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DSEI pix from Tuesday.

Guido | 14.09.2007 12:42 | DSEi 2007 | Anti-militarism | London

The saga of the Space Hijackers and those tanks.

In Pictures.

Inside the secret nerve centre.
Inside the secret nerve centre.

'I suspect we are being spied upon?'
'I suspect we are being spied upon?'

"Peekaboo!"
"Peekaboo!"

The Thick Team arrive.
The Thick Team arrive.

The tank gets blocked....
The tank gets blocked....

...and so does the cops van.
...and so does the cops van.

"Come on sir, it would be a shame if we had to run over you."
"Come on sir, it would be a shame if we had to run over you."

So the Space Hijackers agree a route with the plods.
So the Space Hijackers agree a route with the plods.

Finally the tank starts moving...
Finally the tank starts moving...

...only to stopped again for road safety checks.
...only to stopped again for road safety checks.

The embedded media swing into action.
The embedded media swing into action.

'Actually folks, this was all just a decoy...
'Actually folks, this was all just a decoy...

...the real tank is heading for DSEI as we speak.'
...the real tank is heading for DSEI as we speak.'

"Now who put that there?"
"Now who put that there?"

She might have something to do with it.
She might have something to do with it.

Welcoming the death merchants.
Welcoming the death merchants.

Bang, crash, clatter, ect.
Bang, crash, clatter, ect.

Meanwhile at the death 'fair'....
Meanwhile at the death 'fair'....

...the death industry suits are enjoying the rides.
...the death industry suits are enjoying the rides.

And guess who is paying for the security operation?
And guess who is paying for the security operation?


Total cost of protecting DSEI from people who think it is wrong to sell weapons of torture and mass destruction to dictatorships?

3 MILLION

And who is picking up the tab? The arms industry? The government?

NOPE, The people of London thats who.

Guido
- e-mail: guidoreports@riseup.net

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