Support the Raytheon 9

Nine activists who took part in an occupation of the American arms corporation Raytheon's offices in Derry have been charged with aggravated burglary and unlawful assembly. The bail terms imposed on them effectively remove their right to take part in political activity.

Raytheon is the fifth biggest arms manufacturer in the world. It manufactured the 100 GBU-28 bunker buster bombs urgently flown by the United States to Israel at the height of the destruction of Lebanon by the Israel Defence Force. Among the many services Raytheon has performed for Israel is supplying electronic equipment for the apartheid wall being built on Palestinian land. The National Lawyers Guild of the US has accused Raytheon of being 'implicated in the commission of war crime'.
The Derry anti-war campaigners are seeking wide support for their right to protest. There is more information and an online petition you can sign at
http://www.petitiononline.com/dawc/

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For an account of the demo that lead to the arrest click here 

Sun 04, March 2007 @ 14:57