------------------------- Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the March 27, 2003 issue of Workers World newspaper -------------------------
LONDON: NO BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR BIG OIL TRADING
Anti-war activists shut down the Inter national Petroleum Exchange in central London on March 17 for almost two hours. Some brokers told media that as many as 20 women and men entered the trading floor chanting against the imminent U.S. and British invasion of Iraq. They reportedly unplugged telephones and hung up a banner.
They forced the exchange to suspend trading. They were later removed from the exchange floor by police, according to a Metropolitan Police spokesperson, who--according to a March 19 AP report--spoke on condition of anonymity. The oil traders seemed to have been quite mum about it all. "It was not clear if anyone would face charges."
Demonstrators continued their protest outside the exchange.
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