Ofog demands an end to war preparations

2010-07-28 Luleå

United States and Swedish Air Force are right now preparing for a large war exercise in Norrbotten. War preparations can never go undisturbed says Ofog, who on Thursday at 12:00 will be at Norrbotten Air Wing F21.

The purpose is to break the silence about the fact that Sweden is at war and USA as an ally is allowed to practise bomb war on Swedish soil. War starts here and we can stop it from here, says Ofog who wants to show a better way to use common resources.

- Spending public funds on running a war in Afghanistan and arranging advanced military exercises with USA is not something for the common good or a more peaceful world, says Karin Carlsson, acvtive in Ofog.

The US Air Force in Europe, USAFE, is coming to Norrbotten to practise bomb dropping during a couple of weeks. There has been a large secrecy around the exercise and the lack of democratic transparency has been almost total, but the exercise is expected to start next week. F21 will be home base for the exercise where about 20 US military aircraft will participate.

- USA is the worlds largest military power. They have got nuclear weapons, use phosphorus bombs and are notorious for lawless actions, torture and offences. When Sweden allows US Air Force to come here and improve their skills in dropping bombs over Iraq and Afghanistan we are accomplices in USAs war crimes, says Maja Backlund, active in Ofog.

The network Ofog is right now in Luleå holding an action camp to place attention on the war exercise that starts next week. During the week there are lectures, workshops and Ofog invites the public to direct action for peace.