AP-Thousands Converge on NYC for War Protest

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060429/ap_on_re_us/anti_war_protest;_ylt=AjSIO5T99K_Tz7lUuYyNsfOs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

Thousands Converge on NYC for War Protest

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NEW YORK - A day after the military announced that April was the deadliest month for U.S. forces in
Iraq this year, thousands of anti-war demonstrators converged on lower Manhattan on Saturday to call for an immediate withdrawal of troops from that country.


Organizers said they expected the marchers would include the Rev.
Jesse Jackson, film director Jonathan Demme and Cindy Sheehan, the vocal war opponent whose 24-year-old son was killed in Iraq.

"The Bush administration hopes to defuse pressure at home and in Iraq to end its occupation by bringing a portion of the troops home (maybe)," organizer Leslie Cagan said in a statement. "But withdrawing some troops is completely unacceptable."

The Police Department said it was closing streets in lower Manhattan in anticipation of thousands of marchers.

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1. "Two anti-war demonstrators wear orange jump suits" & Bush/VP masks

I do not know how to upload the pic.

AP Photo: Two anti-war demonstrators wear orange jump suits and President Bush and Vice President Cheney masks...

[Ice4Clark]

6. Here you go

University of Minnesota Friday, April 28, 2006 in Minneapolis. Guess this one's not from NYC either. I'll keep looking.

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10. hey thanks for uploading the pic. umm. it is raining in NYC

[bettyellen]

12. it's dry as a bone in NYC.....

and tha protest starts at noon.

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2. Rate it up on Yahoo

Average (54 votes)
4.4 stars

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3. k

[Olney Blue]

4. kicked and recommended.

:kick:

[DoYouEverWonder]

5. No pics on Yahoo yet

I'll look again later.

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11. I imagine later this afternoon. i do not know what time it officially star

ts.

[C_U_L8R]

16. officially begins at noon

heading out in a couple of minutes...

hope to see every NYC DUer
(and every DUer who trekked
into town) there !!!!!!!!

[Ice4Clark]

7. Here's another

this was from September 2005 in Washington, DC, sorry, but I like what her shirt says

Make levees not war

[Olney Blue]

9. Gotta love this granny!

:loveya:

[xchrom]

8. k & r

[aquart]

13. Where in lower Manhattan?

I can't believe this is in my own town and I can't be there.

[C_U_L8R]

15. Here's the Route

http://www.april29.org/article.php?id=3211

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14. It's a beautiful day in NYC !!

[DearAbby]

17. With them in spirit n/t

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18. Thousands march in Manhattan at anti-war protest

Cindy Sheehan, a vociferous critic of the war whose 24-year-old soldier son also died in Iraq, joined in the march, as did actress Susan Sarandon and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. One group marched under the banner "Veterans for Peace."
"We are here today because the war is illegal, immoral and unethical," said the Rev. Al Sharpton. "... We must bring the troops home."

In addition to their call for the return of the troops from Iraq, organizers said, the march was meant to express opposition to any military action against Iran. The event was organized by the group United for Peace and Justice.
The march stepped off shortly after noon from Union Square, with the demonstrators heading to downtown Manhattan for a rally at Foley Square _ between the U.S. courthouse and a federal office building.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--anti-warprotest0429apr29,0,4634870.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork


We are here today because the war is illegal, immoral and unethical,'' said the Rev. Al Sharpton. ''We must bring the troops home.''

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Anti-War-Protest.html