Whitehall Gulf War Protest Actions

As soon as the US and UK started bombing Iraq on 17 Dec anti war campaigners duly responded in actions. Women carried out 3 independent actions (none of them knew the others were to happen: On the night the bombing commenced Sylvia Boyes from Brum was at the MOD Whitehall, writing 'DON'T BOMB IRAQ' across the main doors. When it became evident that no one was around to arrest her she moved on to the cenotaph where she sprayed 'NOT IN MY NAME TONY'. She was arrested when the police were at last alerted to her activities by the mirth of other protesters. On the same night women from the campaign group 'Voices In The Wilderness' sprayed 'NOT IN OUR NAME' and threw red paint over the Foreign Ministry. On Thursday 18th Jean Lawless from Leeds walked through the North entrance of the MOD Whitehall, spattered red gloss all over the plush foyer and succeeded in 'symbolically recreating the aftermath scene of a bomb explosion', causing over L2000 damage in the process. All are to appear in Bow St Magistrates, charged with criminal damage. Sylvia appears on 22nd Jan.

Also on the night of the bombing 5 people from Faslane Peace camp were arrested while cutting the perimeter fence of the base.