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Vanunu kidnap revisited in manchester

Chris Edwards | 30.09.2003 15:13 | Repression | London

On 30th September 2003, a dramatised reconstruction of the kidnapping of the Israeli nuclear weapons whistle-blower, Mordechai Vanunu, was carried out by anti-war activists in Manchester, UK.



Broadband video clip at:  http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/09/1649463.php

56k modemsclips at:  http://tv.oneworld.net/tapestry?story=843&window=full

The event was staged outside an Italian restaurant, Caffe Uno, opposite Manchester Town Hall, by members of Greater Manchester Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND).

Vanunu was kidnapped in Rome in 1986 (hence the location of this reconstruction at Caffe Uno!) by Mossad agents and he has been imprisoned in Israel. He is still in jail.

The dramatised reconstruction was to commemeorate the 13th anniversary of Vanunu's kidnapping.

Manchester city councillor, Neil Swannick, a member the Labour Party and also of CND, agreed to play the part of Vanunu. Two CND members, dressed as rather sinister looking Mossad thugs in dark glasses, descended upon Swannick as he was taking early morning coffee outside the cafe in Albert Square. The two men grabbed Swannick and bundled him into a car which drove off at high speed.

Chris Edwards

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Another still

30.09.2003 15:27


Another photo of the vanunu "kidnap".

Chris Edwards


Rockwell your comments please.

01.10.2003 10:39

Love to get your comments on this as it will complete the 'typical analysis of a piglet' for me.

ram


Vanunu was a werewolf!

01.10.2003 14:44

Vanunu was a criminal! He deserved to pay for his treason! How can people criticise Mossad for drugging and kidnapping an Israeli citizen and bringing him back home? Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East and it needs as many voters as it can get! He should never have told anyone about Israel's weapons of mass destruction as this is what made Saddam Hussein build all of his!

[sorry, I'll have to stop there. Trying to "think" like Rockwell is making me feel sick - M.]

Mockwell