Militarization of Ireland grows

national | anti-war / imperialism | news report Tuesday January 10, 2006 15:38 by PANA Supporter

Step by Step closer to NATO

The anti war movement in Ireland in all its forms has to provide a critique of all the growing signs of Militarization in Ireland. While the US Military use of Shannon is the pinacle of this, there are other signs out there that the Irish State is moving into the hands of NATO.

The anti war movement in Ireland in all its forms has to provide a critique of all the growing signs of Militarization in Ireland. While the US Military use of Shannon is the pinacle of this, there are other signs out there that the Irish State is moving into the hands of NATO.

Ireland will join EU Battlegroups in the coming months or as a Green Party TD called it "an embyronic EU army". Irish Ministers have reportedly attended numerous arms trade fairs across Europe and beyond in recent months. The Militarization of the Irish private economy also powers on

see

http://www.irishexaminer.com/pport/web/week_in_news/Full_Story/did-sg-5nLkLi6ohQsg0aewFBADppk.asp

http://dailyireland.televisual.co.uk/home.tvt?_scope=DailyIreland/Content/News&id=18022&opp=1


If you combine this with this government joining Partnership for Peace in the last 90's, are voting record when we got on the UN Secruity Council in 2002/03, there is a a deliberate policy of Militarization in Ireland.

The focus has to be on Shannon of course, but we need to provvide a wider critque of the attack on Irish neutraility.