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LONDON - Anti-war protesters chained themselves to British tanks and stopped them being loaded onto military ships bound for the Gulf yesterday.
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The Greenpeace activists broke into a military dock at Southampton, southern England, in a bid to obstruct a stream of military hardware destined for use in a possible Iraqi war. "The risks are worth it if we can stop war in Iraq," Helen Wallace told Reuters while chained to a tank lined up on the quayside. "I'm prepared to stay here for as long as it takes." For six days last week, Greenpeace blockaded military ships with their vessel Rainbow Warrior in southern England before police boarded the ship and towed it away.
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REUTERS NEWS SERVICE
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