Re: How the AP reported today's demonstration

[jonathan flanders <jon_flanders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And it is interesting to see the same phenomena replicated by the revered
BBC,
while the Washington Post now admits at least 100,000.

Jon Flanders

Saturday, 26 October, 2002, 18:45 GMT 19:45 UK
US peace marches draw thousands
Rally in Washington

The crowd fell short of organisers' expectations
More than 10,000 people have marched on the White House in Washington, as
part of a day of worldwide protests against a possible American-led war
against Iraq.

The organisers of the Washington march had been expecting many thousands
more to attend.

However, a BBC correspondent in Washington says the rally is still the
biggest demonstration against an Iraqi war so far.............<snip>

***************later version**********

Sunday, 27 October, 2002, 01:27 GMT
US peace marches draw thousands

Protesters in Constitution Gardens, Washington DC holding banners
Thousands converged on Washington waving banners

Tens of thousands of people have marched in the US cities of Washington and
San Francisco as part of a day of worldwide protests against a possible
American-led war against Iraq.

A number of other US cities saw demonstrations, while protest rallies also
took place in Mexico, Japan, Spain, Germany, South Korea, Belgium and
Australia.

In the US, the protests are being hailed as some of the largest in the
country since US citizens took to the streets in the 1960s and 1970s to
protest the Vietnam war.....<snip>



100,000 Rally, March Against War in Iraq

By Monte Reel and Manny Fernandez
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, October 27, 2002; Page A01

Tens of thousands of people marched in peaceful protest of any military
strike against Iraq yesterday afternoon, in an antiwar demonstration that
organizers and police suggested was likely Washington's largest since the
Vietnam era....<snip>

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