NATO besieged Strasbourg Alsace, my hometown, because for once the headlines. Saturday 4 and Sunday, April 5th, NATO will hold its 60th summit in Strasbourg and, on the other side of the border with Germany, Kehl, Baden-Baden.
They expect most of the leaders of the alliance members, including Nicolas Sarkozy, Barack Obama
(which will even find a
head to head at the Palais des Rohan. Not worth the visit will Cathedral during that time ...), but Angela Merkel, Silvio Berlusconi or Gordon Brown.
Several reports indicate that the city is already gold and
siege under the pretext of fighting terrorism. Thousands of policemen, gendarmes, customs officers and soldiers were mobilized (the New Zealand
Herald speaks of 7000 policemen, riot police and gendarmes and 100 members of the GIGN, as well as air defenses), excluding mobilization
German side. To access the city center, wear a badge "NATO", delivered to residents by the police, in violation of freedom of movement, as highlighted
Agoravox . Schenghen agreements, allowing the free movement of people between countries of Europe were temporarily suspended between France and Germany, and we rechecked the people at the border. 30 km of metal fences 2 m high were erected in the city.
It is obvious that most of these steps are not really any terrorists, but the protesters who held a top-cons from April 2, ie tomorrow.
The prefecture has Ganzau stationed at a joint outside the city, 8 km as the crow flies from the Palais des Congres venue of the summit. It's very visible on this plane
: At point A, the Palais des Congres, to point B, the Ganzau. Edifying. It is obviously to avoid that "beggars" will come to disturb the great of this world ...
But there's more. Repression insidious and totally illegal harass opponents: The police demanded the withdrawal of anti-NATO banners
displayed in the windows (to the chagrin of Mayor Roland Ries PS), and the site of top-cons, where alter-globalists have met since the week Last undergoes all kinds of bullying: helicopters equipped with powerful projectors stalled for hours in the middle of the night, contol incessant identity, block supply trucks, and even explicit threats. If it's like that today, we dare not imagine what it will do during the actual summit ...
Last Minute
of incidents have already broken today. The
January 29, I was worried about the growing distance between Sarkozy and the people. Obviously, it has not finished worse ...
Officially, it's your name, you French, but also you, citizens of member countries of NATO, it is all done. Find:
http://sommet-otan-2009.blogspot.com/ http://schlomoh.blog.lemonde.fr/ http://stream.giss.tv : 8000/antinato.mp3.m3u (audio link)
http://www.otan-non.org/ Show your displeasure. If you dare yet ...
