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May 5, 2022

Irish Peace Activists Fined for Protesting U.S. Troop Movements at Shannon Airport
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An Irish judge has ordered two members of U.S. Veterans for Peace to pay
just over $10,000 for protesting at an Irish airport used by the U.S.
military to refuel planes heading to the Middle East. The veterans, Ken
Mayers and Tarak Kauff, who are now both in their eighties, entered the
airfield on March 17, 2019, to inspect U.S. planes on the runway while
carrying a larger banner that read, "U.S. Veterans Say Respect Irish
Neutrality. U.S. War Machine Out of Shannon Airport. Veterans for
Peace." On Tuesday, a jury in Dublin convicted them of interfering with
the operation of Shannon Airport. They were acquitted of two other
charges.


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