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Peace Forum and Peace Vigil
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Sunday March 22, 2009 17:30 by Shannonwatch - shannonwatch.org
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Shannon airport still supports war
A Peace Forum was held at the Park Inn hotel at Shannon airport on saturday 21 March in solidarity the victims of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, on the 6 aniversary of the start of the Iraq war.
Contributers included peace activists from Leipsiz in Germany, whose local airport is also being used to refuel US military planes and chartered troop carriers. We also had peace collegues from Derry, Galway, Cork, Westmeath, Kildare and even some from Dublin.
Meanwhile there were at least three OMNI air chartered troop carriers at the airport transporting hundreds of armed US troops to Iraq and Afghanistan.
![Click on image to see full-sized version Peace vigil at Shannon airport for victims of TORTURE](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/mar2009/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_shannon_21_march_09__guantanamo_protest_3.jpg) Peace vigil at Shannon airport for victims of TORTURE The following the press release for the Peace Forum
Shannon Peace Forum
Saturday 21 March 09
A Peace Forum took place at Shannon Airport on the 6th anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War, in which the Irish Government was a willing participant. The Iraq and Afghan wars have led to the unlawful and unjustified deaths of up to one million people. This forum was held to highlight the need for accountability for the Irish Government’s complicity with the war crimes committed in Iraq and Afghanistan
The Irish Government, led by Mr Bertie Ahern and Brian Cowen has been complicit in crimes against humanity, and in crimes of torture, by inviting and allowing over one million armed US troops, and hundred’s of CIA associated aircraft to be refuelled at Shannon airport in breach of Ireland’s international obligations and of Irish and international laws.
The cost of the Iraq war to the American people has been estimated at up to three trillion dollars, and we know that 4,260 US troops have died in Iraq. We do not know how many dollars this war has cost the people of Iraq, and we have only rough estimates of the numbers of Iraqi dead and injured, because the US and its allies deliberately avoid counting these horrific costs. An estimated 250,000 Iraqi children have died as a result of this war. The people of Iraq are due massive reparations not only from the United States, but also from other complicit governments, including Ireland.
While we welcome the Irish Government’s decision to accept former Guantanamo prisoners to Ireland, some Guantanamo prisoners are likely to have justifiable claims for damages due to Ireland’s complicity in their torture and their “extraordinary rendition” to Guantanamo.
Ireland claims to be neutral state and a supporter of the United Nations. The actions of the Irish Government since 2001 have proven otherwise. We are in gross breach of the Hague Convention on Neutrality, and by supporting the US war against Iraq, Ireland has been in breach of the UN Charter.
In addition to the death and devastation caused by these wars in the Middle East, the transit of large numbers of armed US troops and unknown quantities of munitions thorough Shannon poses very serious risks to users of Shannon airport and its workers. Many of the chartered aircraft used are old and in poor repair and have been involved in several serious safety incidents. Shannon airport is totally unsuitable for the transit of dangerous munitions and there is a risk of a catastrophic accident if a fire should occur on a munitions aircraft at Shannon. If necessary the airport should be closed to prevent its continuing misuse and complicity in crimes against humanity.
Recent government attempts to resell the Irish people a “pig in a poke” called the Lisbon Treaty have emphasised that Ireland will be given assurances, or protocols or declarations, or whatever, on Irish neutrality. Such assurances are simply lies, given the reality of the abuse of Irish neutrality that is happening daily at Shannon airport.
The Lisbon Treaty will be strenuously opposed by the Peace and Neutrality Alliance and by peace activists unless the transit of US troops through Irish territory is ended forthwith, and Irish neutrality is restored, by a credible constitutional amendment.
For further information Contact:
Edward Horgan, 086-3539911 edward_horgan@hotmail.com,
Roger Cole, Chairperson, PANA, email pana@eircom.net.
www.pana.ie.
www.shannonwatch.org.
![Click on image to see full-sized version The Wars go on - Omni Air troop carrier at Shannon 21 March 09](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/mar2009/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_shannon_21_march_09__omni_troop_transporter.jpg) The Wars go on - Omni Air troop carrier at Shannon 21 March 09
![Click on image to see full-sized version Gardai security hide their faces from the cameras](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/mar2009/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_shannon_21_march_09__private_security.jpg) Gardai security hide their faces from the cameras
![Click on image to see full-sized version Garda puts peace activists on his list - does he also have a list of CIA planes and crews?](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/mar2009/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_shannon_21_march_09__k_list.jpg) Garda puts peace activists on his list - does he also have a list of CIA planes and crews?
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