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national / anti-war / imperialism Thursday November 20, 2003 12:27 by Indymedia Ireland Editorial Group
''What is planned for Saturday, December 6th, is designed to bring protest at Shannon to a
new level. Before deciding whether you intend to participate, take some time to examine the
context. Shannon airport is effectively a US airbase, with 100,000 troops shuttled through
in 2003 alone. In September, 141 US military flights landed at the airport bringing through
10,000 armed soldiers. Moreover, documents revealed in Edward Horgan�s court challenge
indicate that Patriot missiles have been transported through the airport. Bluntly put, an
Irish civilian airport has been integrated into the US war machine and is helping to kill
innocent people in Iraq and Afghanistan.
We cannot allow this to continue and, with resistance to the US occupation rising in both
Iraq and the United States, we need to take what we�ve been saying seriously. If Shannon
airport is helping to kill people, and with the government continuing to ignore the sound of
marching feet, then it is entirely justified to disrupt normal business until the US
military presence is removed. Enough is enough. Civil disobedience is completely justifiable
as a tactic when human lives are at stake. Think of Shannon as a US airbase, and then
consider whether you find that acceptable on Irish soil.''
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