Contents
- 10 Years of the "War on Terror" Event -10 September · 14:00 – 17:00 | Gresham Hotel, 23 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
- Shannon Watch Vigal Sunday 11th September 2011 14:00
- 12/9/2011 7PM Front Line Defenders – Briefing on Developments in Bahrain
- Donating to the Irish Anti-War Movement
- Setup a Standing Order
1. 10 Years of the "War on Terror" Event 10 September · 14:00 – 17:00 Gresham Hotel, 23 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
The details of this event are subject to change.
IAWM Public Meeting: 2001-2011, 10 YEARS of the ‘war on terror’
10 September · 14:00 – 17:00 | Gresham Hotel, 23 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
Contents
- 10 Years of the "War on Terror" Event -10 September · 14:00 – 17:00 | Gresham Hotel, 23 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
- Shannon Watch Vigal Sunday 11th September 2011 14:00
- 12/9/2011 7PM Front Line Defenders – Briefing on Developments in Bahrain
- Donating to the Irish Anti-War Movement
- Setup a Standing Order
1. 10 Years of the "War on Terror" Event 10 September · 14:00 – 17:00 Gresham Hotel, 23 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
The details of this event are subject to change.
IAWM Public Meeting: 2001-2011, 10 YEARS of the ‘war on terror’
10 September · 14:00 – 17:00 | Gresham Hotel, 23 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
10 YEARS of the ‘war on Terror’
Public Meeting: Imperialism and Islamophobia
Time: 14:00
Speakers: Terry Eagleton | Hiafa Zangana
Debate: The War on Terror – Was it Justified?
Time: 16:00
Eamon Delaney (Journalist)
Marc Coleman (Broadcaster)
Andy Story (UCD)
Richard Boyd Barrett (TD United Left Alliance)
for more info and updates: www.irishantiwar.org | info@irishantiwar.org
2. Shannon Watch Vigal Sunday 11th September 2011 14:00
Regular vigil at the small roundabout just before the security checkpoint on the way into the airport.
3. Front Line Defenders – Briefing on Developments in Bahrain
Dr Ali Al Ekri by Skype from Bahrain
Professor Abdulla Al Derazi, the Secretary General of Bahrain Human Rights Society
Date and Time:12 September 2011 – 7PM
Venue: The Oak Room The Mansion House
Chairperson: Professor Damian McCormack
Reception to follow
Read More: http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/node/15181
4. Shannon Watch Article – Private Companies Profiting from Torture Flights
A New York business dispute between two aviation companies has revealed how the U.S. contracted out their illegal and inhumane renditions to a network of private American companies. Court files show how these private contractors flew between the US, Shannon and other foreign airports, Guantanamo Bay and landing points near secret CIA-run prisons.
The companies included DynCorp, a leading government contractor that secretly oversaw a fleet of luxury jets, and Richmor Aviation. The latter operated the rendition plane N85VM/N227SV which landed in Shannon quite a bit between 2001 and 2005 and was involved in the rendition of an Egyptian cleric, Abu Omar. In addition the Seatle Times reports that
On Nov. 8, 2002, a Richmor Gulfstream, Tail No. N85VM, took off for Shannon Airport in Ireland, then to Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, on a flight that paralleled the arrest that month of USS Cole bombing suspect Abd al-Nashiri.
It was the first of a run of secret long-distance flights by the Gulfstream between 2002 and 2005 that paralleled the suspected movements of captured al-Qaida and other terrorist leaders who vanished into CIA-run black prisons after their arrests following the Sept. 11 attacks.
The article explains that after landing in Dubai, the Gulfstream flew on to Kabul, Afghanistan. Al-Nashiri was taken to the "Salt Pit," a CIA-run prison northwest of the Afghan capital where another detainee died in U.S. custody that same month. The jet then headed back to Dulles Airport (outside Washington) via Dubai and London.
The court files reveal that the flight cost $198,000, including $8,000 for extra crew members, $800 for ground transport, $250 for landing fees and $1,500 for catering.
Some of these service costs are no doubt included in the "profits" that Shannon Airport has claimed to be making from U.S. government business. The airport facilities were used repeatedly over the years by private companies engaged in illegal and immoral activities. Aviation companies like Richmor, fixed based operators, caterers and others made money from kidnapping and torture.
The court case has also disclosed the identities of some of the corporations involved in the rendition programme for the first time, along with the names of some of the executives who knew the purpose of the flights. Lets hope we see many of them prosecuted.
Newspaper articles relating to the case
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/31/us-firms-torture-flights-rendition
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2016067260_apussept11renditionflights.html
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2016071487_apussept11renditionflightsitineraries.html
Shannonwatch have checked dates mentioned in the last of these (Seattle Times report) and we have confirmed the details based on our own flight logs.
See also
Reprieve Press Release at http://www.reprieve.org.uk/press/2011_08_31_rendition_documents/
www.shannonwatch.org
5. Donating to the Irish Anti-War Movement
5-1. Setup a Standing Order
To set-up a standing order with the Irish-Anti War Movement please go to the following link https://www.irishantiwar.org/files/standing-order-form.doc fill in the form and post to the Irish Anti-War Movement P.O. Box 9260 Dublin 1.
