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November 3, 2009

Five Plowshare Activists Arrested at Naval Base in Maine
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Five peace activists were arrested Monday for entering a naval base in
Bangor, Maine as part of a Plowshares action. The activists cut a hole
in a fence to access the base. As they walked onto the grounds of the
base, they left a trail of blood and hammered on the roadway. They also
hammered on the fences and scattered sunflower seeds throughout the
base. The base is used to service Trident nuclear missiles carried by US
submarines. Arrested at the action were eighty-three-year-old nun Anne
Montgomery, Father Steve Kelly, Bill “Bix” Bischel, Susan Crane and
Lynne Greenwald.



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