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Four Antimilitarist Spaniards Arrested At Faslane

aamoc | 19.03.2007 08:56 | Faslane | Anti-militarism

Antimilitarist activists of diferent parts of the
Spanish State have travelled to the military base where this submarines
are located in Faslane (Scotland), to carry out an action of blockade.
This antimilitarist action is within the framework of a campaign that is
taking place since last october.



FOR ANTIMILITARIST SPANISH PEOPLE ARRESTED AT MILITARY BASE OF NUCLEAR
SUBMARINES (SCOTLAND)



Last Thursday march 18th the British passed the updating of their
nuclear arsenal, including the nuclear submarines nucleares with Trident
missiles with more destructive power (12 nuclear heads) than the bombs
thrown over Hirosima and Nagasaki. The cost of this programe goes up to
30.000 millions of euros. These are real mass destruction weapons

In view of this, antimilitarist activists of diferent parts of the
Spanish State have travelled to the military base where this submarines
are located in Faslane (Scotland), to carry out an action of blockade.
This antimilitarist action is within the framework of a campaign that is
taking place since last october. Up to now there have been 579 people
from all ovr the world arreested in several actions of blockade. Also,
in front of the military base, there is a peace camp (Faslane Peace
Camp) to demand the disarmament of the base and the non-proliferation of
nuclear weapons. This Peace Camp has been operating for 25 years.

AA-MOC has been working for years to build a world without wars where
Armies and weapons -particulary if they are nuclear- have no place, a
world where the huge military expenses (almost 18.000 millions of euros
in the Spanish State this year) are devoted to cover social necessities.

Today AA-MOC has bockaded the North gate of the Military Base of Faslane
in Scotland. To do so, two women and two men from Salamanca, Madrid,
Zaragoza and Alicante -supported by other activists of the State- have
poured red paint over themselves. The red colour symbolizes the
suffering and the bloodshed that these weapons of mass destruction can
cause. The paint has impeded the immediate detention of the activists.
Finally they have been arrested and moved to diferent police stations
They were released ten hours later without charges.

Telephone for interviews: (34) 609.469.599 ó (34) 696.343.586

To dowmload photos:  http://www.box.net/shared/1d8sqy8gcy

Video:  http://www.box.net/shared/m1om1e29pc

Further info (spanish): www.insumissia.org

aamoc
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