[Peace-discuss] Fwd: world-wide protests yesterday

Fri Mar 21 10:09:18 CST 2003

>Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 09:45:23 -0600
>Subject: world-wide protests yesterday
>From: "Shannon L. Cate" <slcate at his.com>
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>This is an article from the 21 March Jordantimes.com
>We are not alone!
>In general Jordantimes.com is an excellent source of high-quality 
>reporting on international news from an Arab perspective.
>Shannon
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>Antiwar protests sweep globe
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>ATHENS (AFP) - Antiwar protests gathered pace across the globe on 
>Thursday following the start of the US-led war against Iraq, with 
>hundreds ofthousands marching to demand a quick end to air strikes 
>on Baghdad.
>
>Some 150,000 demonstrators, many of them high school students, 
>thronged central Athens in response to the launch of targeted 
>strikes against Iraqi targets, according to police estimates, while 
>organisers put the figure at least 200,000.
>
>The protesters chanted "Bush - killer" as they filed towards the US 
>embassy, condemning President George W. Bush for attempting to 
>disarm Iraq and topple President Saddam Hussein by force.
>
>As Athens geared up for a second all-night vigil against military 
>action in Iraq, protesters all over the world, led by students and 
>schoolchildren, marched in anger at the way Washington and London 
>have defied popular opposition to launch a second Gulf War.
>
>Millions have marched to oppose the war in past weekends, dogging 
>world leaders that have backed Bush's campaign, like prime ministers 
>Tony Blair of Britain, Jose Maria Aznar of Spain and Silvio 
>Berlusconi of Italy.
>
>Security has been stepped-up at US embassies and consulates around 
>the world - which have become systematic targets for antiwar 
>protesters.
>
>A demonstration in Ankara turned ugly when a group of peace 
>activists disobeyed police orders to disperse after laying a black 
>wreath outside the US embassy. Demonstrators hurled eggs and stones 
>at security forces, who in turn responded with truncheons.
>
>At least one Spanish peace protester was injured in clashes with 
>police in central Madrid, where 5,000 people, most of them students, 
>tried to march on the parliament to voice their disapproval of their 
>government's support for the war.
>
>In Barcelona, some 12,000 youthful protesters staged a blockade on 
>the main highway leading to France, while a group of antiwar 
>activists handed parliament a petition signed by some 1.2 million 
>people opposed to their government's backing for the war.
>
>Several thousand French students left their classrooms to march 
>through central Paris, before heading to the central Place de la 
>Concorde, beside the US embassy, where an AFP reporter estimated 
>that at least 70,000 protesters had gathered by 1730 GMT.
>
>At least 50,000 students in Berlin peacefully marched towards the US 
>embassy, carrying placards reading "Give peace a chance." Peace 
>groups said some 250 protests would be staged in Germany - where 
>opposition to war in strong - throughout the day.
>
>Thousands more students streamed out of classrooms across Belgium, 
>Denmark, Switzerland and Spain, with Swiss schoolchildren carrying 
>the rainbow-striped flags which have become a symbol for peace in 
>Europe.
>
>In Italy, where public opinion is strongly at odds with the official 
>support for the US action, the main unions called a two-hour general 
>strike starting at 3:00pm (1400 GMT).
>
>Ten of thousands of students abandoned their classrooms and streamed 
>onto city streets and piazzas to protest at the military assault on 
>Iraq, with rallies set to continue into the night.
>
>A demonstration in the business capital Milan drew 15,000 pacifists 
>according to police, while the UIL union claimed a turnout of ten 
>times that figure.
>
>In Rome, a torchlight procession was later expected to make its way 
>to a peace rally at the Coliseum.
>
>Several hundred youthful opponents of the US-led war descended on 
>London's Parliament Square, spearheading protests up and down the 
>country against a "day of shame."
>
>"One, two, three, four, we don't want your bloody war! Five, six, 
>seven, eight, stop the killing, stop the hate!" one group of 
>children chanted, borrowing a slogan from Vietnam war days.
>
>Britain's Stop The War Coalition called for a national walkout by 
>workers and students, urged to rally in city centres at 1800 GMT.
>
>Portuguese peace activists planned to shroud the walls of an 
>emblematic castle that towers over central Lisbon with a white sheet 
>to protest the launch of US-led war against Iraq.
>
>A peace vigil was scheduled for 1800 GMT outside the US embassy.
>
>In Russia, two-hundred communists and ultra-nationalists - 
>confronted by three times as many police - marched to cries of 
>"Yankee go home" and "No to war."
>
>The day of antiwar protest kicked off with angry anti-US 
>demonstrations in Pakistan, Indonesia and Taiwan and spirited 
>marches in Australia, which has contributed some 2,000 troops to the 
>US-led war coalition.
>
>"US, please explain, why did you install Hussein?" chanted a crowd 
>of some 20,000 protesters marching through Melbourne, Australia's 
>second biggest city.
>
>One woman was arrested at the city's US consulate for splashing red 
>paint and scrawling "killing has started" on statues outside the 
>building, police said.
>
>A crowd of more than 12,000 people chanting "No War, No War" marched 
>through central Sydney, where 300,000 protesters rallied against the 
>looming war last month.
>
>A major protest is planned for Saturday in New York City, following 
>the success of a similar march one month ago that drew around 
>250,000 demonstrators.
>
>Friday, March 21, 2003
>
>
>Salam * Peace * Shalom

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