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Politics : Stop the War! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Just_Observing who wrote (1235)	3/22/2003 2:48:32 PM
From: Just_Observing	Respond to of 21614

Anti-war protesters take to the streets Staff and agencies Saturday March 22, 2003 Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of London and other British cities today to protest against the war with Iraq. Protest groups say that over 100,000 people turned out to demonstrate, though the Metropolitan police have not confirmed that number. On a beautiful, breezy spring day numbers may have been down on February's 1.5 million march, though noise, enthusiasm and anger were clearly in evidence. Banners ranging from "No war for oil in Iraq, no war for mobile phones in the Congo" to "No civilian casualties - pull the other one it's got bombs on", were held aloft by a full but free-moving crowd of several tens of thousands. One demonstrator, Emma Cooke, 32, said: "This is not about numbers. More than a million people were told 'fuck you by the government' last month and we are not listening, we are resisting. This war is not in my name it is not in Britain's name." Shaf Hussain, a dental student from King's College in London, said: "I am here to express my frustration and anger about what's happening. Noone is listening to us. And all those people are dying out there. There is no guarantee that they will kill Saddam Hussein because they have not managed to kill Osama bin Laden. "The Iraqi people have been through so much, they don't have medicine, they are being bombed, they are a disabled nation." Peter Dixon, 34, a photographer who lives in London said: "Just because war has started doesn't mean that my opinion has changed. The war is still illegal. Marching today is even more important than before. What else can we do?" Bettina Vergau, 21, a psychology student from Munich: "I am demonstrating today to show my opinion. There's not a lot I can do but at least you can show that you don't agree with it." Adam Garner, 19, a bartender from Bodmin, Cornwall, said: "there is no justifiable reason for this war. We are moving in without UN sanction. This war is happening for two reasons: oil and daddy's love. People don't want this." Thousands of peace protesters also gathered today at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, where US B-52 bombers are based. The crowd laid flowers at the main gate for "the death of democracy" in protest against the war on Iraq. Yesterday eight of the long-range bombers took off from the base which has been the site of numerous previous protests. Organisers estimated that about 5,000 people were taking part in the event, having travelled from across the country to the base on the Gloucestershire-Wiltshire border. Journalist and author Will Self, who joined the protesters for the march, described Tony Blair as a "misguided idealist". He added: "I'm demonstrating against the simpleminded falling into line with a superpower." guardian.co.uk