Greenpeace is urging President Clinton to cancel the $60 billion
Star Wars national missile defense program because it threatens to
start a new nuclear arms spiral. The protest is set for 1 p.m. at
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
The planned Alaskan deployment of the missile system would break
the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty. Clinton has been
toying with the idea of giving a go-ahead to the controversial
system before leaving office.
“Its time for Bill Clinton to put away his missile system and
get on with nuclear disarmament,” said Steve Shallhorn, Campaign
Director for Greenpeace USA.
Two Greenpeace activists plead guilty to trespass in the
Marshall Islands and were released. They were arrested on Friday
after they unfurled a Stop Star Wars banner on Meck Island, where
the interceptor missile was launched from Kwajalein Atoll in the
Marshall Islands.
In addition, seven Greenpeace volunteers were arrested on
Vandenberg Air Force base shortly before the scheduled launch time.
They were released after the launch and charged with
trespassing.
