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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry

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To: American Spirit who wrote (8965)3/20/2004 1:36:01 PM
From: Karen LawrenceRead Replies (3) of 81568
 
On Anniversary of a Divisive War, Italians Cry to Withdraw Troops
By JASON HOROWITZ

Published: March 21, 2004

ROME, March, 20 — A sea of Italian antiwar protesters took to the streets of Rome Saturday demanding that their government withdraw its troops from Iraq, while protesters throughout Europe staged demonstrations to mark the one-year anniversary of the American-led invasion.

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Tens of thousands of Italians, many draped in rainbow-colored peace flags, accused President Bush and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy of waging an unjust war that had become increasingly perilous for their own national security.

Many pointed to the March 11 commuter train bombings in Spain, which claimed 202 lives, as evidence that the war had increased the threat of terrorism rather than quelled it.

"We want all of the soldiers back home and an end to this war," said Raffaella Bolini, an official of the Italian groupStop the War, which organized Saturday's demonstration. "The Madrid attack shows that the peace movement is right, that Bush's policies put us all at risk."

nytimes.com
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