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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 1 september 2003 / Timeline September 1, 2003
Version 3.5August 2003, 2. September 2003
09/??/2003
Konference om, hvilken rolle spiller Nordisk fredsuddannelse i
arbejdet for fred? Centre for Peace Studies, Tromsø
Universitet.
09/01/2003
Det er nu 4 måneder siden, at USAs præsident Bush
erklærede krigen i Irak for vundet.
German Air Force Base Closed for Weapons Inspection
1st Sept-
Buchel (Germany) - This morning an international team of thirty
citizen inspectors closed the three gates of Buchel air force base
in Germany to carry out a war crimes inspection. It is a public
secret that 11 US B-61 tactical nuclear weapons are stored on the
base. Armed with clipboards, cameras and pens the inspectors have
been gathering information for the International Atomic Energy
Agency as well as for the UN where their findings will be reported
next year during the Non-Proliferation Preparatory Committee in New
York. Their report will also be made public through the
Internet.
The inspectors condemn the use of double standards by the German
and U.S. governments with respect to weapons of mass destruction.
The inspection follows the criticisms of the U.S. nuclear weapons
policy made earlier in the week by IEAE director Mohammed
ElBaradei. "The U.S. government demands that other nations not
possess nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, it is arming itself," ElBaradei
told the weekly newspaper Der Stern. "There are no good or bad
nuclear weapons. If we do not stop applying double standards, we
will end up with more nuclear weapons. We are at a turning point,"
he said.
Pol D'Huyvetter, one of the ten weapon inspectors who travelled
from Belgium stated, "All countries who have signed the nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty -- including the U.S. and Germany-- have
agreed to start negotiations to achieve complete nuclear
disarmament. One of the first steps agreed by these states was
openness of the nuclear weapon arsenals. Meanwhile, they keep their
nuclear weapons bases completely secret. It is for this reason that
we need to take action as citizens to investigate the base, and
make this information public."
Although both the German Commander of the base, Mr. Martin
Schelleis, and the second in charge, Major Hans Helbach, were not
willing to make any official statement about the presence of
weapons of mass destruction on the German base, the inspectors
uncovered interesting information for their report to the UN and
the public. "It is also very alarming that the chief of police Mr.
Peter Magerl stated that there is no nuclear emergency plan for
when there is a plane accident involving a nuclear warhead"
declared Pol D'Huyvetter. The nuclear warheads include materials
such as plutonium and tritium, two very toxic radioactive materials
which could cause very serious contamination problems, both for the
environment and public health.
The citizen inspectors came from Austria, Belgium, Britain, France,
Germany, Malta, Sweden and the USA. There will continue to be
citizen inspection actions at nuclear related sites around the
world. On 25th October there will be an inspection at SHAPE (the
NATO military headquarters) in Mons, Belgium, writes
motherearth.org.
More information: Pictures - free of copyright.
09/01/2003
Underbetaling standser Thulesag i højesteret
Statens advokat får to-tre gange så meget som
Thulefangernes i fri proces-sag om Thule, skriver Information.
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