PRAGUE, June 4 (Xinhua) -- A Czech group named Anti-Radar Initiative expressed its opposition to the planned U.S. radar installation on Czech territory in an advertisement Monday.

    The group issued the advertisement in the daily Metro newspaper shortly before U.S. President George W. Bush's visit to the Czech republic. Bush, who is to discuss the project with Czech leaders during his visit to Prague, will arrive at Prague Ruzyne airport late Monday.

    The activists said the radar would not protect the Czech Republic but only serve the United States' interests in Europe.

    The Czech government promoted the radar project without informing Czech citizens or discussing the issue with them, they said.

    The group, initiated in Trokavec, a village situated near the base's supposed site in Brdy military area, southwest of Prague, summed up its reservations about the radar issue in five points.

    It said Prague's possible nodding to the plan would run counter to Europe and its security, and with the radar installed, the Czech Republic could become the first target of a possible military attack.

    "The debris of the shot-down missiles can fall anywhere, including on your roof. Do you want to face the threat of a local radioactive or biological contamination caused by the debris?" asked the group.

    The United States made a formal request in January to establish a radar base in the Czech Republic and 10 interceptor missiles in neighboring Poland as part of a planned global missile defense shield.

    More than 60 percent of Czechs opposed the establishment of the U.S. radar base. The plan is also opposed by the surrounding municipalities of the military district of Brdy where the base would be built.