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De: yolajb EducaRueca
Date: mié, 3 jul 2024, 10:08
Subject: Fwd: [Trident Ploughshares] APPEAL TO JOIN THE LAKENHEATH ACTIONS
IN JULY - STOP US NUKES COMING BACK TO THE UK
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De: Angie Zelter
Date: sáb, 25 may 2024, 14:47
Subject: [Trident Ploughshares] APPEAL TO JOIN THE LAKENHEATH ACTIONS IN
JULY - STOP US NUKES COMING BACK TO THE UK
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*APPEAL TO JOIN US IN PROTEST *
*AT LAKENHEATH FROM 13TH TO 25TH JULY 2024.*
RAF (in reality USAF) Lakenheath has been involved in a wide range of
operations and prides itself as being “get out the door”. After the Hamas
attacks on the 7 October 2023, F-15Es from Lakenheath landed at Muwaffaq
Salti Air Base in Jordan on the 13 October 2023 to bolster the US presence
in the region.
You can find lots more information about the involvement of Lakenheath in
multiple wars from the LAP website at
https://lakenheathallianceforpeace.org.uk/about-lakenheath-base/
But to give you a nasty flavour:- In April 1986 planes from Lakenheath
(F-111s) were involved in the bombing of Libya. After Iraq invaded Kuwait
in 1990 planes from Lakenheath were involved in Operation Desert
Shield/Desert Storm. On 25 August 25 1990, 18 F-111s took off from
Lakenheath as the first USAFE unit to deploy. During the operation, they
flew 2,500 combat sorties, dropping 7.3 million pounds of bombs. They were
also involved in imposing the *no-fly zone* over Iraq in the 1990s and the
bombing of Serbia. Planes from Lakenheath were also deployed multiple times
in Afghanistan and Iraq. F-15Es from Lakenheath were involved in the *friendly
fire* incident in Afghanistan in 2007 which killed three British
servicemen. Lakenheath is also involved in the campaign in Syria. For
example, in 2018 they flew over 2,000 missions while dropping more than 500
bombs. In 2021, they shot down an ‘Iranian’ drone in Syria and in 2023 they
also bombed Syria in response to attacks on US bases in the area. More
recently (April 2024) they were involved in countering the Iranian strike
on Israel. As well as joint exercises with NATO, planes from Lakenheath
regularly do joint exercises with the Israeli and Saudi air forces.
The USA are now in the process of getting ready to receive US nuclear
weapons to deploy from Lakenheath and so once again we are part of their
nuclear machinations. This is why we are calling on all of you to bring as
many activists as possible to our walk and camp from 13th to 25th July.
Help us stop the nukes returning. Please sign on at
https://lakenheathallianceforpeace.org.uk/sign-up/
With the crackdown on protest we need to support each other to continue
taking nonviolent direct action. We are all conscious of the clear link
between wars, climate chaos, biodiversity loss and environmental
catastrophe. Please join us. If you need further information then pleas let
me know.
Angie Zelter, Lakenheath Alliance for Peace. lap@gn.apc.org
--
Lakenheath Alliance for Peace - a nonviolent action group to prevent
the USA bringing back nuclear weapons to USAF Lakenheath.
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