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Pit Stop Ploughshares- Five Days from Trial at the Four Courts *Update & Chronology of Events
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anti-war / imperialism |
news report
 Wednesday October 19, 2005 12:38 by Ploughshares Defence Group 087 918 4552
They're on Trial for Us, We're on the Loose for Them!
Five peace activists go to trial at Dublin's Four Courts, on Monday October 24th. facing a maximum ten year sentence if convicted. Deirdre Clancy, Nuin Dunlop, Karen Fallon, Damien Moran & Ciaron O'Reilly have been
charged with two counts -
$US 2.5 million "criminal damage" to a U.S. Navy war plane enroute to Iraq and €100 damage to a hangar window on February 3rd. 2003. Both charges arise out of their nonviolent disarmament action at Shannon Airport - the major pit stop for U.S. forces en route to Iraq.
Following their action, the war plane was immediately returned to Texas after initial repairs, the 5 were slandered by two Goverment ministers, the Irish Army were deployed to Shannon, 3 U.S. companies transporting U.S. troops to the invasion pulled out of Ireland, the 5 were imprisoned in Limerick, then bailed and injuncted by Aer Rianta.
The Pit Stop Ploughshares have received widespread international support including a "prsidential pardon" from Martin Sheen of the "West Wing", a blessing from South African Bishop Tutu, dedications from Kris Kristoffersen & Joan Baez and solidarity from anti-war movements in Britain, U.S. & Australia.
The five defendants, all members of the pacifist Catholic Worker movement, were arrested at
Shannon Airport, County Clare, in the build up
to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Known as the "Pit Stop
Ploughshares", the five have caused controversy in a country that still claims to be neutral while monthly hosting 35,000 U.S. troops at Shannon Airport en route to the war on Iraq. A war that has been declared "immoral" by the Pope, "illegal" by U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and "unwinnable" by many U.S. military experts.
The "Pit Stop Ploughshares 5" originally went to trial at Dublin's Four Courts in March 2005. The
first trial ended in a mistrial on the sixth day.
The five will be accompanied to trial by Nobel Peace Prize winner Marriead Corrigan Maguire, U.S. Iraq War combat veteran Jimmy Massey, Rose Gentle mother of Scottish soldier killed in Iraq by a roadside bomb, Senator David Norris, Catholic nuns, Buddhist monks and peace activists travelling to the Dublin trial from a variety of countries.
O'Reilly stated "Since carrying out our act of our
nonviolent resistance to this illegal war, over
100,000 Iraqis have been slain, 2,000 U.S. military
killed, over 11,000 have been evacuated with loss of limb and sound mind, Ireland has become complicit in these deaths and a likely target as the war escalates and expands".
The five have called for solidarity from those in Ireland opposed to continued Irish complicity in the invasion, occupation and plunder of Iraq.
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15Upcoming Trial-Related Occurences/Events/Activism
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Wednesday-Friday Oct. 19th-21st 4-6pm
– Daily Ploughshares Vigil, GPO, O'Connell St.
Join in vigil & leafletting.
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Saturday Oct. 22nd 2-4pm: Information Stall at
Westmoreland st. Bank of Ireland College Green
(Opposite Trinity College)
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Sunday Oct. 23rd 5pm
Pre-Trial Celebration of Mass
St. Catherine's Church Meath st.
with Fr. Peter McVerry. Music by Emmaus
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Sunday Oct. 23rd 6-9.30pm:
Social Gathering with Music & Food & Documentaries.
Meet Peace Activists on Trial & International
Activists attending trial
St. Nicholas of Myra Hall,Carmon's Hall (Between
Francis St. and Meath St.)
*Bring Food to Share & your own drinks
The Ecology Society of NUI, Galway will host a public meeting with members of the Pit Stop Ploughshares this Thursday, 20 October at 7.30 in the Fotteral Theatre. The Pitstop loughshares begin trial next Monday for two counts of criminal damage arising from their disarmament of a US warplane at Shannon airport in the early hours of 3 February 2003. If convicted they face up to ten years imprisonment.
Speaking on Thursday night will be Ciaran O’Reilly and Nuin Dunlop of the Pit Stop Ploughshares; Tim Hourigan, the Shannon
plane-spotter who uncovered the use of the airport by CIA torture jets; and Farrah, an activist with Voices in the Wilderness who
spent time in Iraq.
On the
night a collection will be made for their legal defence. Please support.
DAILY ROUTINE (Mon-Fri) OF THE TRIAL
Starts Mon Oct. 24th- Expected to run 2 weeks
*All visuals employed on the way to court and around the court (placards, banners etc) will be provided by the defendants. Please respect!
*Autonomous nonviolent solidarity actions at other war related sites (eg. Dail, Aviation Authority, U.S. Embassy etc) by groups using their own visuals welcome.
- 8.30 am Anti-War Vigil at The Spire, O'Connell St
- 9.15 am Peace Walk to Court (single file/silent in memory of the war dead)
-10.30am - 1pm`'Remembering Iraq War Dead' Vigil outside Four Courts
- 1pm Folks organise their own lunch
- 2pm-4pm `Remembering The War Dead' Vigil outside Four Courts
- TRIAL REFLECTION, FOOD AND DRINKS
(Bring some food and drink to share!)
*5pm – 6.30pm, St. Paul's Church Hall, Arran Quay
-Food will be followed by public meetings at Trinity College (Mon Oct 24th, Thurs Oct 27th & Tues Nov 1st. and a gig at the Lower Deck Fri Oct 28th.
On other evenings food will be followed by a circle of resistance at St. Paul's Church Hall, Aran Quay as international and local activists share experiences of ongoing nonviolent resistance to the war on Iraq.
Need to vacate St. Pauls nightly at 8 pm.
* Monday October 24th
Public Meeting
'Before the Courts For Peace And
Justice: The Case of the Shannon 5'
*Rose Gentle (British Military Families Against War),
*Carmen Trotta (New Yorker witness to the attack on Twin Towers, Organised the Peace Movement's 1st. Anniversay Commemoration of S11 Attack in New York)
& Other Speakers
Trinity College Swift Theatre Hall, 7.30pm
Entrance Free
*PUBLIC MEETING- "WAR IS TERROR IS WAR"
-Mairead Corrigan Maguire(Nobel Peace Laureate),
-Prof. John Maguire (Retired Professor Of Sociology, NUI Cork),
- Ed Horgan (Former Commandant Irish Defence Forces)
*Trinity College Edmund Burke Theatre Hall 7.30pm.
*Friday Oct 28th From 8pm: Mid-trial Party, St.
Nicholas of Myra Parish Hall off Francis St. Dublin 8.
Music by Paul O'Toole and Banda Zingara from 8pm
Bring Food To Share & Bring your own Drinks
Saturday, October 29th
Cosantoiri Siochana Information Stall in Support of
Pitstop Ploughshares , Bank Of Ireland, 2-4pm
(Opposite Trinity College)
VOICES FROM THE IRAQ WAR
Jimmy Massey (US. War Combat Veteran of the Invasion & Occupation of Iraq))
Kathy Kelly (from Sanctions busting U.S. group "Voices in the Wilderness", was present in Baghdad during the U.S. invasion)
Ciaron O'Reilly (Shannon Defendant On Trial)
Trinity College Emmet Theatre Hall, 7.30pm
Former law lord attacks 'folly' of Iraq war
By Robert Verkaik, Legal Affairs Correspondent
Published: 19 October 2005
The war with Iraq has made the world a more dangerous place and London a target for terrorist attack, according to one of Britain's most senior judges.
Lord Steyn, who retired last month as a judge sitting in the UK's highest court, described the invasion of Iraq as "military folly" and accused the Government of "scraping the legal barrel" in trying to justify it.
The former law lord told an audience of lawyers and civil rights campaigners in London that it was wrong for the Prime Minister to have called the rule of law a "game".
He said: "The maintenance of the rule of law is not a game. It is about access to justice, fundamental human rights and democratic values."
He added: "After the recent dreadful bombings in London we were asked to believe that the Iraq war did not make London and the world a more dangerous place. Surely, on top of everything else, we do not have to listen to a fairy-tale."
If you do the crime, you should have to do the time.
The Pentagon has reneged on its offer to pay a $15,000 bonus to members of the National Guard and Army Reserve who agree to extend their enlistments by six years, according to Sen. Patty Murray (D-Seattle).
The bonuses were offered in January to Active Guard and Reserve and military technician soldiers who were serving overseas. In April, the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs ordered the bonuses stopped, Murray said.
“This is outrageous,” the senator said in a telephone interview. “It makes me angry that this administration has broken another promise to our troops.”
A Pentagon spokeswoman, Lt. Col. Ellen Krenke, confirmed the bonuses had been canceled, saying they violated Pentagon policies because they duplicated other programs. She said Guard and Reserve members would be eligible for other bonuses.
Krenke said some soldiers had been paid the re-enlistment bonuses, but she was unsure how many or whether the money would have to be repaid. Murray’s office said that as far as it knew, no active Guard or Reserve members had received the bonuses.
Did Lord Steyn oppose the war when he was a Lord? I'm asking out of genuine interest. It seems to me that too many people wait until it's too late to make their voices heard. For example, Lord Steyn, as a Law Lord, was in a very good position to do something about Britains involvement in the war. I hope he used this position when it mattered.
Mark Conroy.
If you wish to make donations to the Ploughshares Defence Fund in support of the PIt Stop Ploughshares
Cheques "Ploughshares Defence Fund"
134 Phibsborough Rd.
Phibsborough
Dublin 7
IRELAND
Donations can be lodged at any Bank of Ireland Branch
Ploughshares Defence Fund
Account No. 80965573
Sort Code: 900551
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Hi Pit Stops,
All the best as you head to trial. A few of us from Ringwood Uniting Church will be at the Office of the Honourary Irish Consul in Melbourne on Monday in support.
Cheers,
Paul
Vigil for the Pit Stop Ploughshares
Monday 24th October 2005, 5pm-6pm
Office of the Honourary Irish Consul Cnr Queen & Little Lonsdale Sts, Melbourne
On Monday 24th October Ciaron O'Reilly and the rest of the Pit Stop Ploughshares will be going to trial in Dublin.
Show your support by coming along to the vigil.
Bring signs, e.g. "No War", "Stop Australian and Irish Complicity in War", "Justice for Pit Stop Ploughshares" etc