Two US Air Force aircraft stopped at Shannon Airport before flying straight to the main European hub used to transport weapons for use against Iran.
The planes arrived in Ireland the same day a US-backed Israeli airstrike killed more than 150 schoolgirls in Iran. Foreign affairs minister Helen McEntee “can’t say” if this strike was illegal.
Gardaí appear to have protected one of the Lockheed Martin C130 Hercules aircraft while at the Clare airport according to an image published by Shannonwatch.
Both aircraft, owned by the United States Air Force, arrived in Ireland from the US via Canada last Saturday.
They left yesterday for Ramstein Air Base where they remain at the time of publication.
The German airbase has been the central European hub over the past few days for the transport of weapons and personnel as part of the US and Israel’s illegal war against Iran.
The attacks against Iran – which killed more than 700 people – would not have been possible without US access to the German airbase according to the news publication Berliner Zeitung.
There’s been increased activity at Ramstein Air Base over the past few days after Spain barred the US military from using Spanish military bases to attack Iran.
The Ditch reported last November that for the first time since 2006 the state admitted it allowed munitions of war onboard a US military plane to land at Shannon Airport on their way to Israel.
The state allows these aircraft to use Irish territory. It prosecutes Irish people who oppose this – with the Shannon Three among those awaiting trial.
