[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Possible new U.S. strike--planes over Scotland observed by Peacewatchers

[Laura Haber]

--- "Fogel, Jerise" <fogel at marshall.edu> wrote:
> Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 17:38:14 -0500
> From: "Fogel, Jerise" <fogel at marshall.edu>
> Subject: NCB: Possible new U.S. strike--planes over Scotland observed by
>  Peacewatchers
> To: drumnewz at yahoogroups.com, McQueenF at aol.com,
> amasong-singers at prairienet.org,
>  nyteachagainstthewar at topica.com, whs5 at columbia.edu, nytnews at nytimes.com
> 
> From: Danny
> 
> Sent: November 03, 2003
> 
> Subject: Report of significant US military movement over Scotland...
> 
>  
> 
> >From the Peacewatchers at USAFs Fairford and Welford bases in the UK
> 
>  
> 
> Since Saturday, people in the Highlands of Scotland have been witnessing
> large movements of US warplanes overhead. Experienced observers say the
> large numbers are reminiscent of those that preceded the bombing of Iraq
> in 1998 and military strikes on Libya in the 1980's as well as the first
> Gulf War.
> 
>  
> 
> At the weekend warplanes were flying over at a rate of roughly one every
> 15 minutes. As well as watching them from the ground the plane spotters
> have also been able to overhear pilots talking by listening to their
> radio frequencies.
> 
>  
> 
> At this rate some 288 warplanes would have passed over Scotland in three
> days.
> 
>  
> 
> It is thought that the planes have flown on a route from the US over the
> north pole to bases in Europe and the Mediterranean. The size and scale
> of the movement suggests that the US may be preparing to strike at a
> country in the Middle East in the next week to ten days.
> 
>  
> 
> Please pass this information on as widely as possible - the US may be
> planning to use the pretext of "foreign" terrorist attacks on US
> personnel in Iraq to attack Iran or Syria. Please alert any sympathetic
> elected representatives, media representatives and other sympathetic
> organisations. Publicising this military movement may prevent the
> air-strikes.
> 
>  
> 
> SCOTTISH CND, 15 Barrland Street, Glasgow, G41 1QH. Tel: 0141 423 1222
> scnd at banthebomb.org http://www.banthebomb.org
> <http://www.banthebomb.org/> 
> 
> 


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