Anti-nuclear protestors arrested at NATO sites (Belgium)

[struggle4progress]

BRUSSELS – Hundreds of ‘bomb-spotters’ were arrested as they attempted to stage symbolic inspections of NATO headquarters and other key military sites in Belgium on Saturday.

Protestors likened nuclear armaments maintained by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in Belgium to an illegal stockpile of weapons of mass destruction.

One protest spokesman compared the surprise ‘inspections’ to those undertaken by the United Nations in pre-war Iraq.

Some 1,000 demonstrators from across Europe descended upon NATO headquarters in Brussels, SHAPE headquarters near Mons in Wallonia, and the joint Belgian-US Air Force base at Kleine Brogel in Limburg, where NATO tactical arms are stored. A smaller group of protestors also attempted to enter NATO’s satellite centre in Gooik in Flemish Brabant. <snip>

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[chlamor]

1. important

[bpilgrim]

2. it's gonna spread WORLD WIDE, too...

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