Before the illegal invasion & bombing of Iraq, five
members of the pacifist Catholic Worker movement made their way into Shannon Airport and non-violently
disarmed a U.S. navy war plane in the early hours of
February 3rd. 2003.
Robbie Sinnott, who was recently in Binghamton NY, explains the significance of this trial.
http://www.binghamtonpmc.org/SP4/Sept23ploughshares.mov
See also:
http://www.binghamtonpmc.org/newswire/display/1439/index.php
members of the pacifist Catholic Worker movement made their way into Shannon Airport and non-violently
disarmed a U.S. navy war plane in the early hours of
February 3rd. 2003.
Robbie Sinnott, who was recently in Binghamton NY, explains the significance of this trial.
http://www.binghamtonpmc.org/SP4/Sept23ploughshares.mov See also:
http://www.binghamtonpmc.org/newswire/display/1439/index.php
Ireland Puts The Iraq War on Trial
The Pit Stop Ploughshares Deirdre Clancy, Nuin Dunlop, Karen Fallon, Ciaron O'Reilly & Damien Moran spent 4 to 11 weeks in Limerick Prison. They went to trial in March 2005 on two counts of Criminal Damage -€100 and $U.S.2.5million.
Penalties if convicted carry a maximum of ten years
imprisonment.
The week of their inital trial in March saw 80 international & numerous Irish anti-war activists converge on Dublin. It was a week of public witness against the war, with evenings of celebration of the disarmament and public meetings concerning ongoing Irish involvement in the war on Iraq.
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The March trial collapsed on the 6th. day when the Judge called a mistrial, dismissed the jury and instructed the media not to report on the reasons for a mistrial.
The Pitstop Ploughshares 5 return to trial at
Dublin's Four Courts on Monday October 24th. The trial
is likely to run for two weeks.
More information here:
www.peaceontrial.com/
Penalties if convicted carry a maximum of ten years
imprisonment.
The week of their inital trial in March saw 80 international & numerous Irish anti-war activists converge on Dublin. It was a week of public witness against the war, with evenings of celebration of the disarmament and public meetings concerning ongoing Irish involvement in the war on Iraq.
_____________
The March trial collapsed on the 6th. day when the Judge called a mistrial, dismissed the jury and instructed the media not to report on the reasons for a mistrial.
The Pitstop Ploughshares 5 return to trial at
Dublin's Four Courts on Monday October 24th. The trial
is likely to run for two weeks.
More information here:
www.peaceontrial.com/
