NETHERLANDS: anti-NATO activists occupie forest, build tree houses and tunnels
sandago de mencizra | 09.01.2006 04:08 | Anti-militarism | Ecology | Free Spaces | World
In Schinveld, near the dutch-german border members of "Groenfront" and independent acitivists have occupied a forest and built tree houses for stopping the government buid a NATO-air base for AWACS planes.
Police is on the way.
UPDATE
+ Since 1:00 a police helicopter is flying above the forest
+ Since 1:45 about 20 police vans are in the area, people have been arrested
+ 2:00 a 2nd helicopter
+ 2:10 Ca. 300 Riot Cops attack the camp, shooting with fog grenades. Cops surrounded the camp. people shouting
+ about 100 german riot Cops support netherland police, moving on territory of the netherlands. fire fighters deny to support the police
+ german riot Cops moved back, leaving vehicles, attack systems and so on for the netherland police
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