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To: Father Terrence who wrote (9778)	6/14/2001 12:02:37 AM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

Story from the London Times THURSDAY JUNE 14 2001 Police alert over protests against Bush FROM MARTIN FLETCHER IN BRUSSELS President Bush's inaugural tour of Europe was dogged by another day of protests yesterday as he visited Nato’s headquarters in Brussels. Swedish police are braced for worse trouble when he arrives in Gothenburg today. One man trailing a “Stop Star Wars” banner tried to steer his motor-driven parachute over the heavily-guarded Nato complex. He was one of about 30 protesters arrested during the day. Several hundred demonstrators gathered outside the gates to jeer and wave placards proclaiming “Save the Climate, Stop Star Wars” and “Death Penalty Equals Murder”. Another two dozen Greenpeace activists chained themselves together outside the military airfield where Air Force One landed. They held up a banner declaring “George W.Bush — Wanted for Crimes Against the Planet”. The White House sought to shrug off the demonstrations, insisting that Europeans would warm to Mr Bush as they got to know him. “Every President is a caricature until his first trip,” said Andy Card, the White House chief of staff, who recalled that Ronald Reagan was similiarly demonised when he first took office in 1980. Though small, the protests have been taken by the American media as further evidence of Europe’s hostility to the new Administration. More significant is the absence of any large crowds turning out to greet Mr Bush, or of any desire by him to meet ordinary people. An estimated 5,000 left-wing demonstrators marched through Madrid before his arrival in the Spanish capital on Sunday, and several hundred gathered outside the US Embassy when Mr Bush addressed staff there on Tuesday night. “Bush assassin”, they chanted. “Bush, imbecile, the world is not your ranch,” said one placard. “For us, Bush represents many things from our fascist past,” said Lacha Hernàndez, a teacher. The biggest and most threatening protests will take place today outside the US-EU summit in Gothenburg, Sweden, where police expect as many as 25,000 demonstrators against everything from globalisation to Mr Bush’s environmental policies. “There will be trouble and we are expecting it,” a spokesman for the city police said. Five Danish members of a militant group called Antifascist Action were arrested in the Swedish port city on Tuesday. They included a woman who had press credentials, and the police reportedly seized a grenade launcher and explosives.