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Press release Saturday 18th January 14:00 Voices in the Wilderness UK www.voicesuk.org 0845 458 2564 / 0794 783 9992 Activists put British military HQ Northwood on the map Anti war activists put Britain's military HQ on the map today at Northwood, staging a mass breach of the official secrets act (OSA). Over 150 activists took photos of the base where the British military is planning war on Iraq, an action which is forbidden under the OSA in an action titled Operation Internal Look. Nevertheless dozens of press journalists joined the activists, some of whom carried giant binoculars, cameras and telescopes in capturing images of the highly sensitive base, which is not even marked on street maps. They were also joined by George W Bush, who rode in on a pantomime horse decorated with a mask of Tony Blair, who last week was described by Jeremy Paxman, BBC Newsnight presenter, "as the rear end of George Bush' pantomime horse". George W delivered a sharp smack with a fly swatter if Tony showed any sign of flagging in his support. The action today was organised by Voices in the Wilderness UK, ARROW (Active Resistance to the Roots of War) and the D10 group. Tomorrow (Sunday 19th January) there will be a blockade of the base, meeting at 11 am at Northwood tube and marching up to the main gate of the base. Sian Jones, of the D10 group, said, "Today, with the help of the world's media, Northwood has been put on the map. We hope many more people will come and join us here tomorrow and blockade this base from which Britain is planning to unleash terror on the 22 million people of Iraq." As expected nobody was arrested for breaching the official secrets act but bizarrely the police did arrest Angela Broome, 67, a Christian Peace activist from east London, apparently because they mistakenly thought she was under bail conditions to not go within 1 mile of Northwood because of her involvement in an action redecorating the sign at Northwood with fake blood on December 22 2002. 0845 458 2564/ 0794 783 9992 sign the pledge of resistance to the "war on terrorism" www.j-n-v.org _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk