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  • Anti-war protesters break into airfield and cockpit of US military transport

    08/07/2006 9:16:48 PM PDT · by PghBaldy · 10 replies · 628+ views
    The Scotsman ^ | August 8 | Alastair Dalton
    POLICE ordered a security review at Prestwick airport yesterday after anti-war protesters boarded a US military aircraft unchallenged. Three members of the Trident Ploughshares group climbed on board a Hercules C130 transport plane, one of whom sat in the plane's cockpit. They were arrested by police along with five others who were stopped elsewhere at the airport.
  • UK: 'Bomb' protesters board aircraft (US plane, looking for bombs for Israel)

    08/07/2006 7:46:13 AM PDT · by knighthawk · 12 replies · 665+ views
    BBC News ^ | August 07, 2006
    Seven people have been arrested at Prestwick Airport after protesters boarded a plane. A spokesman for campaign group Trident Ploughshares told BBC Scotland three people had managed to get onto a US cargo flight. He said they were searching for evidence to suggest the plane was carrying bombs to Israel. On Sunday, four people were arrested after demonstrators broke through security fencing onto the main runway. It was reported last week that US military flights carrying bombs to Israel would no longer use any civilian airports in the UK for refuelling. The protesters describe themselves as "citizen weapons inspectors" and...