[sheffield-noborders] National Demonstration : Brize Norton 2nd Dec 2006

[James Venables]

NATIONAL BRIZE NORTON DEMONSTRATION : 2nd DECEMBER
For A National Flier : 
http://www.stopwar.org.uk/documents/-brizedoublesided.pdf
Web: http://www.stopwar.org.uk Contact: swindon_stopwar at yahoo.co.uk Tel: 
07764563855

655,000 DEAD IN IRAQ. Government Stunned By Army Chief's Iraq Blast.
Read more on the National Stop The War website: 
http://www.stopwar.org.uk

NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION AT RAF BRIZE NORTON (OXFORDSHIRE).
Supported by National Stop The War Coalition & National CND. Called by 
Oxford, Bristol & Swindon Stop The War Coalitions. Please start making 
arrangements in your local area to book coaches for this National 
Demonstration. This demo seeks to draw attention to the massive array of 
military bases around us, & broader militarisation of the U.K, 
especially around South West, Wales & West Midlands, where population is 
less dense, and the military bases roam free.

ASSEMBLE : 12:00 noon in Carterton, Oxfordshire, Saturday 2nd December 
2006.

BACKGROUND : RAF Brize Norton is the base from which all British troops 
are flown to Iraq & Afghanistan, & where they return to (alive & dead). 
This National Demonstration to the gates of the base is to demand 
immediate withdrawal of British troops. RAF Brize Norton is also being 
used to refuel American military flights transporting munitions between 
Kelly air force base in the USA to Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, 
taking bombs to be used by the Israeli Defense Force in the war in 
Lebanon. A big turn out at the gates of the base will send a clear 
message to the government, & is an act of solidarity with the service 
people & their families who want Britain to withdraw. More details will 
be circulated closer to the event.

A LITTLE MORE : This National Demonstration can make a real impact. It 
has the full support & backing of the National Stop The War Coalition & 
National CND. A similar demonstration was held last year when the 
response from the people of Carterton, the largely military town which 
lies next to the airbase, was very positive. Kate Hudson, national chair 
of CND, is reputed to have said that it was the best demonstration she 
had ever been on. Demonstrating there enables us to make important links 
between the occupations of Iraq & Afghanistan. Brize Norton is the base 
from which soldiers are sent to both countries & to which fatalities are 
returned. Senior military commanders are arguing for British troops to 
be withdrawn from the 'unwinnable' war in Iraq to be sent to the 
'winnable' war in Afghanistan.

ALSO OF INTEREST : Brize Norton is also the place they brutally force 
Iraqi asylum seekers into military planes & deport them to Iraq. Some 
other the Iraqis deported like this report being assaulted. They said 
they were forced to wear army fatigues & helmets. Elsewhere, Afghani 
asylum seekers are forcibly deported on charter flights. Afghanis have 
been beaten up & dumped back, injured, in detention centres. Some of the 
Afghani's locked up in UK detention centres are just kids, who have 
risked their lives getting here. Some died on over-land routes to the 
UK.
National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns: 
http://www.ncadc.org.uk

OVERVIEW MAP OF CARTERTON:
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=51.7598&lon=-1.5931&scale=2000
00&icon=x
CLOSE UP MAP OF CARTERTON:
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=51.7598&lon=-1.5931&scale=2500
0&icon=x

-- 
James Venables