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Ulla in jail
Danish plowshares activist Ulla Roder entered RAF Leuchars Air Base in county Fife, Scotland early on March 11, and peacefully damaged a Tornado fighter jet destined to duty in Iraq.
Prior to Ulla's action, early on Monday morning, March 10, two other anti-war activists had breached security at RAF Leuchars in order to inspect the base ahead of its likely illegal use in an attack on Iraq. With one of them in a wheelchair, the pair were able to inspect the base for over two hours before being discovered. Roder, from Odense in Denmark but currently living in Scotland, described how she went into a hangar at the Fife air base and discovered the plane completely unguarded. "I took my hammer to the nose-cone, the cockpit, the fuselage, the wings, the tailplane and other parts of the plane which it was safe to damage. I don't see it flying again. I then sat down and waited for the security people to arrive. When the police came everything was calm and relaxed."
Roder is in good spirits, and pleased that this particular
aircraft will not be dropping bombs on innocent people in Iraq. She
is in jail until her trial, which is not expected until this summer.
For more information, visit www.tridentploughshares.org
Letters of support should be sent to Ulla Roder, HMP Corton Vale, Stirling, FK9 5NY, Scotland.
