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April 3, 2010
Update Press release 3 april 2010

April 3, 2010
Now or never: get rid of nuclear weapons.

April 1, 2010
Press Release: European Days of Action against nuclear weapons.

March 29, 2010
March 21 in ITALY

March 28, 2010
European Days of Action against nuclear weapons.

March 24, 2010
April 8th in Turkey

March 24, 2010
Leading politicians advocate for nuclear disarmement

March 23, 2010
April 3rd in France

March 23, 2010
April 4th in Germany

March 23, 2010
UK: Faslane blockaded twice in three days

2010 is a crucial year for nuclear disarmament. On the military base of Kleine Brogel, there are estimated to be around 20 NATO nuclear weapons. Belgian pilots are trained to use them.

On April 3rd there was a European Day of Action to ban nuclear weapons . Actions took place at every European NATO nuclear weapons base in Germany, The Netherlands, France, Italy, Turkey, United Kingdom, and Belgium. Read more, here.

VREDESACTIE TV
Here you link through to our you-tube profile where you can find the most recent bombspotting action reports. To be expanded ...

Bombspotters blockade UK nuclear weapon factory
February 15th in Aldermaston – on 3 April at all nuclear weapon bases in Europe! An international group of activists, coming from everywhere in Europe, blockaded on Monday 15th February the UK nuclear weapon factory in Aldermaston, together with the British peace movement.

Bomspotters defy militaries of air force base Kleine Brogel
On January 31st a group of anti-nuclear activists entered the air force base of Kleine Brogel in Belgium. They were astonished that for more than an hour they could walk undisturbed on the landing strip, through an open gate and up to the aircraft hangars where the nuclear weapons are stored. Only after one and a half hours all of the activists were detained on the base and their cameras and mobile phones confiscated.

BOMBSPOTTING-CAMPAIGN WEBSITE
For the 2010 Bombspotting campaign, Vredesactie (Peace Action) launched a new website. Here you can get a good overview (including video clips) on the whole range of DIY actions and mass action on civil disobedience that took place on April 3rd, one month prior to the NPT review conference. go to www.bomspotting.be

Holy man is bombspotter
Saint Nicolas (a local holy man, who comes around the 6th of December, gives presents to good children and punishes children who behaved badly by putting them in his bag) and four of his helpers entered the airforce base of Kleine Brogel on the 4th of December. They wanted to put the US nuclear weapons in their bag. The Saint was very displeased about his arrest and asked for help from other people, thereby giving the signal to start a series of Bombspotting actions.

CATERPILLAR BELGIUM TAGGED AS WARPROFITEER
On the 15th of dec 2009, the Transnational Awareness Group inspected Caterpillar's production site in Belgium. The inspectors visited the company in order to verify information about Caterpillar's involvement in warcrimes. The company allegedly supports the Israeli military by providing them with bulldozers for military operations. (more information at www.tagwar.eu)

OIP (B) TAGGED AS WARPROFITEER
OIP, the Belgian company producing night vision goggles and aimpoints, received unexpected visitors from the Transnational Awareness Group.
TAGroup inspectors entered the company's premises to verify information about complicity to warcrimes.
They were specifically concerned about arms sales to controversial countries like Columbia and Israël.
(more information at www.tagwar.eu)

DEXIA STOPS FINANCING ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS
The Belgian-French financial group Dexia has announced it will no longer finance Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories through its Israeli branch Dexia Israel.

This is the result of a months-long campaign in Belgium, supported by NGO’s, political parties, local authorities, trade unions and other organisations. Dexia’s management states that financing Israeli settlements is indeed against the bank’s code of ethics and it will stop giving loans due to this.

Undercover activists invade ITEC arms fair
From May 12th to 14th, 2009, Brussels Expo hosted the ITEC exhibition (International Training and Education Conference) the annual top event for companies in the military training and simulation business.

On the first day of the event, Vredesactie activists went in undercover and revealed controversial links. On May 13th, a delegation of politicians visited ITEC to make clear that an event like this is not welcome.

ARMS TRANSFERS TO ISRAEL FUEL CONFLICT
The Israeli army in Gaza is using weapons partly produced in Belgium and The Netherlands. Moreover Dutch and Belgian airports are being used for the transfer of weapons and ammunition from the United States to Israel without scrutiny of the EU arms export criteria.

Belgium en The Netherlands do not apply these criteria consistently and the transfer of military goods from the US to Israel, notably ammunition, is not controlled at all.

60 YEARS OF NATO IS ENOUGH

>>21 MARCH 09: BELGIAN NATO GAME OVER. We will close down the NATO headquarters in Brussels. Non-violently and effectively.
>>1-5 APRIL 09: ACTIONCAMP AND COUNTERSUMMIT IN STRASBOURG, FR.
The European peace movement is saying STOP to NATO, with a series of non-violent actions. Vredesactie is organizing transport to the action camp in France.

60 YEARS OF NATO IS ENOUGH
60 YEARS OF NATO IS ENOUGH

>>21 MARCH 09: BELGIAN NATO GAME OVER. We will close down the NATO headquarters in Brussels. Non-violently and effectively.
>>1-5 APRIL 09: ACTION CAMP AND COUNTER SUMMIT IN STRASBOURG, FR.
The European peace movement is saying STOP to NATO, with a series of non-violent actions. Vredesactie is organizing transport to the action camp in France.

War starts from Europe
14-15 November 2008: European day of action against military intervention infrastructure.
Europe is at war. The bombs are not falling in Europe. They are falling several thousands of km away in Iraq and Afghanistan. But still war is waged from Europe. Europe serves as a launch pad for military interventions worldwide. The frameworks differ: NATO, EU, US coalition of the willing, UN. The targets also vary: Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Chad, etc. But the departure points don’t: military bases and civilian airports and harbours in Europe.
We call for a European day of nonviolent direct action against war on 14-15 November 2008 against military intervention infrastructure.
War Starts from Europe. Let's Stop War from Europe. Take action at your local military bases and installations used for military interventions! Let’s resist military globalisation together!