At approximately 10.30 on the 12th of November, 3 activists from Faslane Peace Camp locked on across the Glen Fruin Haul road, stopping a nuclear warhead convoy for half an hour whilst it was en route from the Trident warhead depot at RNAD Coulport on the west coast of Scotland, near Glasgow to AWE Burghfield, near Reading, Berkshire.
The convoy itself carries weapons of mass destruction equivalent to 24 Hiroshimas along public highways and through population centres. The monitoring of these movements by activists has resulted in this being the second consecutive convoy stop in as many months.
For further information about nuclear weapons convoys see
http://www.nukewatch.org.uk/ Source:
http://scotland.indymedia.org/newswire/display/4798/index.php Block the Builders organised a major blockade of AWE Aldermaston and AWE Burghfield on Monday morning, with 13 arrests:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/11/385666.html?c=on
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nice one!
13.11.2007 17:19
new kwasher
PATHETIC
14.11.2007 10:43
George Freeman
Nice one George
14.11.2007 12:15
People are still dying because of nuclear tests carried out in the 50's and 60's over here in Australia. How in the world can this be acceptable. Go on George, enjoy your 'stuff' and leave it to the do-gooders to protect your grand children.
Graham Smith
e-mail:
flagelect@optusnet.com.au
Nukes out!
16.11.2007 11:44
Rosy glow.
Nukewatch update - 17 Nov 07
19.11.2007 00:27
They were held overnight for appearance the next day at Dumbarton Sheriff court, given trial date for sometime in Feb after which they were released yesterday afternoon.
It was apparently the cutting team van they blocked, and going on timings the convoy must have stopped and waited for the all clear.
Source:
Makhno
Homepage:
http://www.nukewatch.org.uk