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AP. 28 February 2003. Anti-war groups protest transfer of U.S. equipment. ROME -- Anti-war protesters chained themselves to a civilian ferry carrying U.S. military vehicles from Naples to a U.S. base in Sicily, the latest in an ongoing series of demonstrations against the transportation of U.S. military equipment through Italy. Firefighters in Naples cut the protesters' chains late Thursday, and the ferry left port and docked Friday morning in Catania, Sicily. It was met, however, by about 200 demonstrators protesting the arrival of two U.S. military trucks destined for the nearby U.S. Navy base at Sigonella, protesters said. The activists claim the U.S. equipment is destined for use in a military conflict with Iraq, and have staged demonstrations over the past week on rail lines to protest the shipments. "Civilian ferries should not be used to transport U.S. military equipment," said Giusto Catania, the leader of Sicily's branch of the Refounded Communist party, who took part in Friday's protest at the Catania port. "Our country is not at war." In the past two weeks, anti-war protesters have organized a series of demonstrations against shipments of U.S. military equipment. On Wednesday, activists held a nationwide protest in an attempt to block trains carrying U.S military equipment from northern Italy to Camp Darby, the U.S. military base near Pisa, in Tuscany. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ProletarianNews http://www.utopia2000.org --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bdn7KI.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^================================================================
