Neutality, Daily abuse at Shannon Airport
national |
anti-war / imperialism |
news report 
Thursday March 24, 2005 18:09
by Edward Horgan - PANA, Peace and Neutrality Alliance
Time to shout stop?
Thursday 24th March, plane load of US troops in uniform and armed at Shannon airport, and suspicious executive jets in security zone.
Irish neutrality is suffering daily abuse at Shannon airport. Several planeloads of US troops pass through Shannon each day, going and comming from the ongoing war in Iraq. Due to security restrictions it is now more difficult to monitor the transit of US executive jets that are being used for the rendition of kidnapped captives for torture in countries with undemocratic regimes, taht are clients of the US. Today, at 9 am World Airways with its cargo of troops, was at Gate 42, while two executive jets were located within the special security zone. At least one of these, coloured white and with the serial number N92405, was there overnight. The other was a bronze colour, and both similar is size and shape to Gulfstream models. If anyone can identify these jets so that we can "rule them out our torture enquiries", please let us know."