Media Round-up: Shannon Warport Protest

by iosaf - rebeltech Sun Jan 19, 2003 19:00

Ní maith leo an fíor a cur.

The Americans didn´t ask for permission.
That is the nature of "power".

That is
why we choose
we are not chosen

Reagan did not ask
Mrs Saxe Coburg Goethe Windsor
for permission to attack
Granada
It was no longer needed.

Hubris.
Suez.
neither UK nor France
asked for permission to attack
Suez.
Nemesis.

They claim they had not the power nor intelligence to stop Sept 11 2001.
If so what has changed?

Cassandra.
Reclaim the Genome.
a global message.
a global reply.

Be irritating!
"we are a rash"
:-)
:-)
o o
¿

smile.
we are almost there.

by Confused by Harney Sun Jan 19, 2003 18:54

The Irish government is not breaking its own laws by allowing US military planes to land at Shannon airport, it has been claimed.
Tanaiste Mary Harney said there was no truth in the claims made on Saturday at an anti-war protest.
``There is no question of the government breaking the law and of course what`s happening globally is under UN mandate,`` Ms Harney said.
``America is a friendly country,`` she said. ``America is well aware of what our laws are and the government is well aware of the implications of enforcing the law and certainly if there was any change from the government`s perspective that would have to be a matter for the Oireachtas in the future.

Wait a minute...

"``America is well aware of what our laws are and the government is well aware of the implications of enforcing the law.."

So the folks in Washington know our laws. Okay.
Sounds fine...

"The Government is well aware of the implications of enforcing the law"?

What the hell does that mean?
Does it mean what I think it means?

Any chance of a clarification Tanaiste?

by Tim Sun Jan 19, 2003 18:50

http://www.dailystar.com/star/today/30119NProtests-Glan.html

Rallies held around the globe
Thousands say no to Iraq war
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A look at a selection of other anti-war demonstrations Saturday in U.S. cities and around the world:

* Orange County, Calif.: About 300 marched to the Nixon Presidential Library.

* Florida: "Smart Bombs Dumb Move," said a sign at a St. Augustine protest that drew 200. About 400 assembled in Venice. About 500 in Tampa rallied outside the gates of MacDill Air Force Base, home to U.S. Central Command, which would coordinate an Iraq war.

* Indianapolis: A crowd that reached 600 huddled at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in temperatures in the teens.

* Des Moines, Iowa: More than 125 marched two miles in near-freezing temperatures.

* Las Vegas: Tourists gawked and motorists honked as 200 protesters rallied on the Strip. One sign: "Elvis hates war."

* Lansing, Mich.: Hundreds marched to the Capitol.

* Albuquerque, N.M.: About 800 protested near the University of New Mexico campus; 500 marched downtown to rally outside an Army recruiting office.

* Portland, Ore.: Streets rang with drumbeats and peace hymns, and marchers hoisted signs with slogans like "Grandmas for Peace," in a protest that drew 20,000.

* Montpelier, Vt.: About 3,000 marched.

* Britain: Near London, about 200 anti-war protesters demonstrated outside a military base. Several thousand marched in Bradford.

* China: A small group of demonstrators marched to the U.S. and British consulates in Hong Kong.

* France: In the third nationwide anti-war demonstration since October, 6,000 protested in Paris.

* Germany: Hundreds of protesters rallied outside the U.S. Army Europe headquarters in Heidelberg.

* India: Hundreds of communist workers burned an effigy of President Bush.

* Ireland: Protesters converged on Shannon Airport to protest its use as a refueling stop for U.S. military aircraft.

* Italy: Activists among 2,000 protesters in Bologna tried to break through a police line around an unrelated demonstration of rightists, and police responded with tear gas. American residents in Florence were among around 2,000 who formed a human chain near the U.S. Consulate.

* Japan: Students rallied in Tokyo.

* Middle East: A march in Cairo, Egypt, drew 1,000. About 4,000 in Lebanon waved posters showing Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. In Jordan, 300 in Amman burned U.S., British and Israeli flags.

* Netherlands: Hundreds marched the streets of Rotterdam, Nijmegen and Leiden. In Uden, police detained 90 activists for trying to enter an air base where U.S. and Dutch forces are stationed.

* Norway: A few hundred demonstrators gathered in Oslo.

* Pakistan: Hundreds marched in several cities.

* Russia: Outside the U.S. Embassy, Russians chanted "U.S. hands off Iraq!" and "Yankee, go home!"

* Sweden: About 5,000 marched in Goteborg.

* Turkey: Communists demonstrated outside a theater showing the latest James Bond movie to protest the U.S.-British alliance.

by if i am not a number am i counted? - rebeltech Sun Jan 19, 2003 18:49 the living world

The Western markets are presently "bullish".
The richest economy (USA) is experiencing difficulty due to the unplanned for effects of a general strike in Venezuela which have given advantage to OPEC states.
Leading economists are currently pitching the drop in corporated unit trusts as indications of the beginning of long term slump in investor confidence building on the collapse of Enron, worldcom and alledged irregularites in other sectors.
The dollar is sluggishly responding to recent highs in European markets as investors hedge their bets on Bush´s administrations handling of energy policy.
The British forces assembling on the border of Iraq were mostly due to go anyway to take part in training exercises off the coast of Malaysia.
The build-up of American forces is not effecting aerospace shares the traditional root to death investment.
Faustian Pax
the world´s leading advisor on business financial intelligece has seen no support in futures exchanges for the build-up.
Liffe it seems finally has a price?
This round-up is cool RDJ.
Symbolic references to our past will shape our future, if you find yourself in a minority then act as one.
IF you are outvoted then choose a tactical vote.
we have symbolic numbers.