Posted on 08/08/2005 5:44:18 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) -- Survivors of the deadly blasts that devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki 60 years ago joined hundreds of activists in support of a global ban on nuclear weapons.
They rallied Saturday at the birthplace of the atomic bomb, outside the national labs that feed today's nuclear arsenal, on the tiny island where the Enola Gay took off for Hiroshima with its deadly payload, and in the nation's capital.
Bombing survivor Koji Ueda attended a rally in the Los Alamos park where there were research laboratories when the Manhattan Project developed the world's first atomic bomb.
"No more Hiroshimas. No more Nagasakis," Ueda said. "We send this message to our friends all over the world, along with a fresh determination of the 'hibakusha' (atomic bomb survivors) to continue to tell about Hiroshima and Nagasaki, aiming at a planet set free of wars of nuclear weapons."
In Oak Ridge, Tenn., 15 protesters from a group of more than 1,000 were arrested for blocking a road outside the heavily guarded weapons factory that helped fuel the bomb during World War II.
At the Nevada Test Site, about 200 peace activists gathered for a nonviolent demonstration outside the gates. About 180 activists, including actor Martin Sheen, were given citations and released after crossing police lines.
In California, hundreds of activists marched to the gates of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, some holding sunflowers and others hoisting a 40-foot inflatable "missile."
The city of Hiroshima, meanwhile, marked the anniversary with prayers and water for the dead. .......................
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Hey - they didn't mention Tokyos or Dresdens...think how many incendiaries a B-52 can carry! And those firebombings killed more than the atomic attacks, combined!
He looks good like that - can we get the tape stitched on??
Short answer is,drum roll please,no.Why?Because to libs capitalism is evil so anything that proclaims themselves an enemy to us is the lessor of evils and thus worthy of their support or at a minimum the attempt to ignore the threat that it presents to our security.
I watched an excellent show the other night about the invasion of Japan. The show discussed dropping a nuke as opposed to the planned invasion of Japan. One statement made during the show knocked me over. The statement was made that the Purple Hearts we have been issuing since WWII were ALL manufactured for the invasion of Japan. Think about that.
He's not a real American but he plays one on TV.
"No more Hiroshimas. No more Nagasakis," Yeah and no more, ummm ....no more , ahhhh let's see...........no, ummmm....we're done.
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