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Protesters shut down Edinburgh arms factory
Activists protest outside Leonardo’s plant in Edinburgh, July 22, 2024
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HUNDREDS of protesters halted production today at the Edinburgh factory of Leonardo, one of the world’s biggest arms companies.
A coalition of groups demanding the cessation of arms sales to Israel rallied at the plant in the Scottish capital’s Crew Road North at 5am, forming a picket line preventing deliveries and workers from entering the site, which manufactures components of the F-35 fighter jets and attack helicopters used to devastating effect on the Palestinian people.
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