C.A.A.T. not guilty : Melbourne Indymedia

Christains Against All Terrorism member Sean O'Reilly was found not guilty in the Alice springs Magistrates court this Friday March 3rd. O'Reilly had been charged with obstructing police while holding an anti-war vigil outside the Pine Gap Military facility in December last year.

The Pine Gap Military facility had been shut down for four hours as a result of the C.A.A.T. civil disobedience action early that morning. As the cars lined up for kilometers Sean O'reilly and fellow C.A.A.T. member Jessica Morrison held a vigil outside the front gates. Holding a banner stating 'Expose Pine Gap', O'reilly was arrested for obstruction after he questioned the federal police about their right to search the C.A.A.T. vehical and remove property.

The Pine Gap military facility is considered by C.A.T.T. to be terrorist base. We condemn the state terrorism behind the US and Australia’s illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq. We cannot distinguish between the terrorist acts of a suicide bomber in Baghdad, or of a jet bomber in Fallujah. In both cases innocents are murdered and maimed for a political objective.

Early morning on December the 14th 2006 four members of C.A.A.T. breached the boundaries of the Pine Gap military facility to carry out a citizens inspection. Two members entered the base, hung a banner and climbed onto a roof for further inspection of the base.

Four members of C.A.A.T. Jim Dowling, Bryan Law, Donna Mulhern and Adele Goldie will appear in the Alice Springs magistrate court for a committal hearing on April 19th. The four have been charged with Trespass and Destruction of Commonwealth property. They are still waiting to be informed whether they have been charged under the 1952 defence act which carries a maximum seven year sentence.
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