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Protesters from Smash EDO played cat and mouse across the fields surrounding the EDO / ITT component factory based just outside Brighton, Sussex, UK. 13/10/2010

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Smash EDO Brighton protest

Protesters from Smash EDO played cat and mouse across the fields surrounding the EDO / ITT component factory based just outside Brighton, Sussex, UK...

by theo liasi in United Kingdom on 13/10/2010

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Smash EDO protest ends with mass arrests in Brighton

The protest at EDO MBM/ITT, a top ten U.S. defence contractor, aimed to shut the factory down for the day. Hundreds of police ensured that no one got...

by Alex Milan Tracy in United Kingdom on 13/10/2010

A small group gathered on Home Farm Road outside the EDO MBM/ITT arms manufacturer in Brighton to stage a noise demonstration. The company manufactures the Zero Retention Force Arming unit for the VER-2 vertical ejection bomb racks used in Israeli F16 fighter jets. Brighton, United Kingdom, 17/03/2010.

The demonstration was being held to mark the fifth anniversary of the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom, or The Second Gulf War. This began on March 20th 2003 at 5:34 am local time, with a huge campaign of ‘shock and awe’ directed at Baghdad. “The first attack on Baghdad came from 320 Tomahawk cruise missiles fired by ships in the Gulf and the Red Sea, said Rear Admr. Matthew G. Moffit, commander of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk battle group.” The operation consisted of the second largest special operations force since the Vietnam War. 

The Smash EDO protesters want to see the factory shut down. According to The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, brought into UK law by the ICC Act 2001, it is an offense for any UK resident to be involved with war crimes or any war of aggression anywhere in the world.

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‘Horrors of War’ noise demo outside Munitions factory

DMTX. A small group gathered on Home Farm Road outside the EDO MBM/ITT arms manufacturer in Brighton to stage a noise demonstration. The company...

by Alex Milan Tracy in United Kingdom on 17/03/2010

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Smash EDO protest ends with mass arrests in Brighton
The protest at EDO MBM/ITT, a top ten U.S. defence contractor, aimed to shut the factory down for the day. Hundreds of police ensured that no one got near the facility and ended the day...
Smash EDO Brighton protest
Protesters from Smash EDO played cat and mouse across the fields surrounding the EDO / ITT component factory based just outside Brighton, Sussex, UK. 13/10/2010
‘Horrors of War’ noise demo outside Munitions factory
DMTX. A small group gathered on Home Farm Road outside the EDO MBM/ITT arms manufacturer in Brighton to stage a noise demonstration. The company manufactures the Zero Retention Force Ar...
Smash EDO Protest Graffiti - BRIGHTON, U.K.
This graffiti in Brighton represents the views of the Smash EDO protesters who campaign against the weapons factory located in EDO/ITT at Emblem House, Home Farm Road in Brighton. 28/1/...
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Hundreds of protesters attend the Smash EDO demonstration to protest against the Brighton defence contractor which manufactures weapon components used by the Israeli's during the v...
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DMTX. On the first anniversary of the end of the Israeli war against Gaza, Smash EDO activists in Brighton organized a demonstration against the local factory of arms manufacturer EDO M...
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Police film protestors and vice versa at a SmashEDO march in Brighton, May 4 2009. The march was organised as a protest against arms manufacturer EDO who own a parts factory in Brighton...
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May Day protesters descended on Brighton to demonstrate against the EDO factory, which manufactures parts for bombs, often clashing violently with police.
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Protesters campaigning against the arms manufacturer EDO MBM marched through the center of Brighton clashing violently with police. The Brighton based company makes a variety of equipme...
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Campaign group Smash EDO, which wants local arms factory EDO MBM Technology closed, organised the protest which it described as a "huge success" (estimated 1000 protesters). P...
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