Antiwar roundup

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

A Day of Protest Glance
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 6:09 p.m. ET

A look at a selection of anti-war demonstrations Saturday in U.S. cities
and around the world:

--Washington: At least 30,000 marched, part of a far larger crowd that
rallied outside the Capitol, in the day's cornerstone protest. Signs
branded America a ``Rogue Nation,'' and demanded, ``Disarm Bush.''

--San Francisco: Tens of thousands packed downtown streets, holding signs
that read ``Peace for All Nations'' and ``Patriots for Peace,'' in an
action that, like Washington's, drew people from far away.

--Portland, Ore.: Streets rang with drumbeats and peace hymns, and marchers
hoisted signs with slogans like ``Grandmas for Peace,'' in a protest that
drew thousands.

--Des Moines, Iowa: More than 125 marched two miles in temperatures that
felt as if they were below zero. ``Saddam Hussein is a problem to the
world,'' said marcher Mark Kloster, ``but is he such a problem that we
should kill innocent people?''

--Indianapolis: A crowd that reached 600 huddled at the base of the
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in temperatures in the teens for a two-hour
rally.

--Florida: ``Smart Bombs Dumb Move,'' said at a sign at a St. Augustine
protest that drew 200 people. ``It's great to see an army for peace instead
of an army for death and war,'' said activist David Thundershield Queen.
About 400 people assembled in Venice. About 500 in Tampa rallied outside
the gates of MacDill Air Force Base, home to U.S. Central Command, which
would coordinate an Iraq war.

--Albuquerque, N.M.: About 800 protested near the University of New Mexico
campus; 500 marched downtown to rally outside an Army recruiting office.

--Lansing, Mich.: Several hundred marched 20 blocks to the Capitol.

--Montpelier, Vt.: About 3,000 marched. One sign: ``Regime Change at Home.''

--Houston: About 300 came out.

--Orange County, Calif.: About 300 marched to the Nixon Presidential Library.

--Richmond, Ky.: Demonstrators laid out life-sized dolls representing dead
Iraqi children.

--Las Vegas: Tourists gawked and motorists honked as 200 protesters rallied
on the Strip. One sign: ``Elvis hates war.''

full:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Anti-War-Protests-Glance.html

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