Peace march goes well, even with USAF presence.

national | miscellaneous | news report Saturday February 01, 2003 19:39 by Tim Hourigan - Shannon Peace Camp

E-3 AWACS lands during demo.

The march was excellent. There were lots of people from all over the country, lots of banners, songs, and people power. Clare O'Grady Walshe spoke, Dennis Halliday told it like it was, and Luka Bloom sang what we all felt. But we were still witness to the problem

Today is a turning point.
World Airways, one of the main culprits in moving troops and war materials through Shannon have pulled out.
People power showed its creativity in the 5.5 mile peace walk.
And while the heavy Garda presence (horses and helicopter included) protected the US Air Force, they could not stop the cameras.
The truth is out.

A E-3 Sentry (AWACS) was at Shannon during the demo.
This is a serious aircraft, used as a flying air traffic control centre for air bombardment missions. Basically it allows the AWACs specialists in the back (military air controllers) to direct fighter squadrons to targets.

I'll get a photo of it up soon.

World is gone from Shannon.
Next we can push ATA, Evergreen,
the Air Force, the NAVY and the Marine Corp.

great to see you all there.

Tim