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  • Tension in Olympia as war protests escalate [Olympia Port Militarization Resistance]

    11/15/2007 4:27:28 AM PST · by Former Military Chick · 16 replies · 117+ views
    Seattle Times ^ | November 15, 2007 | Andrew Garber and Ralph Thomas
    OLYMPIA — This normally laid-back town is on edge after a week of raucous war protests that have resulted in dozens of arrests, broken windows and police firing pepper-spray projectiles to control restive crowds. More than 40 people were arrested Tuesday night after anti-war protesters tried to block shipments of military gear at Olympia's port for an Army Stryker Brigade recently returned from Iraq. Continued protests seem likely. Fort Lewis spokesman Joe Piek said the Army expects to finish moving equipment from the port in the next day or so. The protest group watches for military shipments at local ports...