Sponsored Stop & Serach at Fairford - Reclaim The Bases 5/6th April

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Fairford - Reclaim The Bases 5/6th April 
A weekend of independent weapons inspections & the world's first 
sponsored STOP & SEARCH (with prizes) to raise money for charity to 
help with relief work in Iraq.
advisory note: Due to the political nature of this sponsored event it 
is difficult for charities to be directly associated with it. We 
appologise to CARE for linking with them with this protest without 
gaining their consent. We still think donating any money raised to 
charity is a good thing and suggest each participant identifies the 
charity of their own choice. 
There is a list of charities working in Iraq at: 
http://www.casi.org.uk/info/charities.html
Fairford Reclaim The Bases
A number of groups have contacted GWI to find out what we're 
organising for Reclaim The Bases and wanting a little more info 
than 'don't get shot'... well we're not organising anything because 
any organised event is likely to be policed to death. 
Instead we're going to disorganise the weekend as follows:-
Members of the public, plane spotters, walkers and all manner of 
ordinary citizens are allowed to travel freely across the country to 
visit USAF Fairford and inspect the B-52 bombers as they load-up to 
bomb Iraq. Peaceful protesters are also citizens and are permitted 
free passage around our free and democratic country to protest at the 
location of their choosing (how outrageous!). So head for Fairford 
and conduct your own independent weapons inspections... be creative, 
have fun, don't get shot!
Please note we will be posting information on the types of weapons 
we're looking for on this site in the days leading up to Reclaim The 
Bases. It is quite clear the B-52's are now loading large quantities 
of dumb-bombs but this isn't getting any press coverage. So lets 
explode the myth of precision bombing... we're talking about carpet 
bombing now. Bring cameras, binoculars, telescopes, video cameras and 
record the loading of dumb-bombs and other dodgy weapons such as 
cluster bombs or DU tipped cruise missiles. Afterwards hassle your 
local press, national press contacts and elected representatives 
until the myth of precision bombing is thoroughly ground into the 
dirt (which is where it belongs).
The World's First Sponsored STOP & SEARCH
In conjunction with the weapons inspections we are highlighting the 
use of Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 stop and search powers 
which have been used at Fairford since 8th March to stop and search 
literally hundreds of innocent, legal anti-war protesters. If you are 
in the vicinity of the base, visiting G10 Peacewatch camp or 
observing the bombers you will likely be stopped by police and 
searched. This can easily occur several times in one day.
So if you'd like to take part in the Worlds First (and only) 
Sponsored Stop and Search then get your sponsorship form here, at:  
http://www.cynatech.demon.co.uk/Reclaim-The-Bases.htm

Your mates can sponsor you a fixed amount or an amount per search. 
Once you've collected your sponsorship money send it direct to the 
charity of your choice – a list of charities working in Iraq can be 
found at: http://www.casi.org.uk/info/charities.html 
PRIZES PRIZES PRIZES
Prizes have kindly been donated by The Green Shop and are up for 
grabs in the following categories.
 Most stop & search (or same person) over the weekend - Solar 
powered mobile phone charger. 
 Most bizarre arrest (without charge) as judged by the GWI legal 
support team - 1 litre blood red paint (environmentally friendly & 
non-toxic for die-ins and other creative anti-war activities). 
 Best fancy dress costume - please email photos to 
fancydress at gwi.org.uk - 1 litre blood red paint. 
 Couple of more litres of blood red paint for categories as yet 
undecided - suggestions to info at gwi.org.uk
Civil Liberties Watch
We are compiling a dossier that we'd like to be more convincing than 
some of Downing Street's recent attempts, we will need to have as 
much detail as possible. Please can you let us know as many as 
possible of the following details:
Your name
Date and time of incident
Place where incident happened
Summary of what happened, and why you think it was unreasonable
Names / identification numbers of police officers / armed forces 
personnel
involved (including US personnel if relevant)
What was the justification given for the conduct by the officers 
(tell us
the legal power if the officer quoted one).
Names of any witnesses
Details of any follow-up action (eg complaint made against the police)
Do you have any further material to show what happened, eg photos,
contemporaneous notes, video tape footage?
Anything else you think is important
Your contact details - including name and address
Please pass on the info to us by email to this address 
berkshirecia at hotmail.com and you're welcome to pass details of the 
monitoring project on to anyone else who might be interested.

NVDA: Fairford is becoming a focus for NVDA (non-violent direct 
action). 
If you wish to take direct action we suggest you link up with an 
experienced group who can provide support and training. We believe it 
is vital that any actions are entirely non-violent otherwise the 
peace movement risks becoming discredited and losing the wide public 
support we now enjoy. 
Also please remember the Fairford Peace Camp / G10 Peacewatch are 
legal activities that we wish to remain in place. Do not give the 
police any excuses to close down the peace camps - thank-you.