Brdy - Army police removed Greenpeace activists from the Brdy military zone yesterday, where the activists had been protesting for several weeks against the U.S. radar base to be stationed in the area.
Jiří Neubauer was in charge of the military police intervention and confirmed the evacuation in a press release.
Scores of policemen, five detained
Scores of policemen participated in the intervention. Five of the activists refused to identify themselves and were detained.
"They detained us right away; they didn't even want us to identify ourselves," claimed Lenka Kukurová, among the detainees transferred to Příbram.
"We want to return to this place, though," she said.
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PM informed in advance
Allegedly, the military police organized the intervention because they needed the occupied zone for training activities.
The zone is now being guarded by army police.
One of the activists, Jan Piňos, said that the number of policemen was exaggerated because they arrived in dozens of separate cars. However, Piňos insisted that their behavior was justified.
Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek was informed of the intervention in advance.
"Peaceland"
Last week Greenpeace proclaimed the zone a "state" called Peaceland.
Recently, Jiří Tutter from Greenpeace said that U.S. radar would pose a risk for the Czech Republic and demanded action to prevent its installation.
"Stationing U.S. radar on Czech soil brings serious risks, including, above all, a disturbance of the global balance, an increase in international tension, and a new nuclear arms race. We don't consider the anti-missile defense project a measure that could solve the most important problems of today's world," said Tutter.
