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Press Releases & Updates 2002
6th August 2002
Coulport Camp Day 2
"Don’t Fire Trident at Iraq!"
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Two anti-nuclear protestors were arrested last night after a successful action to paint anti-Trident slogans beside the main road overlooking Faslane Naval Base. The pair arrested were Joss Garman, 17, from near Llandrindod Wells in Powys and Tiina Sarkinen from Helsinki in Finland.
Workers travelling to the base will now be unable to avoid the messages "Don’t fire Trident at Iraq" and "No more Hiroshimas" clearly painted on both sides of the road, just 200 metres from the base.
Tiina Sarkinen said "At the moment there is a real chance the UK could use nuclear weapons against Iraq. This action was to raise people’s awareness of this, especially as today marks the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. Trident warheads are seven times more powerful than the bomb dropped there, even the suggestion of a repeat of this horror is completely unacceptable."
Later, at 8.30 a "die-in" was held at Faslane North Gate, called to mark twelve years since the UN imposed comprehensive sanctions on Iraq, as well as in memory of the victims of Hiroshima. The campaigners lay down in the gateway to represent Iraqi victims of sanctions and war. 22 were arrested when they refused to move.
Both of today’s actions are part of the two-week Trident Ploughshares disarmament camp which kicked off on Monday and promises more non-violent actions against the Trident system.
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