NO to USAF Iran War bombers at RAF Fairford Chris Cole Drone Wars, Oxford Peace Gp & CND Sat 25Apr26

Protest at RAF Fairford Saturday 25th April at 12pm - Chris will be there. ‘No War on Iran’ – demonstration at Fairford base Join CND, Stop the War, and Fairford Action for a demonstration against the use of UK bases in Trump’s disastrous war on Iran. CND, Stop the War Coalition, and members of Fairford Action will hold a demonstration at RAF Fairford on Saturday, 25 April, over concerns the base is being used to commit war crimes. Protesters will call on the British government to end its support for the illegal US-Israeli aggression and shut down the US bases in Britain used to attack and support attacks on Iran. The protest comes as Trump announces an extension of talks, whilst simultaneously escalating US military deployments to the region – with USS George HW Bush aircraft carrier, three destroyers and another 5,000 US troops heading towards Iran. Donald Trump had also threatened to conduct further war crimes against Iran if his demands aren’t met by destroying every bridge and every power plant. It follows a previous, thinly veiled threat by Trump to use nuclear weapons in Iran before the ceasefire came into effect. RAF Fairford has been a critical base for US attacks on Iran. Before the ceasefire took place, huge long-range B-1, B-2, and B-52 bombers had been carrying out twice-daily bombing missions from the base, dropping 2,000lb bombs on Iran, before returning directly to Fairford. Thousands of civilians have been killed in Iran and infrastructure destroyed...