Round-the-clock anti-war protest begins (Cleveland)

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Posted by Grant Segall March 08, 2007 14:52PM
Categories: Breaking News

... March is a tough time to protest outdoors around the clock. But the dozen protestors marching, banging drums and saying the names of the dead downplayed the chill of 5 degrees Fahrenheit ...

The organizers plan to rally one second for each of 655,000 civilians and combatants estimated to have died in the war. Those protesting also plan to march around downtown several times a day, adding up to 655,000 feet.

The estimate was based on a survey by Iraqi physicians under epidemiologists from Johns Hopkins University. It was published last October in Britain's prestigious medical journal "The Lancet." ...

"The excuses and evasions change, but the blood-letting doesn't," said protester Walter Nicholes. "The killing is constant."

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2007/03/roundtheclock_war_protest_begi.html