Former President Bill Clinton sent U . S . Marshals who dislodged them peacefully in 2001 and exercises resumed, but with inert bombs.
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Opposition grew when a civilian guard was killed by two bombs dropped off-target in 1999 . Since then, only inert bombs have been used.
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On Thursday, the Navy admitted that no bombs had fallen on Tuesday, reversing previous statements that jets had dropped inert bombs in the evening.
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The protester fired off a flare on Navy land while the airplanes were dropping inert bombs on the range, Navy spokesman Sixto Escobar said.
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Also participating in Friday's exercises were fighter jets, dropping inert bombs, and the guided missile destroyer USS Donald Cook, firing inert shells, Dixon said.
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They were detained before reaching the firing range, where Navy fighter jets roared over the Puerto Rican island Monday and dropped 25-pound inert bombs.
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Opposition to the training grew when a civilian guard was killed by two bombs dropped off-target in 1999 . Now only inert bombs are used.
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Navy jets from the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier were to begin dropping inert bombs as early as Monday morning, said spokeswoman Lt . Cmdr.
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Two protesters at the edge of the live-impact area shot off a signal flare just before the inert bombs were to be dropped, Goode said.
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Under a deal reached between the United States and Puerto Rico earlier this year, the Navy can continue training there for now, but only using inert bombs.
