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March 17, 2010

NZ Peace Activists Acquitted for Antiwar Protest
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In New Zealand, three peace activists have been found not guilty of
breaking into and damaging a spy base used in the US-led invasion and
occupation of Iraq. In April 2008, the three activists entered the
Waihopai facility and deflated a plastic dome used to cover a satellite
dish. After the verdict, one of the three acquitted activists, Dominican
friar Peter Murnane, said they acted to help mitigate the human
suffering caused by the Iraq war.

Peter Murnane: “We attacked property in a pretty moderate way to save
enormous life and to draw attention to the enormous crimes against
humanity that the base is guilty of sharing in.”



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