Antiwar protesters march near UN - pics and story

[Kadie]

Antiwar protesters march near the United Nations as President Bush is set to promote the freedom agenda during the 61st General Assembly meeting in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)


Antiwar protesters Thomas Gallagher, left, Sister Cecilia Palanger, second from right, and Chris Shirley, right, rally near the United Nations as President Bush is set to promote the freedom agenda during the 61st General Assembly meeting in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)


Antiwar protesters march near the United Nations as President Bush is set to promote the freedom agenda during the 61st General Assembly meeting in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Bush to Be Met with Anti-War Protests Outside UN Haider Rizvi, OneWorld US
Tue Sep 19, 12:14 AM ET


UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 (OneWorld) - When President George W. Bush makes his way for his speech to the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday, he will likely be greeted with angry slogans by anti-war protesters.

Thousands of protesters are expected to gather outside the UN headquarters in New York to renew calls for an end to the occupation of Iraq that has cost the United States billions of dollars and over 2,500 human lives.

Since the occupation started in March 2003, more than 100,000 Iraqis have died as a result of the U.S. military actions and the subsequent suicidal attacks carried out by the forces of resistance.

"We want an immediate end to this war," Susan Chenelle of United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) told OneWorld. "This is a protest against Bush's freedom agenda because we believe that occupying other countries is not the path to freedom."


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http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20060919/wl_oneworld/45361395351158642866

[Divernan]

1. Good pics - looks like a great day for a protest!

nt

[cspanlovr]

2. I love NY.

Of course I was born and raised there, so I'm biased. But now I live in Atlanta and I can't imagine anything like this happening here. I MISS NY!!!

[roody]

21. Be sure to go to Fort Benning GA the weekend

before Thanksgiving for the School of the Americas watch action.

[malaise]

3. Love them thanks n/t

[Nikki Stone 1]

4. kick and recommend

Let us know if they bring out the microwave weapons.

[Cha]

5. Anti-War and Anti-

Beelzebub Demonstrators!

"THANK YOU!" :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[rodeodance]

9. beatiful site to see Wonderful peole in the march.

[AndyA]

6. Thank you to all for representing the thousands of us who cannot be there.

You have my admiration and gratitude for making it known to the world that even though Bush has a rubber stamp Congress, the American people have not rubber stamped his (mis)administration.

[Raffi Ella]

16. Ah,that was beautiful!

I echo those sentiments.

Democracy is a beautiful thing to behold.Thank You for posting this display of it,makes my heart swell with pride and gratitude.

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[bdamomma]

7. that is what Democracy looks like

thanks to all who are there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ananda]

8. Fantastic!

Those are great signs and posters!

I just love seeing golden oldies like me out there!

WELL DONE!

[sinkingfeeling]

10. "The freedom agenda"? Now he has another name for 'preemptive' war?

[jazzjunkysue]

11. Wish I could be there!!!! Yay, truth! I'll watch for TV coverage tonight

[lonestarnot]

12. Oh yeah!

[gratuitous]

13. Surely the NYT will be all over this, right?

After all, I think it was one of their columnists who recently made a sneering reference to the dearth of anti-war protestors, and wondered if none of them had the courage to stick with their positions. So front page coverage of this street demonstration in the Times will surely follow. Right?

Right?

{Crickets}

[Sydnie]

14. Go NY Go! n/t

[cal04]

15. Newsday

http://www.amny.com/

[Az_lefty]

17. did anyone get microwaved???

looks like a target rich environment for the storm troopers.
:hide:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

18. Nope, none of us got microwaved.

:woohoo:

[magellan]

19. K&R

Glad somebody reported it!

[Auntie Bush]

20. Thanks for bringing that to our attention. I didn't know there

were any protests. I guess we can thank the "liberal" news media for that.

[AntiFascist]

22. Looks like a great crowd, I hope this got coverage n/t

[countryjake]

23. Here's a report on those arrested...

http://www.worldcantwait.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2913&Itemid=223

[L0oniX]

24. What? No experimental military microwave guns?

Put on your tin foil hats peeps.