About 2,000 pacifists demonstrated without violence Saturday
outside a German Air Force base where they insist 20 US nuclear weapons are
stored.
They demanded that the weapons be removed from Buechel air base on Germany's
western rim and be scrapped. Hundreds of police kept a careful eye on the rally
after some demonstrators had threatened to climb the fence and invade the
fighter-bomber base.
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 say that this is plausible since US
nuclear-weapon safety inspectors do make calls at the site, dpa reported.
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