Head of the US Missile Defence Agency, General Henry Obering (R) shakes hands with local mayors at military zone in Brdy on July 10, 2008 Obering, used his first visit to the Czech site where a US tracking radar should be deployed to try and assure hostile locals. Most locals living near the radar site are resolutely opposed to the US facility, as shown by a series of referendums held last year in around 20 nearby villages. Nationwide, 68 percent of Czech are against the US base, according to a survey by the CVVM agency published at the start of July. AFP PHOTO/JOE KLAMAR