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500,000 Go to Street in DC March, including Gulf War
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Gulf War Veteran Veterans for Common Sense
January 19, 2003
The Washington Post got it right today: more than 500,000 Americans questioned the current Administration's headlong rush to war against Iraq. This is an enormous expression of broad public opposition to the current U.S.-Iraq policy. And Gulf War veterans were honored and proud to exercise our freedom to speak out on this issue, and we know it is our patriotic responsibility to say more answers are needed before the U.S. launches a unilateral attack and invasion of Iraq without the support of allies or the approval of the United Nations ... http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/article.asp?id=296 Washington Post: Thousands Oppose a Rush to War Chill Doesn't Cool Fury Over U.S. Stand on Iraq "Organizers of the demonstration, the activist coalition International ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism), said the protest was larger than one they sponsored in Washington in October. District police officials suggested then that about 100,000 attended, and although some organizers agreed, they have since put the number closer to 200,000. This time, they said, the turnout was 500,000. Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey would not provide an estimate but said it was bigger than October's. "It's one of the biggest ones we've had, certainly in recent times," he said."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12152-2003Jan18.html Full reports at: Indy Media http://www.indymedia.org/ DC Indy Media http://dc.indymedia.org/ SF Indy Media http://sf.indymedia.org/ What really happened http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/ |
