I've got all this information from local TV this morning so apologies for inaccuracies.
Its not on the Trident Ploughshares website yet, but they have blockaded BAe arms factory in Edinburgh today in protest at the Iraqi war.
Also, Greenpeace have reoccupied the Sizewell B Nuclear plant in England to highlight the lax security there.
MI5 have ordered that a fence be built around Mugdock resevoir near Glasgow to prevent terrorists poisoning it.
Lothian & Borders police has written to businesses urging them to vet all staff as potential terrorists.
Congratualtions to Trident Ploughshares and Greenpeace. It is truly scary how many times since 911 that protestors have occupied both nuclear power stations and Trident nuclear submarines, either of which would have catastrophic consequences were they terrorists. These people will be charged as criminals for highlighting the risks we face while the base commanders remain unpunished for risking millions of lives through inadequate security. Personally I blame the politicians for pretending that there is or ever can be adequate security around these bases. At least until the war on terrorism is over, our nuclear bases should be mothballed.
It is also pretty scary that military 'intelligence' think a fence will prevent a determined terrorist from accessing a resevior, or for that matter a determined child. Presumably they don't, presumably the story of the fence is deliberately meant to scare the populace, or just to cover some officials arse in case of such an attack. That would also explain the police advice to screen employees as terrorists, which serves no real purpose than to add to the climate of fear and mistrust - I mean, how many employers would hire people they suspect may be terrorists ?
These four stories show that it is the peace protestors who are highlighting the true dangers our society faces, and the security services that are deliberately panicking the public with their incompetence. Lets see a few less protestors in prison and a few more incompetent security officers and politicians on trial.
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