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DERRY SINN FEIN PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY PROTEST THUR. 8TH JAN. 09

As part of our ongoing campaign against the Israeli war in Gaza, Sinn Féin held a protest outside the Raytheon plant in Derry to highlight that fact that technologies developed here are now being used to kill and maim innocent civilians including children in Gaza, Iraq and Afghanistan. "Sinn Féin position on Raytheon has been clear from day one in that while civilian applications at the Derry plant would have been accepted we would oppose any attempt to develop military technology. Sinn Féin, jointly with the SDLP, passed a Council motion to that effect, making it clear that the welcome for Raytheon would be withdrawn if it became apparent that the Raytheon plant in Springtown was involved in military applications. "Raytheon have now admitted that the plant in Derry is engaged in making guidance systems for guided missiles being used in Gaza and is therefore a party to the appalling slaughter that we witness daily."