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Over Three Flights A Day Carrying U.S. Weapons of War Through Ireland
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Sunday January 24, 2010 21:20 by Shannonwatch shannonwatch at gmail dot com
A total of 1276 civilian flights were granted permits to carry weapons and munitions of war through Ireland in 2009. The vast majority of these were from American civil airlines, chartered by the US military, and involved flights to or from the United States. Almost all landed at Shannon Airport. Over 1200 planes like this one photographed at Shannon were granted permits to transport weapons of war through Ireland in 2009 This information was supplied by the Minister for Transport in response to a question from Labour Party TD Michael D. Higgins. The Minister did not say where the weapons were destined for, stating that "in general flight applications requesting permission to carry munitions identify the airports immediately preceding and following the aircraft's arrival in Shannon", and that the final destination of these flights would not necessarily be known by his Department. This is surprising, as flight plan must be filed for all civil and military flights across international borders. |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2Thank you for the continued vigilance, the updates here on Indymedia and on your website.
Thanks for posting. I find it amazing that air passengers go through so many security checks at airports so they may fly safely; and yet they do not know what the aircraft is carrying.