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Greenpeace condemns George W Bush as international criminal

Last edited 18 July 2001 at 8:00am
18 July, 2001

Greenpeace today condemned President George W Bush as an international outlaw who refuses to ratify the Kyoto Protocol and is planning to break the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty. The president is coming to London to bully Tony Blair into supporting the American Government over its 'Star Wars' programme and justify his refusal to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on climate change.

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Greenpeace Volunteers face potentially serious charges following Star Wars action

Last edited 16 July 2001 at 8:00am
16 July, 2001

Fifteen Greenpeace volunteers (including two from the UK), plus a freelance photographer from the UK and videographer from the US will appear in court in California later today (4.30pm GMT) as a result of the Greenpeace direct action against the latest 'Star Wars' missile test on Sunday morning. At this time it is not clear what charges they will face.

The court address is the Roybal Federal Buidling, 255 Temple St, Suite 3546, Los Angeles.

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Greenpeace volunteers in custody after Star Wars protest

Last edited 15 July 2001 at 8:00am
'Stop Star Wars' protest at Vandenburg air baseFifteen Greenpeace volunteers from around the world are in custody after their action which delayed the Star Wars missile test at Vandenberg Airforce Base in California yesterday.

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Bush administration orders arrest of one man in a tent protesting Star Wars test

Last edited 15 July 2001 at 8:00am
15 July, 2001

Vandenberg Airforce Base, Lompoc, California 12th July, 2001: Just 48 hours before George Bush's Star Wars missile test, the full might of the US military has been brought to bear on a single Greenpeace activist, camped out on a tiny Pacific island close to the launch pad of the "kill vehicle" of the Star Wars system.

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Greenpeace protests against the U.S. nuclear arms programme

Last edited 15 July 2001 at 8:00am
star wars action Athens

star wars action Athens

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UK man arrested as Greenpeace forces delay of Star Wars test

Last edited 15 July 2001 at 8:00am
15 July, 2001

Ten Greenpeace volunteers, including one from Britain, dodged coastguards, a helicopter and a navy vessel and breached security at the Vandenberg Airbase in California, to successfully delay the latest test Star Wars missile test by forty minutes. The test, the first of the Bush Administration, has since been declared a success by the Pentagon.

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Menwith Hill update 4

Last edited 5 July 2001 at 8:00am
Greenpeace volunteers hang banner at Menwith Hill spy base, North Yorkshire

Greenpeace volunteers hang banner at Menwith Hill spy base, North Yorkshire

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Menwith Hill update 3

Last edited 5 July 2001 at 8:00am
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Greenpeace ends occupation of spy base at close of Independence Day

Last edited 5 July 2001 at 8:00am
5 July, 2001

Greenpeace volunteers ended the occupation of Menwith Hill spy base at 10.10pm, Wednesday 4th July by climbing down from the radio mast they had occupied for 15 hours. The descent came at the end of American Independence day. The two climbers gave themselves up to Ministry of Defence police.

Commenting on the end of the occupation, Greenpeace Star Wars campaigner Andy Tait said:

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Four Greenpeace volunteers maintain occupation of spy base

Last edited 4 July 2001 at 8:00am
4 July, 2001

Four Greenpeace volunteers are maintaining the Greenpeace occupation of Menwith Hill spy base in Yorkshire as part of an international campaign to stop the United States' Star Wars (National Missile Defence) programme. The occupation began at 5.00am on Tuesday morning.

One volunteer has been sitting on top of a radio mast since last night while three others entered the base again at 6.45am this morning and climbed two other masts. All the volunteers are well equipped and carry adequate supplies.

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