Activists plan campaign to block Iraq troop increase

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Activists plan campaign to block Iraq troop increase

WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Anti-war activists plan to mount thousands of protests and a multimillion dollar advertising campaign to block President George W. Bush's plan to send more U.S. troops to Iraq, organizers said on Thursday.

Angered by what they described as Bush's defiance of a public that has turned against the Iraq war, activists said they plan to take to the airwaves, the Internet and the streets to pressure Congress to deny funding for the planned troop increase.

"Last night's speech is clearly fueling a surge of anti-war sentiment and activism," said Tom Andrews, a former Maine congressman who now heads the anti-war group Win Without War.

Activists have scheduled 1,000 protests for Thursday night in all 50 U.S. states, ahead of a Jan. 27 march around the U.S. Capitol that organizers expect to draw hundreds of thousands of participants.