Greetings from Fallujah / Aiming at Aimpoint, and hitting the target

from Global Intifada - 12.11.2004 14:38

A group of Anarchists under the operation name of Global Intifada – a group that had previously targeted companies that support war and occupation such as Cramo that is owned by Caterpillar; targeted the Swedish weapons manufacturer of Aimpoint yesterday night. This action comes in retaliation to the ongoing human rights violations of the British and American forces in Fallujah. This is not the first time that Aimpoint is targeted in Sweden. Three weeks ago the company’s windows in Malmoe to the south of Sweden were smashed in protest of its involvement in crimes against humanity. The company is a high profile manufacturer of red dot sighting technology catering to American troops spreading terror in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Links to similar actions but from different groups, yet not less louder

(Sweden) http://beirut.indymedia.org/ar/2004/11/1892.shtml

(Canada) http://www.beirut.indymedia.org/ar/2004/11/1919.shtml

Aimpoint CompM2 (M68) The viewfinder supplied to the US terror troops

Greetings from Fallujah! A small reminder of the crime!

Dolls left behind to tell the stories of the Aimpoint murder

As Aimpoint’s website notes “Aimpoint AB is pleased and proud to announce that the US Army has once again selected the CompM2 (M68) passive Red Dot Sight system from Aimpoint AB to go with their M4 carbines and their M16 rifles.

The order is for almost 70,000 Red Dot Sights to be supplied over the coming 10 months. The order is an amendment to current contracts with the US Army, within which Aimpoint has previously supplied near 200,000 M68 sights.

This contract with the US Army is the largest single order for small arms optical sights in the world. Aimpoint AB, a part of the Swedish GS-Development Group, has previously won similarly large contracts to supply the French Army, the Swedish Army, the Italian Army and continues to supply Special Forces and Law Enforcement world wide.

“Since 1997, we have monthly delivered an important amount of sights to the US Army. Being and remaining a supplier to the US Army year after year is a sign that Aimpoint is a reliable company, maintaining its position at the fore front of the technology with high quality products and delivery precision. And it is our intention to continue in this way – as a reliable supplier to dedicated professionals.,” says Lennart Ljungfelt at Aimpoint AB.”

Putting weapons or weapon accessories in the hands of American military is not just a trade; it is supplying terrorist régimes worldwide affecting the lives of billions of people. We all still remember the acts of Al Qaeda, the former adopted son of the US administration, or dictators such as Pinochet and Saddam Hussein committing endless atrocities against their own people under the blessing of the land of “freedom”.

The harm of the American military goes beyond humans to include the environment and the very essence of the earth; their deployment of uranium in Iraq and Afghanistan does not only affect the currently living but goes beyond that to generations ahead. Without the help of such companies the work of the troops will not be as smooth.

The viewfinders made by Aimpoint make it possible for American snipers to shoot targets even in the darkest pits; targets that in most cases were/ are ambulances, civilians and children. The last time the American occupation forces attacked Fallujah the common targets were ambulances, hospitals and families. As you are reading this, the viewfinders manufactured by Aimpoint are the eyes of American soldiers “going across the city from one end to the other, and not stopping before finishing it off” – rephrasing statements of the American military concerning Fallujah.

The activists broke in for the second time smashing windows with the use of glass bottles filled with blueberry juice, a small reminder of the blood being spilled on a daily basis - thanks to companies such as Aimpoint. The action involved placing five dolls at the entrance with five cards attached to them. Every card carried a story of a child killed by American weapons leaving his/ her toy behind. The toys were a reminder to the employees of the horrific crimes committed using stuff that they make… daily. One of the messages read “Mohamed has been forced to flee from the horrific violence in Falluja and has not had time to properly mourn his 3 year-old daughter who was killed by an Aimpoint-equipped American weapon only a week ago. This is the only thing he has to remember her by.”

On the door the activists left a sign reading “Take the day off and reconsider your career choices”, a final call for employees who are still determined to participate in the ongoing massacres around the world. And for those still insisting to violate human rights, a small surprise was left around the door knobs consisting of a metal chain and locks. It might not be perpetually, but it will surely hold back this machine of terror for a bit of time, maybe till someone else decides to take action against it... again and again!

The action was signed “Greetings from Fallujah” in dedication to the people of Fallujah currently under attack by American forces with the collaboration of the killing squads of Tony Blair. This is will not be the last time activists target manufacturer of terror machines, but it surely be towards the first steps of escalation.

Similar actions took place in Stockholm and Gothenburg More news to come on that.

No reported cases of arrest so far!