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US Navy Transport warplane and OMNI Air Troop Carrier at Shannon

category international | anti-war / imperialism | news report author Wednesday July 01, 2009 18:06author by Edward Horgan - Shannonwatch Report this post to the editors

Gardai continue to obey unlawful orders

Irish army soldiers provide guard duty for US navy warplane at Shannon, while up to 200 armed soldiers transit through Shannon on an OMNI Air troop carrier.
US Navy, DC9, transport aircraft, 580048 at Shannon 30Jun09
US Navy, DC9, transport aircraft, 580048 at Shannon 30Jun09

Shannon airport security and Gardai at Shannon failed to search or investigate US military aircraft at Shannon when requested to do so by Edward Horgan and Conor Cregan. As usual there was no effective security in place to protect civilian airport users from the threat of terrorist attack, and no precautions were in place to protect the public from blast and flying debris in the event of fire and or explosions involving one of these warplanes.
The army guard as usual were sitting in an army jeep parked far too close to the Navy warplane. There was no garda or airport security staff at the checkpoint on the road to the airport, as usual, except during peaceful protests.
Edward Horgan submitted a formal written request to the Gardai at Shannon Garda Station.
Conor Cregan also submitted a formal written complaint concerning a member of the Shannon airport security staff who refused to identify himself or to show his Warrant Card, as he was attempting to prevent us from taking photograhps.

OMNI Air US troop carrier at Shannon 30Jun09
OMNI Air US troop carrier at Shannon 30Jun09

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   An even busier day today     M    Wed Jul 01, 2009 19:13 
   Investigation request     Edward    Wed Jul 01, 2009 20:08 
   Shannon stopover supporting Marine offensive in Afghanistan     Edward Horgan    Wed Jul 01, 2009 23:02 
   And your problem is....?     Baffled    Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:09 
   Not Baffled     Sean    Thu Jul 02, 2009 13:53 
   A response to the so-called 'baffled'     MichaelY    Thu Jul 02, 2009 14:08 
   Barbarians inside our gates     Edward    Thu Jul 02, 2009 16:26 


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