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AFP. 13 March 2003. Madrid universities slam Spain's "servile" attitude toward US over Iraq. MADRID -- Some 10,000 university students and professors demonstrated in the Spanish capital Thursday to denounce what they called their government's "servile" attitude in supporting the United States throughout the Iraq crisis. Protestors carried banners scrawled with fiery slogans such as "Servile Aznar, why don't you go to war yourself" and "Ban Bush." Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar's conservative government is a key supporter of US President George Bush, although popular opinion in Spain is hard set against war. "Aznar you stink of petrol" and "No more blood for oil" read other banners at the rally, which drew 10,000 people, according to an AFP correspondant present at the scene. A respectable distance away from the loudspeakers, four deans of the Complutense University, Madrid's main public faculty, came to forge a common front with their students. "We are here because we are absolutely opposed to the action led by Aznar, by his government and by the government of Bush," said the dean of veterinary studies, Manuel Rodriguez. Rodriguez was joined by Jose Maria Gomez, from the faculty of physics, Manuel Paralo from the faculty of fine arts and Pepe Carrillo, from the faculty of mathematics. Although he said he had few illusions over the impact of anti-war protest on government policy, Rodriguez stressed that demonstrating was a way of "expressing our anger." If war breaks out, Rodriguez plans to join a planned strike movement, dubbed "assembly against war." "The day the invasion starts, we will take to the streets and the entire university will go on strike," explained Sandra, a journalism student. Demonstrators wrapped up the protest by reading out a manifesto demanding an end to "the programmed massacre of the Iraqi population by the imperial elites." A major protest is planned for Saturday in Madrid, in response to a call by opposition parties, trade unions and cultural organisations opposed to war. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ProletarianNews http://www.utopia2000.org with photo --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bdn7KI.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^================================================================
