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Strange Shenanigans at Shannon

category clare | anti-war / imperialism | feature author Thursday October 31, 2002 03:11author by IMC Editorial Group - IMC Ireland

Special Agents let in -- Spotters thrown out

Country Walks courtesy struggle.ws In a bizarre encounter at Shannon airport, two of the war monitors at Shannon today came face to face with a group of US military personnel in the arrivals hall at Shannon airport. The monitors were in the public area, watching the three Hercules C-130s at the airport, and did not expect to see uniformed military personnel in the public part of the terminal. One monitor asked a simple question and both were ordered out of the terminal, at the behest of an anonymous special agent. Two inspectors, two Garda and several security personnel made sure we left the premises. They were very determined to get us out, and the whole thing raises a lot of questions. Today is Halloween so maybe they were just trick or treating? Strange and scary stuff…

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