Scoop December 2008

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==Trial: 'Lakenheath 8', Mon-Thur Dec 1st-4th, Ipswich Crown Court==
==Trial: 'Lakenheath 8', Mon-Thur Dec 1st-4th, Ipswich Crown Court==
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'Lakenheath 8' go to trial over 2 years later..
 
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On 3rd November 2008 the 'Lakenheath 8' had their final pre-trial review. The trial will take place from December 1st - 4th at Ipswich Crown Court, two years and two months after their taking action to prevent more innocent victims in the continuing bombing of Iraq and Afghanistan undertaken by US planes from USAF Lakenheath in Suffolk. (Crown court applies to the venue, not this trial, which will be heard by a District Judge).
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Seven people are on trial over alleged offences in October 2006 at RAF
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On the 2nd October 2006, 8 people cut the fence ran into the US military base and locked themselves to the gate of the Special Munitions Store at RAF Lakenheath in order to stop the use of those weapons and in order to secure evidence of War Crimes.
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Lakenheath in Suffolk when they cut through the fence and locked themselves onto the
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(the complete article: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/11/412703.html)
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gates of a ‘technical munitions area’. The defendants claim to have seen
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cluster bombs in this area and had secured the area so that police could
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investigate alleged war crimes. They were arrested and charged with
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criminal damage and under section 128 of the Serious Organised Crime and
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Police Act.
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Peace campaigners from surrounding areas will support those on trial.  
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Cluster Bomb Treaty
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Coincidentally over 100 countries (but not including the United States) are
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signing a cluster bomb in Oslo while the trial is in progress. This would
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outlaw the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster bombs.
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This does not, however, mean that until the treaty is signed that the use
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of cluster bombs is legal. They are deemed to be indiscriminate and
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therefore already illegal under international law and this is one of the
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reasons for the treaty which would also outlaw the production and
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stockpiling of these weapons.
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This has already demonstrated in the courts. In 2003 two peace campaigners
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were found not guilty by at jury after an attempt to disable US B52 bombers
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allegedly carrying cluster bombs to be dropped in Iraq. In former
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Yugoslavia Milan Martić was also convicted by the International Tribunal
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for war crimes in the use of cluster munitions against Zagreb.
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Further information on: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/11/412703.html
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'''Peace campaigners from East Anglia support those on trial.'''
On Monday, Dec 1st, 10am, we will be laying flowers outside the court for the victims of the indiscriminate cluster bombs and supporting
On Monday, Dec 1st, 10am, we will be laying flowers outside the court for the victims of the indiscriminate cluster bombs and supporting
those inside who expose the part played by the  U.S. bases on our doorstep.
those inside who expose the part played by the  U.S. bases on our doorstep.
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On all days of trial supporters will be present, please come and join.
 
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More info on the trial,
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Court support, from 10am-5pm, is welcome on all days of trial (Dec 1-4, 2008).
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Contact Mell Harrison, Mellcndeast@cnduk.org, 0845 3370282
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Ipswich Crown Court, 1 Russell Road Ipswich Suffolk IP1 2AG
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More info on the trial: contact Mell Harrison, Mellcndeast@cnduk.org, 0845 3370282
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==Transition Norwich Theme Groups - Dec. 2008==
==Transition Norwich Theme Groups - Dec. 2008==

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