Saturday, June 14, 2008

Greenpeace declares Peaceland at planned US radar base

Czech Greenpeace activists, who have been occupying spot height 718 in the military district in which the U.S. radar base is to stand for five weeks, Monday proclaimed the independent state Peaceland there, spokeswoman Lenka Borakova told CTK.

The state has its own flag, national anthem, a declaration of independence and border, Peaceland "citizen" Lenka Borakova said.

The citizens of Peaceland will not allow the presence of weapons on its territory and if the armed military police come, they will refuse to show their documents, Borakova said.

Military police spokesman Jan Cermak said the police had checked about 300 people in connection with unauthorised entry to the military district since April 28.

However, the real number of the people was smaller as some of them have committed the minor offence, punishable with up to 3,000 crowns, repeatedly, Cermak said.

The activists' proclamation changes nothing in the situation, Cermak said.

"The proclamation of a fictitious state by the persons who stay illegally in the military district and of its so-called rules will not influence the approach of the military police to them in any way," he added.

"Anyone roaming in the military area without a valid permit who refuses to show its identity card can be detained," Cermak said.

"This has happened in one case," he added.

However, "no forcible solution to the situation is on the order of the day," Cermak said.

The activists have marked the area around the site in question. They say the radar site was no longer part of the Czech Republic, but of their land. As a result, the U.S. administration will have to negotiate with the new state, not with the Czech Republic, they said.

The United States wants to build the radar base and a base for ten interceptor missiles in Poland within its missile shield. The Czech-U.S. treaties are to be signed by July.

The Central European elements are to protect the United States and a large part of the European continent against missiles that states like Iran might launch.

Two thirds of the Czech public are still opposed to the radar base, according to the latest public opinion polls.

~ Prague Daily Monitor ~

 

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