STRALSUND, Germany, July 14 (UPI) -- Greenpeace activists managed to place an anti-Bush poster at a church in Germany despite tight security, minutes before the U.S. president was due to arrive.
Three environmental activists from Greenpeace managed to sneak into the Nikolai Church, a 13th century building in the historic district of the city of Stralsund, where President George W. Bush was greeted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the start of his tour of the former communist German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Minutes before Bush arrived in a Helicopter, TV cameras showed how the activists, who were placed high up in the tower of the church, unveiled a yellow poster saying "No Nukes -- No War -- No Bush."
It remains unsure how the activists sneaked by the numerous U.S. and German security agents; anybody high up in the tower would likely have had a clear view (or shot) of the president below.
The three men were detained minutes after they had unveiled the poster, which was taken from the church just in time before Bush arrived on the scene.
Bush and Merkel later visited the interior of the Nikolai church, which is one of Stralsund's landmarks.
