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Protesters stormed Leonardo’s Edinburgh facility early Thursday, blocking all entrances in a bold move that’s part of a two-and-a-half-year campaign demanding the company cut ties with Lockheed Martin over F-35 jet production used in Gaza. Dentist Zahra and fellow activists accuse Leonardo of profiting from a “genocidal war,” urging workers to halt production and defiantly rejecting government labels as extremists. This isn’t the first time — past actions include street blockades and arrests under the Terrorism Act — but this time, police managed the scene without arrests, as Leonardo defended its operations under UK export controls while prioritizing employee safety.

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