Anti-war protesters march demanding an end to the war in Iraq, the return of US troops and the impeachment of US President George W. Bush in Washington, DC
Thousands of Anti-War Protesters March in Washington (click here)
By Michael Lipin Washington
15 September 2007
Thousands of anti-war activists rallied in Washington Saturday to demand an end to the Iraq war, the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops and the impeachment of President Bush. At least 5,000 people marched from the White House to Capitol Hill, while hundreds of counter-demonstrators lined the route to show their support for the U.S. troops in Iraq. VOA's Michael Lipin reports....
As a declared candidate she has a right to get her message out in any way she wants to as long as it's a peaceful meeting. You know, right to assemble and all that. It's her right, so like what gives? What's with police showing up to break up a MEETING?
September 15
Anti-War Protest to Be 'Unlike Any Other'
By Nathan BurchfielCNSNews.com Staff WriterSeptember 13, 2007(CNSNews.com) - Organizers of an anti-war protest scheduled for Sept. 15 said Wednesday that the demonstration will be "unlike any other" as activists gather to demand an immediate end to the war.The protest, organized by Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER), begins with a rally near the White House, continues with a march to the U.S. Capitol, and concludes with a "die-in" that organizers estimate will involve approximately 1,000 people lying down near the Capitol in a symbolic effort to represent dead U.S. soldiers and dead Iraqis.Brian Becker, ANSWER's national coordinator, told reporters at a news conference Wednesday that the demonstration "will be unlike any other anti-war protest in recent years because it will culminate in a massive civil disobedience," referring to the "die-in." He said the volunteers who have signed up online to participate in the demonstration are risking arrest by participating. The group expects "tens of thousands" to protest the war.
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200709/CUL20070913a.html
Police break up anti-war meeting in Washington
7 Sep 2007, 0315 hrs IST , AFP
WASHINGTON: Mounted police charged in to break up an outdoor press conference and demonstration against the Iraq war in Washington on Thursday, arresting three people, organizers said. "The police suppressed the press conference. In the middle of the speeches, they grabbed the podium" erected in a park in front of the White House for the small gathering, Brian Becker, national organizer of the ANSWER anti-war coalition, said. "Then, mounted police charged the media present to disperse them," Becker said. The charge caused a peaceful crowd of some 20 journalists and four or five protestors to scatter in terror, an AFP correspondent at the event in Lafayette Square said. No one appeared to have been hurt. Three people -- Tina Richards, the mother of a marine who did two tours of duty in Iraq; Adam Kokesh, a leader of the Iraq Veterans Against the War group; and lawyer Ian Thompson, who is an organizer for ANSWER in Los Angeles -- were arrested, Becker said.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/The_United_States/Police_break_up_anti-war_meeting_in_Washington/articleshow/2345628.cms
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