In November 2007, members of Olympia Port Militarization Resistance blocked several convoys of Army combat vehicles called Strykers, and trucks carrying military cargo from the Port of Olympia to F...
In November 2007, members of Olympia Port Militarization Resistance blocked several convoys of Army combat vehicles called Strykers, and trucks carrying military cargo from the Port of Olympia to Fort Lewis (recent video links below). Some protesters and bystanders have been pepper-sprayed and hit with police batons. I and other witnesses have been using my video camera to help in preventing violence and enhancing safety.
Protesters have been blocking trucks carrying military equipment for the war in Iraq (such as Strykers that need to be repaired to return to occupation duty), but have allowed all trucks with civilian equipment to pass through their human blockades and barricades. After six days of protest, the Port of Olympia changed tactics to enable the military cargo to leave the front gate, near the Farmers' Market.
On Tuesday, November 13 at 9:24 am, a truck carrying military cargo was snuck into a convoy of five civilian trucks. The military-cargo truck drove fast and close to the truck in front of him, in order to prevent protesters from stopping him. Yet he was forced to slam on the brakes when the logging truck in front of him stopped, and nearly rear-ended the truck and lost his military cargo.
Protesters then ran into the tiny space between the trucks, and the military-cargo driver inched his way forward to force the protesters back. When they sat down in the road, the port gatekeeper and a protester convinced the civilian trucker to pull back into the port. (The guy on the left of the blockade is an Iraq War veteran). This was the second truck carrying war materiel that was stopped today, and the front gate blockade continues.
Zoltan Grossman
For background on the port protests against weapons systems from Fort Lewis:
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i was there, i was a participant in this.we dont want our port being used for an illegal war! this war is illegal and unncessecary and if you dont think so then you really just have no heart people.
I would've put it in first a just started going. These protesters are the reason I vote pro abortion. That Iraq war veteran in there was probably some pencil pusher in the Army.
dude he's 21 he was a baby durring the gulf war and so all his p;athetic ramblings are based off second and third hand information and a complete lack of any real substance or education
read more on depleted uranium b4 speaking please tehres been a total of 2 studdies that SUGGEST it MIGHT increase the odds of birth defects and theres been NO solid evidence that it causes cancer at this time oh and fyi the one studdy was done because of your ole buddy bills war
secondly saddam had labor and death camps as well my friend and far far worse
and yes we did supply sadam with weapons but NOT wmd's
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secondly saddam had labor and death camps as well my friend and far far worse
and yes we did supply sadam with weapons but NOT wmd's
its not our fualt that once he gathered enuff power he turned on his allies