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Sunday December 21, 2008 18:29 by Ed Hill
![]() On Saturday 20th December, as the rooftop protest entered its eleventh day, supporters held the largest rally yet at the Raytheon office block near Bristol. Approximately thirty supporters rallied near the Raytheon building, waving banners and chanting anti-war slogans. Many were also waving shoes in protest against the war in Iraq. They included anti-arms-trade campaigners from the local area, members of the Bristol Stop-The-War coalition, plus supporters from the Smash-EDO campaign in Brighton and from across the country. Three vehicles, a dozen police officers, plus several private security guards tried to stop the protest getting near the building or passing up food, water, or supplies to the rooftop. |
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