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- From: bane@vtx.ma.man.ac.uk (Michael!)
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- Subject: Re: Swords into Ploughshares: British weapons factory attacked
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- Date: 22 Jan 93 00:34:43 GMT
- References: <1993Jan20.075730.3991@mont.cs.missouri.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan20.075730.3991@mont.cs.missouri.edu>, rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel) writes:
- |> /** reg.easttimor: 349.0 **/
- |> ** Topic: BAe weapons factory attacked **
- |> ** Written 11:10 am Jan 17, 1993 by gn:tapol in cdp:reg.easttimor **
- |> British Aerospace weapons factory attacked
- |>
- |> The following Press Release was issued on 7 January by British
- |> Aerospace Ploughshares. (Slightly abridged.)
- |>
- |> Note: Chris Cole in now on remand in Bedford Prison. At a
- |> court hearing in Stevenage on 14 January, an application for
- |> bail was refused; the prosecution argued that he might repeat
- |> the offence or fail to attend a future court hearing. Anyone
- |> wishing to keep in touch with BAe Ploughshares should write to
- |> them at: c/o NVRN, 162 Holloway Road. London N7 8DQ. TAPOL
- |>
- |> -----------------------
- |>
- |> SWORDS INTO PLOUGHSHARES: THE CONVERSION HAS BEGUN
- |>
- |> At 4 am on 6 January 1993, Chris Cole, a christian peace
- |> activist from Oxford, entered a British Aerospace (BAe)
- |> weapons factory in Stevenage, Herts, and used household
- |> hammers to disarm nosecones for the European Fighter Aircraft,
- |> for Hawk strike attack aircraft and other militer equipment.
- |> BAe has agreed to sell 24 Hawk aircraft to Indonesia, for use
- |> against the people of East Timor.
- |>
- |> Chris was arrested after an hour, after he had visited four
- |> buildings. The damage, according to the Crown Prosecution, is
- |> valued as at least 475,000. The total could well be twice
- |> that figure. The damage Chris has done may well have set back
- |> the European Fighter Aircraft Programme and the Hawk
- |> production process. This delay could well save many East
- |> Timorese lives and strengthen the case for cancellation of the
- |> deal.
- |>
- |> Chris poured his own blood onto equipment in the Reinforced
- |> and Microwave Plastics building where all BAe missiles and
- |> aircraft are made. After his arrest, his Oxford home was
- |> raided by the police who took away many of his belongings.
- |>
- |> Chris was wearing a white coat with "BAe Bomb Disposal"
- |> written on the back and had a BAe-style identity card on it
- |> saying, "Chris Cole Disarmer". He left a statement at the site
- |> which linked his actions to the christian feast of the
- |> Epiphany on 6 January. He wrote: "The Epiphany remembers when
- |> three men presented gifts to the infant Jesus. My gift of
- |> disarmament is for all infants who are threatened by BAe
- |> weapons, from Northern Ireland to East Timor."
- |> ** End of text from cdp:reg.easttimor **
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- People might be interested in a meeting about this in Manchester on 16 Feb 93,
- in Quaker/Friends meeting house - more details available upon email request.
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- Michael Bane
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