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PeaceNews #2444: F-16s kill
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F-16s kill
Scott Mathern-Jacobson
In July, activists gathered in Duluth, USA, with the message "F-16s Kill," in a nonviolent response to the
Air National Guard 148th Fighter Wing's F-16 Fighting Falcon, which was on display all weekend at a
shopping centre.
Four activists "died", splattered with fake blood, while the sound of exploding bombs was broadcast from a
car stereo. Margaret "Mali" Lorenz, Laurie Hatcher, Johnna Bossuot, and Donna Howard, remained on the
ground in front of the jet for several minutes before police arrived.
The Air National Guard displays the F-16 for recruiting purposes, while shopping centre staff see it as
"family entertainment" that will attract more consumers to the centre's stores.
"It is an insult to the families of the victims of the F-16 to display it with no acknowledgment of the
suffering it causes. It is also irresponsible of the Air National Guard to use the allure of a flashy, high-tech
device to attract children to something as serious as military enlistment," said Lorenz.
Over the weekend several further actions took place and five people were arrested, including one man who
was apprehended while praying next to the plane.
Most of the group were pacifists and included members of Veterans for Peace, Women Speak for a Sane
World, and the Loaves and Fishes Catholic Worker community, as well as other concerned citizens.
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