Czech mayors join forces to fight US radar

The mayors of towns and villages in the Brdy Hills and other areas which have been considered as potential sites for the location of a US tracking radar on Czech territory have joined forces and say they will fight the plans tooth and nail. Several villages have already rejected the US radar in local referendums and opinion polls indicate that the majority of Czechs do not want it on Czech territory. Thirty five mayors say they will act together to get the attention of politicians, the government and the media. "We have contacted 90 newspapers and magazines the world over, and we are going to make ourselves heard - we do not want this radar in our backyard" mayor of Trokavec, Jan Neoral told the CTK. Prague and Washington have opened talks on the radar, but no commitment has yet been made.