Protesters take to city streets against Trident
THOUSANDS of anti-Trident campaigners took to the city's streets at the weekend in a protest against the nuclear missile system.
Demonstrators had gathered outside the Scottish Parliament at noon before marching up the Royal Mile.
They then attended a rally in Princes Street Gardens where SNP MSP Shirley-Anne Somerville read out a message of support from First Minister Alex Salmond. It said: "The position of the Scottish Government is clear - we are opposed to the replacement of the Trident system and the deployment of weapons of mass destruction on Scottish soil."
The Lothians MSP added: "We want Scotland to be a force for peace, not a storage depot for weapons of mass destruction."
Isobel Lindsay, convener of Scotland's for Peace, the group which organised the protest, said: "Scotland has a real opportunity to make a decisive contribution to disarmament by stopping the replacement of Trident."
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