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Lakenheath: starting today, we can send the nukes back
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HUNDREDS of protesters are making their way to an air force base in Suffolk today, to protest against the return of US nuclear weapons to Britain. We will be meeting at RAF/USAF Lakenheath — the likely recipient of the bombs; this development makes Britain once again a forward nuclear base for the US in Europe.
There is a powerful history of successful anti-nuclear activity at Lakenheath. In 2008, 110 US/Nato free-fall B61 nuclear bombs were removed from the base, following sustained protest at the base by CND and the Lakenheath Action Group.
US nuclear bombs had been located there since 1954. Their return, assigned to Nato, will increase global tensions and put Britain on the front line in a Nato versus Russia war. B61s have continued to be sited in five other countries in across Europe — Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Turkey — in spite of strong opposition to them in some of the “host” countries.
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