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ShannonWatch is an initiative
of peace and human rights activists to document the
shameful use of a civilian Irish airport (Shannon) by the US for the
purposes of waging war and committing human rights abuse.
Visit our Flight
Reports section for monthly logs of the war machinery and CIA
flights passing through Shannon. |
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Sunday February 14th is Valentine's Day, when love
and not war should be celebrated. But at Shannon it is war,
not love that prevails. Over 5,000 U.S. troops a week - and
their weapons transit through every week. Join us at
Shannon from 2pm to 3pm on February 14th to voice your
opposition (beside the airport entrance).
Click here to display and print the
Valentine's Day Black Heart. Bring it to the Shannon Vigil
on Feb 14th. Alternatively organise an event or put it on
display at other locations around
Ireland. |
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Wednesday February 10th [11am]
Press
Conference: Buswell's Hotel,
Molesworth Hotel, Dublin. Announcing details of Feb 14th Black
Hearts vigil, and launch of Shannon 2009 War Traffic Review.
More
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Sunday February 14th [2pm - 3pm]
Shannon
Watch 'Black Hearts' Vigil: Valentines Day, when love, not war, should be
celebrated. See above for details. |
Shannon Airport, Co. Clare, IRELAND has been
used for many years as a US military refueling base, and is
thus directly involved in the ongoing killing, suffering and
displacement of innocent people in Iraq and Afghanistan. The airport
is also a refuelling stop for planes used by the CIA to
illegally transport prisoners to locations where they are tortured
or "disappeared". |
Latest News
5 Feb: Shannon
Airport's Ongoing Involvement in War Needs to be Challenged
24 Jan: Over Three
Flights A Day Carrying U.S. Weapons of War Through Ireland
13 Jan: Plane
grounded at Shannon – Garda action highlights inconsistency of
inspection policy
05 Jan: The Real Cost of US
Military Use of Shannon Airport
21 Dec: Shannon Airport may still
be a Stop-off for Illegal Rendition Flights
14 Dec: Global Injustices and
Violations of Civil Liberties Go Hand in Hand at Shannon
15 Nov: Convicted
Criminals Assisted by the Irish
Authorities
Click here for previous news
Shannonwatch Reports
Irish Complicity in CIA Rendition: CIA Plane Movements
Through Irish
Airports (Updated: 9 Feb 2009)
Presentation on the use of Shannon Airport for war,
renditions and munitions transportation (March 2009)

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