AUDIO (10 mins)- Ciaron refered 2 in Cables from Dublin U.S. Embassy (wikileaks)
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AUDIO - D6 RADIO INTERVIEW (10 mins)
- Irish/ Australian Activist Ciaron O’Reilly Referred to in United States Secret Cables
Radio Adelaide
Adelaide, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
December 6, 2010
- Irish/ Australian Activist Ciaron O’Reilly Referred to in United States Secret Cables
Radio Adelaide
Adelaide, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
December 6, 2010
Ciaron O’Reilly was one of five Catholic peace activists who in February 2003 were charged with causing $US 2.5 million criminal damage to a US War Plane refuelling in Ireland.
O’Reilly and company were acquitted of these charges however the latest series of Wikileaks reveals that the US considered launching a civil case against them. Mr. O’Reilly reflected on this during his interview with Peter Godfrey this morning. (Dec 6 2010)
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O’Reilly and company were acquitted of these charges however the latest series of Wikileaks reveals that the US considered launching a civil case against them. Mr. O’Reilly reflected on this during his interview with Peter Godfrey this morning. (Dec 6 2010)
Download Audio:
http://radioadelaidebreakfast.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/australia-activist-ciaron-oreilly-referred-to-in-us-secret-cables-wikileaks/
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More background on this case.....
06.12.2010 14:46
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NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER (usa) - "WikiLeaks cables: US worried about Catholic Workers" by Claire Schaeffer-Duffy
"WikiLeaks cables: US worried about Catholic Workers"
by Claire Schaeffer-Duffy on Dec. 03, 2010
- National Catholic Reporter (USA)
The acquittal of five Catholic Workers for a disarmament action at Ireland’s Shannon Airport in 2003 was discussed in a secret U.S. cable, the latest release of documents from the international organization WikiLeaks shows.
The lengthy cable, sent to Washington in September 2006 by then-U.S. Ambassador to Ireland James C. Kenny, analyzes constraints on U.S. use of the airport imposed by the Irish government.
Kenny reports that while the Irish government supported continued U.S. transit at the airport, it had imposed restrictions on the transport of troops and war materiel, primarily in response to public criticism of U.S. actions in the Middle East.
Kenny writes: "Segments of the Irish public...see the airport as a symbol of Irish complicity in perceived U.S. wrongdoing in the Gulf/Middle East and in regard to extraordinary renditions, a view that underpinned a recent jury decision to acquit the “Shannon Five” protesters who damaged a U.S. naval aircraft."
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