Seige of Hillsborough

national | miscellaneous | news report Monday April 07, 2003 01:25 by Seige of Hillsborough [+44] 07720863770

The Siege of Hillsborough Castle Monday the 7th of April. ######################### The Arrival of George Bush and Tony Blair at Hillsborough Castle is to be met with little welcome from the public of Northern Ireland. People are already arriving from all over Britain and Ireland to 'lay siege' to Hillsborough Castle.

The Siege of Hillsborough Castle
Monday the 7th of April.
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The Arrival of George Bush and Tony Blair at Hillsborough Castle is to be met with little welcome from the public of Northern Ireland. People are already arriving from all over Britain and Ireland to 'lay siege' to Hillsborough Castle.

Some tactics discussed, during the hectic two days of planning since information of their arrival was leaked to the media, include naked pieing of the the president and prime minister, traditional banging of pots & pans, dustbin lids, and lambeg drums.

Northern Irish opposition to the War on Iraq is part of a Global Anti War Majority opposing what continues to be an unnecessary and illegal war. Furthermore, the peace credentials of Geoge Bush are met with serious skepticism by many here who have worked on the ground, long and hard, to establish a difficult and precarious peace.

Media Contact Numbers:

"Siege of Hillsborough" Pressline #1 [+44] 07773918589
("Siege of Hillsborough" Pressline #2 [+44] 07729785327)
Irish Anti-War Movement [+44] 07977924321
Justice Not Terror Coalition [+44] 07715110517

Related Irish Anti-War Movement Contacts:

Shannon Airport Civil Disobedience Pressline [+353] 061365871

For further information on the global anti-war majority:
The epicenter [+1] 415 722 1846

See also Independent Media Ireland at: http://ireland.indymedia.org

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Points for journalists:

1) Beyond its own borders the USA is rapidly using up the goodwill it acquired on september 11th.

2) It is widely acknowledged that war in the middle east will feed oppostition to the United States interests worldwide and birth the next generation of anti-western 'terrorists'.

3) Despite attempts to whip up patriotic fervour and an create an atmosphere where dissent to globalisation can be clamped down upon popular opposition to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) continues to grow.