Magical Mystery Tour!

Sunday 18th May 2008. 1pm Sunday May 18th. Gate 1 Lakenheath

• Tour of the parimeter of the base - minibus or cycle tour
• Street Theatre
• Speakers
• Tea and cakes
• Fence Decorating

Transport Details So Far

Norwich	01508 550446
London	0207 607 2302 / 020 8341 5997
Leicester	0116 2477367	emmail@talktalk.net
Waveney	01986 892723	mellcndeast@cnduk.org
Cambridge	07752 143683	csynge@googlemail.com

For more information contact mellcndeast@cnduk.org.

Aldermaston - Easter Monday - 24th March

Coaches from across the region traveled down to Aldermaston for "The Bomb Stops Here" on Easter Monday. About 5,000 people attended the event and at 2:30 the site was surrounded by noisy protesters. All main gates at the Atomic Weapons Establishment was occupied by colourful and lively protesters. More images of the day can be found here.

Stop the War Crimes not the Protests

Just after 7am on the morning of 8th October 2007 six people chained themselves together to block the main gate of RAF Lakenheath. US personnel immediately sealed off the road and diverted traffic.

A police cutting crew arrived just after 9am and started to cut the people out. The last person was taken away just after 10:20am.

All have been arrested for Obstructing the Highway. More details about the action is available here. The reasons for the action are given below.

Thousands of Bombs Dropped by Lakenheath Pilots in Afghanistan

Lakenheath pilots painted bombs on their plane to represent the number of bombs each jet has launched while deployed to Afghanistan during their recent 4 month deployment. One picture shows 76 bombs while another (taken half way through the deployment) shows 30 including two which seem to be cluster bombs.

One of the photographs if for sale on the Start and Stripes website which is a newspaper for US military personnel

This would indicate that press reports and the 'airpower summaries' released by US airforce only show a tiny fraction of the number of airstrikes in the country. Click here for more information and analysis including reports of civilian deaths during airstrikes in Afghanistan.

Eastern Block at Faslane

Eleven people from the Eastern Region traveled up to Faslane for the Big Blockade on 1^st October. Although there were over 170 arrests no one from the Eastern Region were arrested despite playing an active part in the blockade.

The protest marked the ending of a year of protests outside the Faslane submarine base where the British Trident submarines are based. Each submarine can contain up to 16 missiles. Each missile can have up to 16 independently targeted warheads. Each warhead is eight times more powerful that the bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

For more information see Faslane 365 web site

Sizewell Action

Nuclear Power Is Not The Answer To Climate Chaos

Five people blockaded Sizewell 'A' and 'B' for over 5 hours as part of the Climate Camp actions on the 20th August 2007.

The action was part of the day of actions at the Climate Change Camp and was to expose the myths of nuclear power as a way to combat climate change Click here for more information.

Lakenheath 8

Eight local people are to appear in court over charges relating to their action last October when they cut through the fence at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk. RAF Lakenheath is home to US F-15E ground attack aircraft which have recently returned from bombing Iraq.

The protesters chained themselves to a munitions store where cluster bombs had been seen a few weeks earlier. As well as taking action against the use of cluster bombs the groups also cite the presence of B-61 nuclear bombs, depleted uranium weapons and the disproportionate use of force against the civilian population

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