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| [00:06.32]On Thursday,about three hundred American law enforcement agents [00:13.37]raided the small Puerto Rican island of Vieques. [00:18.23]The agents removed 216 demonstrators who had been camped [00:24.66]at a United States military base for almost a year. [00:30.09]No one was hurt in the action. [00:34.22]American Attorney General Janet Reno directed the operation [00:39.86]to remove the protesters. [00:42.92]Ms Reno said the protesters would not be charged with crimes [00:49.06]unless they became violent or tried to re-enter the Bieques navy base. [00:55.69]Among those seized were two members of the United States House [01:01.73]of Representatives and several Puerto Rican legislators. [01:07.08]The demonstrators were protesting the use of the small Caribbean island [01:13.51]of Vieques as a United States navy training center. [01:18.76]They especially object to bombing exercises carried out there. [01:24.90]The demonstrators began their protest after a misdirected navy bomb [01:31.95]killed a Puerto Rican civilian security guard last year. [01:37.80]The navy suspended exercises at Vieques after the accidental death [01:45.53]In January,President Clinton and the Governor of Puerto Rico [01:51.86]Pedro Rossello,resched a new agreement about future training. [01:57.89]They agreed the navy could carry out limited training until 2003 [02:06.33]However,only non-explosive bombs could be used in the exercises. [02:13.67]The people of Vieques are to decide by vote [02:19.10]whether the navy trining center should remain on the island. [02:24.54]Vieques has a population of more than 9,000 people. [02:30.86]They are American citizens as are all other Puerto Ricans. [02:38.69]Puerto Rico is a Commonwealth of the United States. [02:43.55]The people who live there receive some services [02:48.91]from the American federal government. [02:52.25]However,they cna not vote in Ameican presidential [02:58.29]or congressionsl elections. [03:01.73]About sixty years ago,the United States navy [03:07.48]bought two-thirds of Vieques. [03:11.11]The Navy has used the area to train [03:16.08]for every major conflict since World War Two. [03:20.70]There always has been some tension between the navy [03:26.55]and the citizens who live on the island. [03:30.49]The navy argues there is no other place like Vieques for trainning. [03:38.33]It is close to the eastern coast of the United States. [03:43.97]Pilots and naval gun operators can train easily with United States marines [03:52.93]as they land on the island's beach. [03:57.06]The navy says pilots who train at Vieques learn to drop their bombs [04:04.51]with much more exactness than pilots who do not train there. [04:10.54]Opponents say the bombing exercises have damaged the environment [04:17.88]and the health of the people on Vieques. [04:22.11]Protesters say Vieques is not the only place for such trainning. [04:29.27]After the raid,the United States navy announced that new bombing exercises [04:37.81]with non-explosive bombs will start again on Vieques later this month |
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