'Divine Strake' bomb test postponed - Arrests Made

[helderheid]

*I just want to add... YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2006/05/31/news/strake.html

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MERCURY - About 300 anti-nuclear demonstrators gathered at the Nevada Test Site to celebrate the indefinite postponement of a massive explosion that they feared would spread radioactivity across the West.

About 70 people were cited for trespassing during Sunday's gathering, said Peggy Maze Johnson, executive director of the Nevada environmental group Citizen Alert, which co-sponsored the event.

Efforts to reach Nye County sheriff's deputies at the remote site were unsuccessful, and Sheriff Tony DeMeo did not immediately return a phone call.

The gathering was held two days after the federal government announced it was delaying the non-nuclear explosion dubbed "Divine Strake."

"Initially, it was going to be a protest," Johnson said. "But we had the win, and we decided it was important we be there and celebrate that win.

"It isn't often that we the people win against the behemoth called the United States government, but it happened," she added.

EDITED TO ADD - this is apparently old news. See what happens when you leave for vacation?