Irish Anti-War Activist Refused Entry Into The United States

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via CommonDreams:



Published on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 by The Limerick Leader (Ireland)
Irish Anti-War Activist Refused Entry Into The United States
by Pat Flynn


AN anti-war activist, who was acquitted of causing damage to a US military jet at Shannon Airport in 2003, has been deported from the United States.

27 year old Damien Moran, an English teacher and former seminarian originally from Co Offaly, was refused entry to the US by Homeland Security agents at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Sunday. Mr Moran had been invited to attend and speak at a conference against the U.S. Government’s missile defence plans.

Currently working as an English teacher in Warsaw, Poland, in November 2006, Moran was acquitted along with 4 other anti-war activists of causing €2m worth of damage to a US Navy logistics warplane shortly before the outbreak of the Iraq War.

In the early hours of February 3rd 2003, Deirdre Clancy, Nuin Dunlop, Karen Fallon, Ciaron O’Reilly and Damien Moran entered a hangar at Shannon Airport and damaged the Navy jet. All five later went on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court charged with two counts each of causing criminal damage worth €2m to the aircraft.

However, after their trial collapsed twice they were acquitted at a third hearing in 2006. The jury returned a unanimous ‘Not Guilty’ verdict on both charges in the cases of all five accused. The jury accepted defence evidence that the accused honestly believed they were acting to save lives and property in Iraq and Ireland, and that their disarmament action was reasonable taking into consideration all the circumstances. ......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/04/09/8180/

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1. Is it fascism yet?