Today at the Kitsap Naval Base in Washington near Tacoma 19 nuclear abolitionists were arrested. The Kitsap base is the third-largest Navy base in the U.S.
The abolitionists were blocking the road while trying to deliver a letter to the Base Commander. Part of their letter states: "Trident II D-5 missiles with their W76 or W88 warheads are illegal under international law and hence are also illegal per the Constitution of the United States. It is a violation of the Nuremberg Principles to threaten destruction of a city, and it is a violation of the Geneva Conventions to threaten use of weapons of indiscriminate power."
Five of the 19 were released on-site with traffic citations for "walking in a roadway" and the other fourteen were held in the brig and issued federal citations for trespassing under USCode 18.
The demonstrators arrested took this action on behalf of humanity at this nuclear submarine base at the end of the Pacific Life Community annual retreat on the anniversary of the nuclear poisoning of the oceans and a specific Japanese fishing boat in 1954. The disastrous nuclear bomb and its fallout led to the nuclear abolition movement in Japan. The Pacific Life Community gatherings include educational, religious, and leisure components near US nuclear sites in the Western States. Next year's gathering will be in Las Vegas, NV.
for more info: http://pacificlifecommunity.wordpress.com
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