Protest Held in Hiroshima Against US Missile TestSome 40 people including survivors of the Hiroshima atomic bombing staged a 30-minute demonstration in Hiroshima, southwestern Japan, on Monday to protest Saturday's missile test by the United States, saying it could further threaten world peace, Kyodo News reported."The United States has trampled on the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty," the report quoted Makoto Matsumoto, a member of a Hiroshima-based group to support atomic bombing survivors, as saying. Matsumoto was referring to concerns that the missile defense system that the test was part of would give the U.S. increased ability to launch missiles with nuclear warheads. The participants protested the test by sitting in silence for 30 minutes in the city's Peace Memorial Park, which commemorates the 1945 bombing of the city. The demonstrators said they also sent protest letters to U.S. President George W. Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. The U.S. said Sunday it successfully conducted late Saturday its first missile-shield test under Bush's administration over the Pacific. |
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