Press Release: FAIRFORD, IRAQ WAR ON TRIAL
SPECIAL INTEREST: These trials will consider the legality of the war on Iraq.
SPECIAL EVENT: Vigil to mark resumption of Hearings, & to mark 6 months
on from the invasion of Iraq.
SPECIAL INTEREST: These trials will consider the legality of the war on Iraq.
SPECIAL EVENT: Vigil to mark resumption of Hearings, & to mark 6 months
on from the invasion of Iraq.
Place: Gloucester Crown Court. Friday 19th September 2003 @ 9:15am.
(Please see the notes section for more information.)
For Immediate Release.
LEGAL CONTACTS:
This is a general release version of the press release, so the contacts have been removed.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND BOTH THE VIGIL & HEARING.
On 19th Sept Judge Jamie Tabor, sitting in Gloucester Crown Court, will
decide on procedures by which the 'Fairford' jury trials will be heard. All
defendants in these 4 cases - Paul Milling, Margaret Jones, Phil Pritchard,
Toby Olditch, Josh Richards, Kate Holcombe, Geoffrey Cornock - will
invoke 'lawful excuse' for disabling, or attempting to disable, planes &
support equipment at Fairford Air Force base (Cotswolds, Gloucestershire)
in the weeks prior to the invasion of Iraq. All of them acted on the grounds
that the war on Iraq was illegal making their actions, or attempted actions,
legal. In the case of Kate Holcolme, she denies the charge of criminal damage to a
perimeter gate.
NOTES TO THE READER:
DATE: Friday 19th September. TIME: 9:15am onwards.
PLACE: Gloucester Crown Court. Kimbrose Way. Along the A430 off the
A38. On the junction of Commercial Rd & Southgate St. MAP BELOW:
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=383000&Y=218500&scale=1
0000
This Hearing coincides with 6 months on from the invasion of Iraq. Vigils
will be held across the country to mark this date. There will also be a Vigil
outside Gloucester Crown. To get there please follow the directions above.
BACKGROUND: Fairford is in the Cotswolds, UK. RAF/USAF Fairford is
one of only 3 forward bases (outside the US) for B2 Stealth bombers. The
others are in Guam and Diego Garcia. In tests the B2 has released B61
and B83 mini-nuclear weapons, the first of a new generation.
On 3rd and 4th March 2003, fourteen B52 bombers from USAF 23rd Bomb
Squadron 'Barons' arrived at RAF/USAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, UK, to
prepare for the aerial bombing of Iraq, which began on the 20th March
2003. On April 24th 2003, after 142 flights and 54 days, they left.
(Please see the notes section for more information.)
For Immediate Release.
LEGAL CONTACTS:
This is a general release version of the press release, so the contacts have been removed.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND BOTH THE VIGIL & HEARING.
On 19th Sept Judge Jamie Tabor, sitting in Gloucester Crown Court, will
decide on procedures by which the 'Fairford' jury trials will be heard. All
defendants in these 4 cases - Paul Milling, Margaret Jones, Phil Pritchard,
Toby Olditch, Josh Richards, Kate Holcombe, Geoffrey Cornock - will
invoke 'lawful excuse' for disabling, or attempting to disable, planes &
support equipment at Fairford Air Force base (Cotswolds, Gloucestershire)
in the weeks prior to the invasion of Iraq. All of them acted on the grounds
that the war on Iraq was illegal making their actions, or attempted actions,
legal. In the case of Kate Holcolme, she denies the charge of criminal damage to a
perimeter gate.
NOTES TO THE READER:
DATE: Friday 19th September. TIME: 9:15am onwards.
PLACE: Gloucester Crown Court. Kimbrose Way. Along the A430 off the
A38. On the junction of Commercial Rd & Southgate St. MAP BELOW:
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=383000&Y=218500&scale=1 0000
This Hearing coincides with 6 months on from the invasion of Iraq. Vigils
will be held across the country to mark this date. There will also be a Vigil
outside Gloucester Crown. To get there please follow the directions above.
BACKGROUND: Fairford is in the Cotswolds, UK. RAF/USAF Fairford is
one of only 3 forward bases (outside the US) for B2 Stealth bombers. The
others are in Guam and Diego Garcia. In tests the B2 has released B61
and B83 mini-nuclear weapons, the first of a new generation.
On 3rd and 4th March 2003, fourteen B52 bombers from USAF 23rd Bomb
Squadron 'Barons' arrived at RAF/USAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, UK, to
prepare for the aerial bombing of Iraq, which began on the 20th March
2003. On April 24th 2003, after 142 flights and 54 days, they left.
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