Waihopai Ploughshares Trial: Day Five

Waihopai Ploughshares Trial: Day Five

The fifth day of the trial resumed with Peter Murnane continuing his testimony. He said his actions were to hold those who run the Waihopai facility to account.

“Our action at Waihopai was a revealing action,” Murnane said.

"[We need to] learn what is going on there, make them accountable."

"Our action actually brought a positive benefit to the people of this nation. We are bringing them the truth.

"We had to do it. Who else will and when would it happen?"

Murnane continued to focus on the four war crimes he believed the US was committing with assistance from Waihopai.

“They said [Waihopai] was improving security in the world. I wonder how the Iraqi parents feel secure as they nurse the baby with the eyes outside its head: is that security?”

He said he had previously protested against the use of depleted uranium by the US military.

On each Friday for five weeks in the run up to Easter 2007 he had protested outside the US Consulate. During the protests 606 signatures were collected on a petition against the use of depleted uranium.

He sent a letter to the US Congress in April 2007 about his concern about depleted uranium but received no reply, he said.

He did so again on November 23, 2007. A few weeks later he presented the signatures to the US Counsul, but did not hear back, he said.

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