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23-May-2005

Spanish antimilitarists enter future NATO response force HQ

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Activists being evicted after entering a Spanish military base.
PHOTO: campanya antibase - inspecció ciutadana , inspecciociutadana@yahoo.com

Across Spain: As with the previous two years, on 14 May a group of antimilitarist "inspectors" crossed the fences of the future NATO Response Force HQ near Bétera, close to Valencia in eastern Spain - despite a heavy police presence - in order to call for its closure and return to the people.

More than one hundred civil inspectors left the village of Bétera to walk to the headquarter. Participants were equipped with white coats, signs (with slogans as "CLOSE DOWN THE BASE", "RETURN THE BASE", "NATO OUT"), cameras, questionnaires and, as a special feature this year, with magnifying glasses in order to carry out their investigation.

The action was part of the "Hot May" series of antimilitarist events taking place across Spain this month.

More info: In the next Peace News (available 28 May - subscribe today at http://www.peacenews.info/webshop/index.php?category=1)
Full text in English http://www.inspecciociutadana.org
In Spanish, with more photos http://www.nodo50.org/tortuga/article.php3?id_article=1694