Cruise crash said proof of danger

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OTTAWA - The crash near Tuktoyuktuk, N.W.T. of a U.S. cruise missile during a test flight points out the danger of such testing to humans, says the acting National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

Chief Joe Mathias, regional AFN Vice-Chief for B.C., has called upon the federal government to re-consider its agreement with the U.S. government that allows cruise testing.

During the latest test the cruise missile's engine failed after being released by a B-52 bomber. The missile fell onto the frozen ice of the Beaufort Sea. Chief Mathias

said the many small settlements along the route of the missile test range primarily consisting of Aboriginal people are in danger of being struck by future test flights, and the Canadian government is gambling with the lives of innocent people by allowing the cruise testing over Canadian soil. He hopes more southern Canadians will now speak out.