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Peace Activists Remanded after Attempting to Disarm B-52 Bomber at RAF Fairford by Andrew Wood 12:51pm Wed Mar 19 '03 [email protected]
This afternoon, 19 March, at Cheltenham Magistrates Court, two peace activists from Oxford were remanded in custody at Gloucester Prison after being charged with criminal damage offences. They were arrested yesterday after trying to disarm a B52 bomber [3] at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.
Wednesday March 19 2003 M E D I A R E L E A S E
Peace Activists Remanded after Attempting to Disarm a B-52 Bomber at RAF Fairford
This afternoon, 19 March, at Cheltenham Magistrates Court, two peace activists from Oxford were remanded in custody at Gloucester Prison after being charged with criminal damage offences [1]. They were arrested yesterday [2] after trying to disarm a B52 bomber [3] at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire [4].
One of the activists Philip Pritchard said: “These planes are weapons of mass destruction, It’s up to us to prevent them from being used to kill innocent people in Iraq. This war is illegal and morally unacceptable. If Tony Blair and George Bush really want to stop terrorism they should stop behaving like terroristsâ€.
Toby Olditch, the other activist said: “Each of us has a responsibility to take action against the move towards an illegal attack on Iraq, we only have hours left in which to prevent this humanitarian disaster,â€
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