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...French believe the Israelis have already gone to extreme lengths to stop the delivery of nuclear materials. In April 1979 a band of saboteurs infiltrated a top-security compound near the French port city of Toulon and exploded plastic charges near two reactor cores that were scheduled to be shipped to Iraq three days later; the explosions caused extensive damage and delayed the program by months. The French suspect the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad was responsible for the raid. In June one of Iraq's top nuclear scientists was found bludgeoned to death in a Paris hotel room...
...Reagan as actor: Some might say Reagan as reactor is more accurate, but supporters claim he will restore that community of shared values, that pioneer spirit, that thrill of victory so evident in his many films. Family, work, neighborhood, peace and freedom: the stuff from which good, sappy, Hollywood films are made. Reagan as president would simply have the lead role, and he would "show" the international arena a thing...
...Sunday, there is less organization. Scattered through the woods, small bands of demonstrators continue their assault on the fence, never getting near the reactor. The real action is on Rte 1, Seabrook's main artery, where large crowds of protesters attempt to block traffic. Some are skeptical of the effort--"These are residents that we're holding up, and it's not going to help us any to get them mad," one young woman opines. "They're not locals--they're probably just fucking summer people," another protester responds. Small bands block traffic for about an hour until police decide...
Should some fortuitous combination of circumstances allow CDAS and company in to the reactor area, it is unlikely the siege would last long. How, short of guns and physical violence, would protesters maintain a presence if police wanted them out? Continuous arrests, continuous gassing, even a simple counter blockade to cut off food supplies--the prospects are not good. Napoleon Bonaparte, a man with credentials in the field, once remarked, "It is an approved maxim in war, never to do what the enemy wishes you to do, for this reason alone, that he desires it." The New Hampshire police...
...even if the tactics work May 24--even if protesters find themselves sitting in the core reactor playing cards come the 4th of July--they could damage not only the anti-nuclear movement but other causes like it. Despite page after page of rationalization, the plans do not add up to non-violence, at least not a type of non-violence capable of building support...