (TM). And that's a GOOD thing! Honestly, didn't any of you see Black Hawk Down?

a nonny mouse

Hey there!

03.04.2003 14:11

What's it like to always lose?

Bun

QUESTION

03.04.2003 14:22

Question:

How does thinking this is a stupid idea have anything to do with being racist or bigoted, or for that matter fascist? Try thinking (Not that you people will) about what you say before you say it, you socialist, running around chained to trucks with your bending knees, Dictator hugging twits. When you get right down too it, we're fighting this whole thing to give IRaqis the same freedoms we enjoy. IF you can't see that simple fact, the world would be better off without you. Because when we succeed in Iraq, that will be the end result: an Iraq free of oppression, a democracy where people have a voice and need not fear for their lives or the lives of their families if they speak out. So go, be speed bumps; we're all better off without you Quislings.

Eric Elnicki
mail e-mail: gaheris99@hotmail.com

re: fuck off and join the army

03.04.2003 15:23

Dear Miss Point:

I thought you were a peace activist. Threatening violence to people who have different views than you undermines your credibility. It seems to me that you are the typical miserable liberal, a cynic who sees only the negative in everything, and protests for the sake of protesting without thinking about what your statements and actions actually mean.

Jbad

Darn dude!

03.04.2003 17:29

Ever thought about the human shield possibilities? Im goin. Meet ya over there 'kay?

HarveyVolbanger

What A Bunch Of Morons

03.04.2003 17:46

Thanks for attempting to keep Saddam in power, you idiots.

Vol

Fucking Idiots

03.04.2003 18:05

You people are a bunch of fucking idiots. I find it hilarious that you actually thought it would work! Please do take video!!

Kristi
mail e-mail: Jillangel30

Fuck off and join the army

03.04.2003 18:37

Miss Point is probably the protestor who probably came up with the idea, that's why she's pissed it didn't work.


HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!

Kristi

Please tell me you guys haven't bred.

03.04.2003 20:23

Holy moley, you guys are dumb. Do you have kids? Please tell me you don't. If you do, please teach them to think, eh? They'll live a lot longer.

Loyal Citizen Victor
mail e-mail: crow@biteme.com

Protests

03.04.2003 20:56

why waste your time and energy on vehicles. Be REAL protestors and volunteer as human shields in Iraq. I hear we are running out of targets. Now, are you man enough to follow thru or are you just full of talk with this protest crap? Actions speak louder than words and based on what i read about the foiled attempt to lock up on vehicles only to have your asses draged down the road like complete idiots shows that your group isn't the smartest pea brains on the planet.

GG

We won't back down

03.04.2003 20:57




Phil R From the Animal House

We won't back down...

03.04.2003 20:58




Phil R from Animal House

I-D-I-O-T-S & F-O-O-L-S

03.04.2003 21:09

I wish those who reached the truck could have locked themselves up and enjoyed a ride of their life. Too bad they failed. Oh well, you could always become human shields but i guess you would screw that up aswell.

Q-TIP

Interesting feedback

04.04.2003 01:10

I notice that this article has attracted lots of feedback.

I also note looking at the logs that all the 'hey you guys are real stupid' post has come from the same two american IP addresses. Looks like two US good old boyz have been pissing themselves writing dozens of near identical and tedious comments - real clever boys - that why they didn't let you in the military?

Anyway. I'll point out a couple of things. Firstly, convoys carrying nuclear weapons in this country have been successfully halted many times using similar tactics. Secondly, both attempts to block the dumb bombs convoy to Fairford have delayed delivery, if only slightly.

To those involves - nice try and better luck next time. Ignore the childish remarks posted by our two unfortunate american friends, its not really their fault (I blame the media ;-)

Admin

Real World

04.04.2003 07:28

How many Attacks on the UK by Al-Qaeda on the scale of Sept. 11 have been stopped by MI5 & MI6? I know, but I want to see how much of the REAL WORLD you know about.

SIMON

Interesting feedback

04.04.2003 17:14

Damn, be a little more imaginative on your tactics when trying to stop vehicles making their deliveries. I suggest diving under the wheels as the truck moves so that the driver will think he has a flat tire. :-)

englishman with common sense

Try it over Here......

04.04.2003 18:39

Come on over here and try this @ Eglin AFB in the states. I'll personally shoot your ass you low life. Anyone set against freeing people from a maniacal Dictator who terrorizes his own people is just as much a part of that maniacal Dictators regime. I'd personally give you and your buddies a permanent dirt nap!!!!!!!!!!!

Dean

Admin?

04.04.2003 19:52

This is actually Jbad from above. See, anyone can call themselves admin and pretend to have some authority. Admin: I don't believe you. You are lying.

Maybe it's the spelling/grammatical errors, I don't know. I would hope that an administrator on a respectable and unbiased news medium like indymedia dot org would have an effective command of their own language, but perhaps I have set the bar too high.

Admin

The only thing left to do is

05.04.2003 02:02

Move to Bahgdad, where the government loves the people and you can protest without risking injury. The people who love the USA will probably chip in on the ticket costs.

Ray

Instructed ?

06.04.2003 18:37

I hope so .

Dorben
mail e-mail: Dorben2@excite.com

yeah

07.04.2003 02:38

yeah! yeah lets get ourselfs killed so the iraqis can remain under brutal oppression and we can protect frances economic intrests, and say we are working for peace, yeah good idea.

k baz

Speedbumps teh world over.

07.04.2003 18:42

What's the difference between an American screaming speedbump and a Canadian screaming speedbump?














American screaming speedbumps go, "AAUGH!"
Canadian screaming speedbumps go, "EEEEH?"

Please people, do try to stop huffing the glue or toking the bong, Saddam Hussein will not personally reward you for trying to stop any bombs. Even if you went to teh warzone and tried to catch them.
He gassed his own people, and had people fed into plastic shredders feet first. He still had several tons of undestroyed VX, Sarin, and mustard gas at the end of the LAST round of inspections. You know, the one round of inspections where the inspectors were kicked out?
They left behind monitoring equipment by the weapons in the warehouse where they were sitting. (Simple enough explanation for you people? Or do I need to drop the apparent grade level understanding needed to about the fourth grade?)
When Hans Blix shouwed up, the equipment AND weapons were gone.
Now, gee, where do you think they went?
And what about the women being raped by the Fedeyeen and the Baath party thugs in Iraq?
Don't they deserve to be free from such fear?
I suppose not.
I suppose you people think it's okay for the powerful to rape and torture women and children.
You think it's murder to attempt to remove an oppressive dictator.
Only morons believe we are purposefully targeting women and children with bombs.
But, then again, only morons try to chain themselves to teh underside of trucks.

Gothmog
mail e-mail: Blog@warblog.com

Idiots

07.04.2003 19:39

You think you are actually accomplishing anything? the Bombs dropped have been stored for months, those are just replacements. If you want to stop they war, why don't you figure out a way to get Saddam to lay in front of one of those lorries you fools think are so critical to the fate of the world- a quick gun of the motor and we would stop bombing by dinnertime.

Ray

Plan C!

08.04.2003 04:38

I say there chaps! What a splendid plan you had! Too bad it didn't come together quite like you had hoped, but I propose an alternative! You should drive down to the Royal Navy base in Portsmouth, and chain yourself to the bottom of a Royal Navy ship! That way they can't sail off to the gulf and free an oppressed people from rapists and murderers! Right-o then! I'll even donate some chain!

Bloody Yank