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rndmprsn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 02:48 PM
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German Protesters Call Bush 'No. 1 Terrorist' - Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7716331

good for these folks over in germany, and kudos to the german govt for refusing to have a staged event for the chimp in chief...ugh, how pathetic this all has become...imagine if WH handlers had to "manage" the huge excited crowds during kennedy's we are all berliners speech...nope they came for him not against him.

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MAINZ, Germany (Reuters) - About 12,000 protesters, many carrying banners reading "Bush go home," "No. 1 Terrorist" and "Warmonger," marched through the German city of Mainz on Wednesday, but were mostly kept away from the visiting U.S. president.

The official rally, which was twice as big as expected, never got within earshot of President Bush, but a small group of protestors rushed toward his car as he left to visit a U.S. base in nearby Wiesbaden. Police wrestled several demonstrators to the ground and led them away in handcuffs, a Reuters witness said.

Bush was visiting Germany for the first time since the 2003 Iraq war, which Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and most Germans opposed.

"I'm disgusted by the war in Iraq Bush started that has cost thousands of civilian lives," said Thomas Odenweller, 49, a computer technician. "Now he's trying to normalize relations with Europe. It must be stopped."

Ignoring snow and freezing temperatures, the demonstrators held banners chastising Bush in English with slogans such as: "You can bomb the world to pieces but not into peace." Many had pre-printed posters reading: "Bush, No. 1 Terrorist."

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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 02:49 PM
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1. Bring those German protesters to America please, they have
...it absolutely correct.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 02:57 PM
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2. I hope he is forced to see them....
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