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Date: 2001-07-04
UK: Greenpeace besetzt Menwith Hill-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- Absperrungen rund um Menwith Hill überwunden und sich auf dem Gelände einer der Top drei ECHELON-Stationen festgesetzt. -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- relayed by Goetz Ohnesorge -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- Over 100 Greenpeace volunteers invade Menwith Hill spy base to expose Britain's role in Star Wars programme At 5am, over one hundred Greenpeace volunteers from the UK, Denmark and the USA invaded Menwith Hill Spy base, near Harrogate, North Yorkshire, to expose the base's proposed role in President George W Bush's 'Star Wars' (National Missile Defence) system. They are currently occupying three areas within the high security site. The Menwith Hill base is rented from the RAF by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and is home to over 1,000 American NSA personnel. It is primarily a listening base, which intercepts international phone, fax and email communications. However it also houses two 'golf ball' radomes that George Bush wants permission to use as the 'eyes and ears' of his planned Star Wars system (1). Fifty Greenpeace volunteers, many carrying flags with the message "Star Wars Starts Wars" and others dressed as missiles to symbolise the new arms race that Star Wars will create, entered the base via the front gate accompanied by the theme tune from Mission Impossible. They are currently occupying a water tower just inside the entrance. The other two teams of volunteers evaded the UK military police that guard the site and scaled a series of three-metre-high razor- wire fences to enter the heart of the base. One team is occupying the area surrounding the radomes that Bush proposes to use as part of Star Wars, the other is occupying the roof of one of the facility's buildings. Greenpeace UK Executive Director, Stephen Tindale (who is at Menwith Hill), said: 'If Bush's proposed Star Wars system is allowed to go ahead it will be a disaster - arms agreements will crumble and a new arms race will be triggered, as countries rush to develop new weapons to evade its 'shield'. He continued: 'There are two UK sites - here at Menwith Hill and another at Fylingdales - that George Bush needs as the 'eyes and ears' of his planned Star Wars system. But Bush can't install the system without Blair's approval '. 'We urge Tony Blair not to kowtow to Bush on such a crucial issue. He must say no to UK involvement and stop Star Wars in its tracks'. The other UK base that has been identified as having a role in Bush's Star Wars plan is Fylingdales (also in Yorkshire) which contains a powerful 40 metre high 'X Band' radar. The US Government also needs permission from the Danish Government to use a similar radar base in Thule, Greenland. Andy Tait, Star Wars campaigner for Greenpeace UK, said, 'If Blair gives the go ahead for Bush to use this base as part of his Star Wars fantasies he will make Britain a prime target for anyone wanting to knock out the Star Wars system. Blair must say no and help stop Star Wars'. Mehr http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/contentlookup.cfm?UCIDParam=20010703054620&BannerParam=nav_med -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- edited by published on: 2001-07-04 comments to office@quintessenz.at subscribe Newsletter - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- 
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