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Title: Thousands march to Pentagon to protest Iraq war
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Published: Mar 17, 2007
Author: Caren Bohan
Post Date: 2007-03-17 15:28:05 by robin
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Views: 221
Comments: 19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of anti-war demonstrators, some carrying yellow and black signs reading "U.S. out of Iraq now!" marched towards the Pentagon on Saturday, one of a number of protests held or planned around the country and the world. The march, on a cold and cloudy St. Patrick's Day, comes just before the fourth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war on Tuesday and 40 years after a similar protest at the Pentagon over the Vietnam Var. The march began near the Vietnam War Memorial, just a few blocks from the White House, and proceeded across the Potomac River towards the Pentagon. One sign near the front read, "The worst tyrants ever: Napoleon, Hitler and Bush." Frustration over the Iraq war cost President George W. Bush's Republicans control of Congress in elections last year and is the main reason his poll numbers are stuck near 30 percent, the lowest of his presidency. Bush also faces other problems, including complaints of poor health care for U.S. veterans, the perjury conviction of a former top aide to U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and an uproar over the firing of U.S. prosecutors that has prompted calls for the ouster of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Bush unveiled a plan in January to send 21,500 additional troops to Iraq, further stoking anger over the war. The number of extra troops being sent has climbed to around 30,000 with the addition of support troops. His plan aims to quell violence in Baghdad and the western province of Anbar. The march marked the latest protest in Washington against the war in which more than 3,200 U.S. troops have died. On January 27, tens of thousands of protesters gathered in front of the U.S. Capitol to pressure the U.S. government to get out of Iraq. Police reported that about two dozen protesters had been arrested late on Friday night in front of the White House. Bush had already left for the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland, where he is spending the weekend. Several hundred supporters of the war held their own nearby counter-demonstration and carried signs stating: "Win the war or lose to jihad," "Our troops are shedding their blood to keep terrorists from America," and "St. Patrick: Drive the Democrats from our land." Organisers of the protest march said the turnout had been hurt by a winter snow storm on Friday that moved up the East Coast from Washington into New England, disrupting travel. Police in Los Angeles said they were expecting 5,000-10,000 protesters to turn out for an anti-war rally there, while other demonstrations were planned in Austin, Texas. Protests were also staged or planned in Australia, Britain, and Canada. Democrats in Congress are wrestling with legislation to set deadlines on the U.S. military presence in Iraq. A proposal to be debated soon in the House of Representatives would tie approval of $124 billion in emergency war funds to a troop pullout by September 2008. Warning that a U.S. withdrawal would worsen the violence in Iraq, Bush has labelled such proposals an attempt by lawmakers to "micromanage" the war and has threatened a veto. "The consequences of imposing such an artificial timetable would be disastrous," Bush said in his weekly radio address on Saturday. (Additional reporting by Nicola Groom in Los Angeles) Reuters (IDS)
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#1. To: robin (#0)
Scant or no coverage on the Jew tube I'll wager.
"Nearly a dozen rally to support war"
And he's an expert on disasters.
Interesting that when we had troops halfway around the globe fighting cxommunism in south east Asia, the jew tube couldn't cover the protests enough, but now that we have troops halfway across the globe destroying moslem countries, they can't ignore the protests enough.
#2. To: robin (#0)
#3. To: robin (#0)
"The consequences of imposing such an artificial timetable would be disastrous," Bush said
I've already said too much.
#4. To: Splitends (#1)
Scant or no coverage on the Jew tube I'll wager.
A new truth movement friendly digg type site: Zlonk it!
#5. To: Critter (#4)
Song Parodies -> Teach Ya How To Fight "Teach Ya How To Fight" Parody by Fitu Petaia
How to fight a robber in the stolen bank
If he tries to threat have a detective shoot him
Let me show you how to break his arms
Kick him in butt trip him on the floor neatly
And show you how to do shoe kicking
Do the best you can like how Jackie does it
(chorus)
You should watch kung fu movies
So you can watch they do in Hong Kong
Watch what Jackie does in Protector
Don't laugh because this is very serious karate
Next step is to filp over the person face
When he tries to knife you you just kick him in the parts
And when a kid comes up to you just do a flip again
The other step is to watch out for guns
If you get shot in the leg have your tuff brother beat him up
Try to get his both hands try to do something in the same place
You see Harry killing somebody badguy in the city
(chorus)
If you look carefully at my lips, you'll realize that I'm actually saying something else. I'm not actually telling you about the several ways I'm gradually murdering Joan. - Tom Frost
#6. To: Dakmar (#5)
Cindy Sheehan at the "March on the Pentagon" Rally
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." Ephesians 6:12 KJV
#7. To: robin (#6)
I just cant emphasise that enough... :)
Next step is to filp over the person face When he tries to knife you you just kick him in the parts And when a kid comes up to you just do a flip again
If you look carefully at my lips, you'll realize that I'm actually saying something else. I'm not actually telling you about the several ways I'm gradually murdering Joan. - Tom Frost
#8. To: robin (#6)
do you speak f****ng english? :) - Jeff Beck
If you look carefully at my lips, you'll realize that I'm actually saying something else. I'm not actually telling you about the several ways I'm gradually murdering Joan. - Tom Frost
#9. To: Critter (#4)
Without question the combination of sound and moving imagery delivered by Jew tube or on a big screen are the most powerful thought control tools ever devised. Supplementation by print media, radio programming, billboard advertisements and heavily armed police state indoctrination camp instruction serves to buttress Jew tube/big screen thought control messages.
#10. To: Mekons4, robin (#2)
did you see the coverage of the miscreants who were there supposedly supporting the war? looks like they picked up a bunch of cons at the local medium security prson and armed 'em with signs and the promise of an early parole. (and their wimmin ?) Signs printed courtesy CIA.
"Nearly a dozen rally to support war"
"First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. Then they fight you. Then you win." --Mahatma K. Gandhi
#11. To: angle (#10) (Edited)
Like "Winning the hearts and minds," no one wants to admit being a dupe... Some pro-Isr..er, pro-war signs in DC.. "Peace Through Strength" "al-Qaida Appeasers On Parade" "We Are At War, Liberals Root For the Enemy" "Win the war or lose to jihad" "Our troops are shedding their blood to keep terrorists from America" "St. Patrick: Drive the Democrats from our land"
“Yes, but is this good for Jews?"
#12. To: Eoghan (#11)
"First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. Then they fight you. Then you win." --Mahatma K. Gandhi
#13. To: Splitends (#9)
"This pro-war group, "Gathering of Eagles" (gotta love these group names - they reek of Madison Avenue) are a bunch of loser pro war fascists, who hate pacifists looking for diplomatic solutions rather than Shock and Awe. "Gathering of Eagles" are financed, mobilized and frothing at the mouth by the ultra fascist pro military industrial complex group America First Foundation Inc. (AFF). AFF should be renamed to reflect it's true mission. Anti-American - Fascism First Foundation would be closer to what they are trying to accomplish. AFF took a very active roll to mobilize, finance and provide travel to counter demonstration groups to disrupt Cindy Sheehan's gatherings down in Texas during the vacations of gwbu$$h. AFF mobilizes fascist pro war veterans groups if/when there is an anti Iraq/Iran protest in Washington DC by winding these pro war groups up and frothing at the mouth by fallaciously telling the pro war groups that the antiwar groups intended to vandalize and desecrate the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The pro war fascist veterans groups much go to the nations capitol to defend the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial black granite and the names inscribed from the pinko commie pick axes, sledgehammers, and chisels."
http://winterpatriot.blogspot.com/2007/03/peaceful-protesters-threatened-and.html
"First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. Then they fight you. Then you win." --Mahatma K. Gandhi
#14. To: angle (#13)
The Gathering of Eagles is described as "an act of love by thousands of veterans (and friends) who choose to honor the sacrifice of the fallen by guarding the memorials from those who would desecrate them on March 17th in a so-called "peaceful" anti-war rally in Washington, D.C." It is also a call to action for every American Patriot to stand and say "No More!" and "Never Again!" to those who would spit on our veterans and troops, and ridicule their service to our nation. [...]In conjunction with the Gathering Of Eagles, Move America Forward is staging a cross country caravan, adding additional Patriots as the route winds from San Francisco to Washington, arriving in Washington D.C. thousands strong to merge with the Gathering Of Eagles. To learn more about how you can be part of this historic cross country trek for Freedom, and in honor of our military, please also see http://www.MoveAmericaForward.org. MoveAmericaForward is another not so subtle reference to the Kadima Party.
The use of 'threats to war memorials' was a flop to 'rally the thousands' to DC...
“Yes, but is this good for Jews?"
#15. To: Eoghan (#14) (Edited)
U.S. Marine Cpl. Cloy Richards (L) of the group Iraq Veterans Against the War stands near a flag-draped casket decorated with the boots, dog tags and a photo of Alexander Arrendondo, a fellow Marine who was killed in the war in Iraq, as protesters against the war in Iraq gather for the March on the Pentagon in Washington, March 17, 2007. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES)
"First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. Then they fight you. Then you win." --Mahatma K. Gandhi
#16. To: angle (#10)
laughing
"Nearly a dozen rally to support war"
#17. To: Dakmar (#8)
My guess is most of 'em are unidentified. Is that her cartoid artery sticking out of her neck?
An unidentified war supporter sticks her tongue out at anti-war protesters as they pass in the March on the Pentagon in Washington, March 17, 2007.
"First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. Then they fight you. Then you win." --Mahatma K. Gandhi
#18. To: angle (#17)
This yenta will wearing a light blue and white scarf for the "Free Pollard March" coming soon...
“Yes, but is this good for Jews?"
#19. To: angle (#10)
the first think I thought of when I saw all those badges, patches and pins was a wal-mart vest
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