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Americans in Baghdad Protest U.S. By Associated Press November 3, 2002, 10:47 AM EST BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Nearly two dozen Americans protested outside a Baghdad university Sunday against U.S. threats to attack Iraq. About 20 Americans from the Christian Peacemaker Team and Voices in the Wilderness carried banners demanding an end to U.N. sanctions and urging a halt of U.S. war plans. "We are here to stop the war before it begins," said Quinn Brisben, 68, of Chicago. He said the group, which has spent a week in Baghdad, does not support President Saddam Hussein nor excuse his atrocities. However, Brisben said the group does not view the people of Iraq as enemies and opposes American attacks against Iraq to destroy weapons of mass destruction, which the U.S. administration maintains Saddam has developed in violation of U.N. orders. The Iraqis deny they have such weapons. "If this country is attacked, Saddam will probably be the safest person here," Brisben, a poet and retired history teacher, said. "We are here to protect the children of Iraq and to tell Iraqis that Americans are not their enemies." Only a few people, mostly reporters, gathered at a large courtyard of the Al-Mustansiriya Islamic University to watch the protest. Peggy Gish, 60, of Athens, Ohio, said the peace group told the Iraqis that "our country is not united" behind Bush over the Iraq issue. "I'm here because I can't sit idly as my government wants to start a war here," she said. The group, which is leaving Iraq on Monday, visited Baghdad hospitals and orphanages and talked to Iraqi officials. Members of the group have traveled around the world to promote peace. Copyright © 2002, The Associated Press <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http://archive.jab.org/ctrl@;listserv.aol.com/ <A HREF="http://archive.jab.org/ctrl@;listserv.aol.com/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
