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March 29, 2011

Anti-Nuclear Activists Head to Prison For Entering Naval Base 
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Five anti-nuclear Plowshares activists were sentenced Monday to prison
for entering the Kitsap-Bangor Naval Base in Washington State to
symbolically disarm the nuclear weapons stored there. The activists, who
include two Catholic priests and a nun, were given varying sentences
ranging up to 15 months in prison, plus one year supervised release.



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