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OHHH, now you tell me.....I have found lots of interesting stuff under f-16.

Did we hear about this little report? On how to keep American supplies from reaching Iraq............

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The Military Ship Went Away, People Power
Prevails in Olympia

posted by fro on Friday November 19 2004 @ 10:37PM PST

Around 7:20PM last night, the Cape Intrepid left
the Port of Olympia, leaving behind eight military
trucks and 20 or more freight containers intended
for the war in Iraq.

The ship had pulled its ramp up just as I was arriving at 6pm,
to prevent the access of an estimated 150 persons who had
torn a 9 foot hole in the Port's gate near the ship. Two people
were arrested for crossing onto the Port through the hole;
Nick Bland, and a youn man named Cameron (last name
unknown to this reporter). Cameron had been taken by
Thurston County Sheriff's deputies.

Approximately 25 police officers in riot armor and gas masks
stood in a line about ten feet back from the torn fence, in a
tense standoff which lasted more than two hours. At around
8pm, the crowd dwindled to a handful on each side and the
Longshoremen placed a hasty barrier in front of the torn
fence, using a shipping container to block the gap.

The materiel was still on the quay in the morning today,
Friday the 19th, and the Coast Guard personnel who were
tasked with protecting the ship were nowhere to be seen,
having left in the night.

The normal berth for the Cape Intrepid is in Tacoma, at the
Sperry Ocean terminal along Schuster Parkway, but there
were no ships there as of 12 noon today.

It is difficult for some to believe that a simple direct action
against the integrity of a fence could drive off a 695 foot
transport ship, but that is apparently what has happened. No
one has reported yet why the materiel was left behind; no
containers were loaded aboard the ship, despite the markings
on the containers clearly labeling them as military cargo.

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xcv writes on Saturday November 20 2004 @ 10:52AM PST: [
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awesome! go olympia.

H writes on Saturday November 20 2004 @ 01:34PM PST: [
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