Русская версияThe protesters demanded that the weapons be removed from Buechel
air base in western and be scrapped.
Hundreds of police kept a
careful eye on the rally after some demonstrators had threatened to
climb the fence and enter the fighter-bomber base.
"I never would have thought that Germany would again threaten the
world by stationing US nuclear weapons here," said Horst-Eberhard
Richter, a member of Germany's pacifist movement.
Neither German nor US officials have ever confirmed that the sole
remaining US nuclear warheads on German soil are maintained at
Buechel by a US Air Force team. Experts, however, say that this is
plausible since US nuclear-weapon safety inspectors do make calls
at the site.
(Deutsche Welle)
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