Anti-war rally at Trafalgar Square

[Judi Lynn]

Anti-war rally at Trafalgar Square
Mar 18, 2006, 15:09 GMT

Co-ordinated rallies around the world take place today to mark the third anniversary of the occupation of Iraq.

Rallies will be held in 170 cities including Basra, Baghdad, New York, Madrid, Rome, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto and Dublin.

The Stop the War coalition, CND and the Muslim Association of Britain are organising the demonstration at Trafalgar Square.

They said it will be the first time co-ordinated demonstrations will be held in the US, UK and Iraq.
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http://news.monstersandcritics.com/uk/article_1148252.php/Anti-war_rally_at_Trafalgar_Square

[Judi Lynn]

1. Thousands join Iraq war protest in London

Thousands join Iraq war protest in London
Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:30 AM ET

By David Clarke
LONDON (Reuters) - At least 14,000 anti-war protesters marched through London on Saturday, three years after the invasion of Iraq, calling for U.S. and British troops to pull out.

Some marchers held placards bearing a photograph of U.S. President George W. Bush and the words "World's Number 1 Terrorist". Others carried banners saying "Peace not Profit" and "End the occupation, don't attack Iran".

A handful of protesters donned orange boiler suits and wore shackles on their wrists to mimic outfits worn in the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison, and carried photographs of prisoners.

"We want to achieve two things: to hurry the British government into leaving Iraq and to make it aware of public opinion that it can't join the American government if it attacks Iran," said John Rees, co-founder of Stop the War Coalition.
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http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-03-18T163026Z_01_L1841460_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ-BRITAIN-PROTESTS.xml&archived=False

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SATURDAY 18/03/2006 16:36:20
Thousands attend anti-war protests

Thousands of anti-war protestors took to the streets of London today as part of a series of marches around the World marking the third anniversary of the start of the Iraq war.

Organisers claimed that "80,000 to 100,000" people had joined the march which began outside Westminster Abbey and went past the British Attorney General`s Office along Millbank and to Trafalgar Square.

And they branded as "disgraceful" remarks by British defence secretary John Reid that the crowd ought to be supporting the United Nations and the Iraqi people rather than protesting.
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http://www.utvlive.com/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=71563&pt=n

[Greeby]

2. Yeah yeah, spare me

Million and a half of you couldn't stop it from happening. If they haven't figured out our head of government is insane and doesn't care what his people think, they're slower on the uptake than I thought. :eyes:

[MrPrax]

3. I am going in an hour...

but yeah...your are right.

The fuckin' demo I am suppose to go to is mostly a 'government trade union' vehicle for the well-heeled liberals (and alcoholic old 'red diapers') to 'meet and greet' and give lovely speeches about worker rights and ask for 'public support' for wage increases and PRETEND they have some influence, so their 'operatives' can raise more money.

Just go and smoke dope and if you see a liberal, tell him 'Bono called and you need to buy a 'this years' elastic band' or 'Which kind of leftist are you? A Tony Blair Leftist?

Yuk Yuk

[mom cat]

4. How did the protests in Iraq go? Any news yet?