Death Ships descend on Cork

cork | anti-war / imperialism | news report Friday June 17, 2005 16:50 by John Jefferies - Cork Anti-War Campaign

Ships of six NATO countries, including Iraq occupiers arriving in Cork

Cork Capital of Culture becomes capital of Killer Ships.

Warships from six NATO countries are arriving in Cork on so-called courtesy visits in Cork's year as European Capital of Culture.

Cork Anti-War Campaign is organising a protest demonstration this Sunday, 19th June at the city's Custom House where already on warship Britain's HMS Grafton stands at the junction of the Eamon DeValera and Michael Collins Bridges, guarded by members of the Garda Armed Response Unit with their Uzi submachine guns along with regular Gardai.

Ships from Britain, Australia, Poland, Pakistan, Holland and Germany - all members of NATO and four of them leading supporters of the war and occupation of Iraq.

Cork Anti-War Campaign strongly opposes the visit of these killer ships to Cork as being wholly inappropriate and hardly having anything to do with culture.

The first demonstration will be held this Sunday at 3pm when the UK and Australian ships will be present. A further protest will be held the following week when the other NATO ships will have arrived.