The military grounds are designed for army training and not as a site for political events, Pejsek said. Head of the KSCM central Bohemian branch Stanislav Grospic said the ban was an effort by the government and the military to prevent the event they do not like from taking place. He said the area of protest would probably be reduced. Originally, the Communists from the Plzen and Central Bohemian regions planned to enter the Brdy military district, 90 km southwest of Prague, where Verdict on Prague Castle, cathedral distraint takes effect ...
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Grospic has called on other regions to support the event. He told CTK previously that his branch would launch a petition against the U.S. radar base on Czech soil a week before the march. The U.S. radar in Brdy and a planned base for ten interceptor missiles in Poland are to be elements of the U.S. missile defence shield that is to protect the United States and a large part of Europe against missiles that states like Iran might launch. According to a CVVM poll conducted in March, two-thirds of the Czech population are against the radar base and a quarter are in favour of it. The main U.S.-Czech agreement on the radar base on Czech soil will be signed by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during her visit to Prague in May.
(Ceske Noviny)
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