Octobre 2007 / The Guardian

Scotland : 170 held at last Faslane (nuclear submarine base) demo

170 held at last Faslane demo

Severin Carrell, Scotland correspondent

Tuesday October 2, 2007

The Guardian

More than 1,100 anti-nuclear protesters have been arrested during a year-long series of blockades and demonstrations at the UK’s main submarine base, which ended yesterday with a mass rally and nearly 170 arrests.

The main gates to Faslane submarine base on the Clyde, which is home to the Trident nuclear missile fleet, were sealed off just after dawn yesterday after several (...)