From Italy:
Italians Protest Planned U.S. Base Expansion
Thousands of people are expected to protest in the northern Italian city of Vicenza Saturday against plans to expand a U.S. military base there.
The protest comes as relations between Italy and the United States are under some strain. Friday, a judge indicted 26 Americans accused of kidnapping an Egyptian cleric in Milan as part of the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" program.
And last week, another Italian judge ordered that a U.S. Marine should stand trial for the killing of an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq.
And from the Czech Republic:
Some 300 people protest U.S. base in CzechRep
Some 300 people protested in Jince against the plans to station a U.S. radar station in the Brdy military district some 70km southwest away from Prague today.
They branded posters reading "No to bases in CR," "No to war," "No to imperialism."
Most of them signed a petition for a referendum to be held on the base.
A female participant in the protest action told CTK that people miss information about the radar base. She said she tried Freephone which the Central Bohemia Region has launched.
"I learned lies. For instance, that the radar will be built within the European Union," the woman told CTK.
She also said that information about the impact of the radar on people´s health is missing. In other countries similar facilities are built outside populated areas, here they should stand close to municipalities.
The esteem of the US has fallen throughout the world. We've become what we faught in the past.
