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'FREE MY JAILED ARMY HUSBAND'
Charlotte Hart, Sutton Coldfield Observer, 15 April 2005, page 1A Birmingham newspaper reports that Abdullah William Webster, a former US Army sergeant, who is the husband of local woman Sue Webster, was sentenced by court martial in June 2004 to 14 months in prison after refusing to fight in Iraq. The article includes interview with his wife, photographs of them and their child, comments from Amnesty International which has adopted him as a prisoner of conscience, and details of how to write in support.
Full articleRefusenik Israeli pilots under fire
BBC, Thursday, 25 September, 2003Full article:"The pilots' rebellion is an earthquake with a potential for disaster, whose magnitude is difficult to assess at present," he told Yediot Aharonot. "If this storm does not go way quickly, it could drag with it other parts of the army and not only the air force."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3140032.stm
Tens of thousands rally in Boston for peace
Jenna Russell, Globe Staff, Globe Correspondent, 30 March 2003 The Boston GlobeFull article:Tens of thousands of people from across New England and beyond converged on a damp, windswept Boston Common for a massive antiwar rally yesterday, then marched through the city, saying they hoped to show the world that not all Americans support President Bush and the war in Iraq.
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/089/metro/ Tens_of_thousands_rally_in_Boston_for_peace+.shtml
Australian pilot gives thumbs down to US bombing order
Greg Ansley, The New Zealand Herald, 24 March 2003Full article:CANBERRA - An Australian FA/18 Hornet pilot has refused an American command to bomb a target in Iraq in the first conflict between the different rules governing the way the two allies make war.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID =3251554&thesection=news&thesubsection=world
Thirty B52 Support Vehicles Disabled at RAF Fairford
Trident Ploughshares Press Briefing, 14th March 2003Full article http://www.tridentploughshares.org/prel/prel03/r030314a.htmlLast night at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire two Trident Ploughshares activists disabled no less than thirty vehicles which provide essential support to the US B52 bombers stationed there.
Ulla Roder Confirms Leuchars Tornado "Out of Action"
Trident Ploughshares Press Briefing, 12th March 2003Full article on www.tridentploughshares.orgToday Trident Ploughshares activist Ulla Roder confirmed that the Tornado jet which she damaged yesterday at Leuchars airbase is unlikely to fly again.
ITALY: Civil disobedience targets US military
Stephen Bennets, Green Left Weekly, March 5, 2003Third paragraph:
The "Stop that train; disobey global war" campaign has attempted to block 27 special trains en route to Livorno laden with US troops, tanks, rocket launchers, jeeps and bulldozers. Members of the railworkers' union are providing activists with detailed information on rail movements and, in a rerun of events in 1969 during the Vietnam War, dock workers are refusing to load military cargo in Livorno.
IF WAR BREAKS OUT
Stop the War Coalition, 15 February 2003Full article:On the day war breaks out, the Stop the War Coalition is calling on everyone to make your protest felt immediately - occupy your city or town centre, organise mass meetings or walkouts at work, sit in at your college or university.
http://www.stopwar.org.uk/article.asp?id=150203
Grannies gather in attempt to avert 'immoral' conflict in Iraq
David Blair in al-Taji, Daily Telegraph, 12 February 2003Full article:"We volunteered for an indefinite period. If war breaks out, I will stay here and be in solidarity with the Iraqi people," said Elaine Martinez, 72, from Chicago.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/02/12/wirq212.xml/
Arms moved by road after rail boycott
Kevin Maguire, Guardian, Saturday January 11, 2003Full article http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,872605,00.htmlMinistry of Defence officials instead shifted the munitions by road, saying they had thought the train had faced technical problems.
The two drivers have been described as "conscientious objectors" by a supporter, and it is understood that a total of 15 drivers are threatening some form of anti-war action.
Iraq war would be a mistake, says city MP
Cambridge Evening News, 5 September 2002Full article http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/search/dispstory.asp?id=197793CAMBRIDGE MP Anne Campbell has warned Prime Minister Tony Blair that war against Iraq would be a "mistake".
As the likelihood of military action against Saddam Hussein increased dramatically, she said worried constituents were contacting her on a daily basis.
Fighting for his day in court
Moshe Gorali Ha'aretz English Edition Wednesday, June 26, 2002In an unusual move, First Lieutenant (Res.) David Zonsheine was released from custody on Monday - at least temporarily. Zonsheine, a 29-year-old software engineer and reserve officer in an elite paratroopers unit, refused to serve in the territories during Operation Defensive Shield.Full article http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=180174&contrassID =2&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y&itemNo=180174
US artists damn 'war without limit'
Duncan Campbell Guardian Friday 14 June 2002Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/bush/story/0,7369,737004,00.htmlA group of leading American writers, actors and academics have signed a statement strongly criticising their government's policies since September 11. It is an indication of a growing feeling that the administration is promoting its own agenda on the back of the attacks.
[YeshGvul] 5 conscripts jailed for refusal
From cherryk@zahav.net.il Fri Apr 26 16:23:49 2002Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 22:46:55 +0200
From: peretz kidron <cherryk@zahav.net.il>
To: YeshGvul@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [YeshGvul] 5 conscripts jailed for refusal
The imprisonment of these five is most significant ! They are not the first young (18-20) conscripts to refuse duties in the campaign of repression. Others have done so in the past. But their 3-year service places them under much stricter discipline than reservists called in for a few weeks, and few have the maturity and self-confidence to face up to the ordeal they can expect from their superiors until their discharge. The spread of the refusal movement to the conscript units marks a notable breakthrough.Full article
[YeshGvul] new call-up, more jailed refuseniks - סרבנים נוספים בכלא
From ofern@cs.huji.ac.il Sat Apr 20 22:20:51 2002Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 14:16:45 +0000
From: ofer neiman
To: yeshgvul@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [YeshGvul] new call-up, more jailed refuseniks - סרבנים נוספים בכלא
Another batch of emergency call-up orders for Sharon^ׂs war against the Palestinians has gone out, and with it a new batch of jailed refuseniks ^ײ three since Monday (and probably some more tomorrow). These are the latest who have said NO! to the occupation:Full article y20apr.html
Robert Fisk: Fear and learning in America
Independent 17 April 2002And for the first time in more than a decade of lecturing in the United States, I was shocked. Not by the passivity of Americans - the all-accepting, patriotic notion that the President knows best - nor by the dangerous self-absorption of the United States since 11 September and the constant, all-consuming fear of criticising Israel. What shocked me was the extraordinary new American refusal to go along with the official line, the growing, angry awareness among Americans that they were being lied to and deceived.Full article http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=285777
Students in Middle East protest
Cambridge Evening News, Wednesday 10 April 2002Two members of CamSAW - Cambridge Students Against the War - are trapped in the besieged town of Bethlehem, where they are acting as a human shield trying to protect a Palestinian refugee camp.Full article http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/archives/2002/04/10/
World Bank to West Bank
George Monbiot Guardian Tuesday 9 April 2002Since the army's offensive in the West Bank began, hundreds of Israeli peace campaigners and foreign activists have been seeking to put themselves in its way.At great personal risk, members of the International Solidarity Movement have sought to protect civilians by making hostages of themselves. It is a display of extraordinary courage and self-sacrifice.Full article http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4390071,00.html
[YeshGvul] Seder, 3 refuseniks, tear gas
From cherryk@zahav.net.il Tue Apr 09 17:43:50 2002Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 23:41:03 +0200
From: peretz kidron <cherryk@zahav.net.il>
To: YeshGvul@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [YeshGvul] Seder, 3 refuseniks, tear gas
Defying unseasonable rain, hundreds of Israeli peace supporters, reinforced by a strong delegation of internationals, clambered a hill overlooking Military Prison 6 at Athlit, to hold a Freedom Seder in honour of the jailed refuseniks (there were 18 when we started, up to 21 when the ceremony ended !) Above all, we were there to celebrate the fact that there are now OVER A THOUSAND REFUSENIKS !Full article
[YeshGvul] 2 naval refuseniks + 1
Ram Rahat - Peretz Kidron 20:16:48 +0200 25 March 2002 Yesh Gvul email list YeshGvul@yahoogroups.comFull articleTwo reserve officers of the Israeli navy have been jailed for refusing service in the occupied territories.
Capt. (res.) Shahar Tzur (30), formerly of the missile boat section, was jailed for 28 days. Tzur is married, a resident of Haifa and a student of architecture at the Technion. He is a signatory of the "Courage to Refuse" declaration.
The soldiers who refuse to fight
The Scotsman Mon 4 Mar 2002Earlier this year, a group of some 50 enlisted men and officers signed a petition proclaiming their refusal to serve in the occupied territories, saying they were given orders that served no security purpose, and boldly stating that "we shall not continue to fight beyond the 1967 borders in order to dominate, expel, starve and humiliate an entire people".Full article http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=240132002
An Antiwar Movement Grows in Israel
Neve Gordon, The Nation, 25 February 2002A few months after the 1967 war, Yeshayahu Leibowitz, a professor at Hebrew University and a leading Israeli intellectual--who was also an observant Jew--stated that Israel must immediately withdraw from the occupied territories. He argued that the occupation was unjust and would inevitably lead to the oppression and subjugation of the Palestinians, and to the corruption if not destruction of Israeli society. Until his death in the mid-1990s, he continued to criticize the occupation, using piercing, prophetic language to condemn the immorality of Israeli policies. For years, Leibowitz also averred that if 500 reservist soldiers would simultaneously refuse to serve in the territories, the occupation would end.Full article http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20020225&s=gordon