[antiwar-van] Stopwar reportback on NATO direct action..NATO not welcome!

[Harsha]

Forward from Stopwar.ca activists...

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NATO NOT WELCOME!
Canadian Armed Forces Recruiting Center Attacked

Thursday September 6, 2007

Early this morning the recruitment center on Georgia Street was attacked
by anti-war activists. Buckets of red paint where thrown against the
window and a sign reading 'Bring the War Home’ was posted to the front
door.

The action co-insides with the imminent arrival of top NATO commanders who
are holding a meeting in Victoria.

In a statement forwarded to several anti-war organizations the message
read in part, 'This small act was made in hopes to escalate anti-war
activity. Our marches and speeches have done little to end this war. While
the majority of Canadians desire its end, the government, military and
their corporate sponsors continue killing unarmed civilians in
Afghanistan.’

‘This paint represents the blood spilled in the occupation of Afghanistan,
where NATO’s generals don’t care about civilians bombed in their homes or
starving in camps, and where human lives are extinguished as cannon fodder
for illegal war’.

‘This paint represents the blood spilled in the occupation of Canada. From
Innu territory to Gustafson Lake.’

'By bringing the war home we mean to inflict economic and political damage
upon the war machine. Our actions will intensify.'

‘Unlike most main stream anti-war organizations we do not call for the
troops to be brought home to further colonial genocide on indigenous land.
We fight to abolish state terror at home and abroad.'