The German participants in the protests chose Rozmital as the finish of their cycling ride "On Bikes for Peace, Disarmament and Civilian Europe" that started in Ulm, Germany, on August 2. About 150 people attended the meeting today. "We want disarmament and Europe without nuclear weapons," Thomas Roedl said on behalf of the German cycling ride organisers. He said he and his colleagues have been touring military plants and exercise grounds in Germany for several years to show people's resentment of further armament and extension of military bases. Roedl said that most military bases are situated along the 49th Three German troops injured in Afghan bomb attack ...
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If a U.S. radar were built in Brdy, they would expand eastwards, he said. "We've come to back the local citizens' resistance to the radar base project. We want to proceed jointly against projects someone is forcing upon us and that endanger us," Roedl said. On their way to the meeting site, the 30 German cyclists were joined by about the same number of Czech protesters on bikes, including MEP Jaromir Kohlicek (Communists, KSCM). "As I rank among those who in the EP strongly protest against the extension of U.S. bases and modernisation of all European armies, I've gladly joined the ride today," Kohlicek told CTK. The USA wants to build the radar, along with a base with interceptor missiles in Poland, as its missile defence shield to protect the USA and part of Europe from hostile missiles states such as Iran may launch. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Czech counterpart, Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, signed the main bilateral treaty on the radar base in Prague in July. Another treaty is yet to be signed. The radar treaties must be approved by Czech parliament and signed by President Vaclav Klaus to take effect. Most Czechs are opposed to the project.
(Ceske Noviny)
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