[Shadow_Group] Fw: Breaking News from Jerusalem - Vanunu is arrested

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AR Action Report Online.

Thursday, November 11, 2004

Breaking News from Jerusalem - Vanunu is arrested

 

THIS morning Thursday, November 11, 2004 at 9 am local time, a group of
30 armed security men stormed the Anglican church compound in Jerusalem
and arrested Mordecai Vanunu, the nuclear whistleblower, who was released
after 18 years of captivity just a few months ago. Bishop Riah told me
that the Israeli security personnel disregarded sanctity of St George
Cathedral, brandished their machine-guns, scared the pilgrims and the
clergy. 

The bishop demanded from them to respect the church and remove armed men,
but they refused. Vanunu was taken to Petach-Tikwa for detention, the
Bishop was told.

The arrest came when the attention is diverted to the death of President
Arafat. Actually an Israeli member of Knesset Yuval Shteinitz demanded
the re-arrest of Vanunu who continued his demand for opening Israeli
nuclear arsenal for international inspection. Vanunu gave a few interview
recently, one of them is available on www.israelshamir.net<http://www.israelshamir.net/> given to
Johannes Wahlstrom, a Swedish journalist. He also gave interviews to
British media, encluding a live one.

Please intervene immediately, contact the Anglican Church, the Archbishop
of Canterbury, your goverments and church leaders. This breach of
sanctity of the Church comes two years after the siege of Bethlehem
Nativity by Israeli troops. This is the time to express solidarity with
Mordecai Vanunu, to demand his immediate release from captivity!

Israel Adam Shamir
Jerusalem 
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