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Catholic workers arrested blockading military's road to perdition

Submitted by fightfirewithwater09 on Thu, 09/07/2009 - 8:09pm

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Australian Catholic Workers, Jim Dowling and Ciaron O'Reilly were arrested this morning while blocking a major military access road to the Talisman Sabre 09 exercises being held at Shoalwater, central Queensland, Australia. Along with seven other anti war activists, the pair blockaded the road for over and hour and a half, and prevented more than a dozen US Army Jeep Troop carriers from entering the area.

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Blockade of depot supplying Talisman Sabre war games 2009

Submitted by fightfirewithwater09 on Mon, 06/07/2009 - 5:10pm

The gates of Australian Army at Rockhampton Airport were blocked this morning (July 6th. 09)
By a group of Christian anti-war activists. The depot is presently deploying U.S. and Australian military personnel to Talisman Saber 09 exercises taking place at nearby Shoalwater Bay.
Melbourne activists Rev. Simon Moyle (Baptist, Urban Seed, Insipiral), Jacob Bolton (Jahworks),

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WAR BLOCK - Martain Luther King Jnr House of Christian non-violence

Submitted by fightfirewithwater09 on Mon, 06/07/2009 - 10:58am

Today we are taking action against the war of our society. So we will be creating a roadblock at the army depot in rockhampton in the position of prostration.

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