Annie
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The Times infiltrated. Very interesting and somewhat frightening:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1571447_1,00.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1571447_1,00.html
Inside the secret world of anarchists preparing for G8 summit
By Adam Luck
The Times penetrated a group of militants who are intent on organised chaos when world leaders come to Scotland
A REMOTE farm in the Lanarkshire countryside was transformed last weekend into a city of well laid-out army tents and marquees resembling a military encampment.
The military aspect was no accident. This was a war summit, where about 300 anarchists some dressed in urban guerrilla garb in freezing temperatures had gathered to draw up plans to paralyse Scotland during the G8 meeting at Gleneagles in July.
At this so-called Festival of Dissent, held on the land surrounding the imposing 17th-century Birkhill House at Coalburn, a secretive group of militants drew up plans to blockade the summit by cutting road and rail links.
Under the plans, tens of thousands of protesters are to be housed in three camps strategically placed across Scotland and will be deployed through a communications network designed to outflank the police.
Despite the groups obsessive secrecy, The Times was able to penetrate it to discover the nature of many of its plans and the willingness of some militants to resort to violence in their determination to disrupt the summit.
After attending a series of meetings under an assumed identity, a Times journalist also established that two key figures in the network are a university dropout named Alessio Lunghi and Mark Aston, a university administrator.
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