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Thousands Worldwide Protest War in Iraq
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By ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer
LONDON - Anti-war protests Saturday drew hundreds of thousands of people=20
in cities around the world =97 from London to Canberra =97 united in thei=
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opposition to a threatened U.S.-led strike against Iraq.
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The British capital saw one of the largest marches for peace on a day of=20
global protest =97 at least a million people, organizers claimed, althoug=
h=20
initial police estimates were about half that. They hoped to heap=20
pressure on Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites), who has been=20
Europe's biggest supporter of the tough U.S. policy.
"I feel they should take more time and find an alternative, and not see=20
the only solution to the problem in bombarding the country," said Maria=20
Harvey, 58, a child psychologist, who said she hadn't marched since the=20
protests against the Gulf War (news - web sites) in 1991.
There was another huge turnout in Rome, where many in the crowd=20
displayed rainbow "peace" flags. Police offered no estimate, but=20
organizers claimed 3 million people participated.
Hundreds of thousands marched through Berlin, backing a strong anti-war=20
stance spearheaded by Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. Police estimated the=20
crowd at between 300,000 and 500,000.
"We're not taking to the streets to demonstrate against the United=20
States, or for Iraq. We're taking to the streets because we want a=20
peaceful resolution of the Iraq conflict," said Michael Sommer, head of=20
the German Federation of Unions.
In Syria, a nation on the front line if war comes, some 200,000=20
protesters marched through Damascus. In Bulgaria, Hungary, South Korea=20
(news - web sites), Australia, Malaysia and Thailand, demonstrations=20
attracted thousands, while the crowds were in the hundreds or less in=20
Romania, Bosnia, Hong Kong, Indian-controlled Kashmir (news - web sites)=20
and Moscow.
Police estimated that 60,000 turned out in Oslo, Norway, 50,000 in=20
bitter cold in Brussels, while about 35,000 gathered peacefully in=20
frigid Stockholm.
Crowds were estimated at 10,000 in Amsterdam and Copenhagen, 5,000 in=20
Capetown and 4,000 in Johannesburg in South Africa, 5,000 in Tokyo,=20
3,000 in Vienna and 2,000 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
"War is not a solution, war is a problem," Czech philosopher Erazim=20
Kohak told a crowd of about 500 in Prague.
Anti-war activists hoped to draw 100,000 people to the streets in New=20
York City later for a protest near the United Nations (news - web=20
sites). Police were planning extensive security that included=20
sharpshooters and radiation detectors.
In Baghdad, tens of thousands of Iraqis, many carrying Kalashnikovs,=20
demonstrated across their country to support Saddam Hussein (news - web=20
sites) and denounce the United States.
"Our swords are out of their sheaths, ready for battle," read one of=20
hundreds of banners carried by marchers along Palestine Street, a broad=20
Baghdad avenue.
Many Iraqis hoisted giant pictures of Saddam and some burned American=20
and Israeli flags, while in neighboring Damascus, protesters chanted=20
anti-U.S. and anti-Israeli slogans as they marched to the People's Assemb=
ly.
Najjah Attar, a former Syrian cabinet minister, accused Washington of=20
attempting to change the region's map. "The U.S. wants to encroach upon=20
our own norms, concepts and principles," she said in Damascus. "They are=20
reminding us of the Nazi and fascist times."
Braving biting cold and snow flurries in Ukraine, some 2,000 people=20
rallied in Kiev's central square. Anti-globalists led a peaceful "Rock=20
Against War" protest joined by communists, socialists, Kurds and pacifist=
s.
Natalya Mostenko, 45, was one of several people in Kiev carrying a=20
portrait of Saddam. "He opposes American dictatorship and so do I," she=20
said.
In the Bosnian city of Mostar, about a hundred Muslims and Croats united=20
for an anti-war protest =97 the first such cross-community action in seve=
n=20
years in a place where ethnic divisions here remain tense despite the=20
1995 Bosnian peace agreement.
"We want to say that war is evil and that we who survived one know that=20
better than anyone," said Majda Hadzic, 54.
In divided Cyprus, about 500 Greeks and Turks braved heavy rain for a=20
march which briefly blocked the end of a runway at a British air base.
Several thousand protesters in Athens, Greece, unfurled a giant banner=20
across the wall of the ancient Acropolis =97 "NATO (news - web sites),=20
U.S. and EU equals War" =97 before heading toward the U.S. Embassy.
Police fired tear gas in clashes with several hundred anarchists wearing=20
hoods and crash helmets, who broke from the otherwise peaceful march to=20
smash store windows and throw a gasoline bomb at a newspaper office.
In the Greek port of Thessaloniki, an estimated 10,000 people protested.
About 2,000 demonstrators rallied in Sofia, the Bulgarian capital. In=20
Moscow, 300 people marched to the U.S. Embassy, with one placard urging=20
Russian President Vladimir Putin (news - web sites) to "be firmer with=20
America."
Six hundred people rallied in downtown Hong Kong, as did 50 or so in=20
Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Police in Srinagar in Indian-controlled Kashmir detained at least 35=20
protesters after about a hundred people, mostly supporters of the=20
Communist Party of India (Marxist), marched through the city.
Demonstrators clogged a downtown park in Seoul, South Korea, to chant=20
and listen to anti-war speeches.
"I am scared, but the Iraqi people must be more scared than I am. I=20
share their fear," said Eun Kook, a 23-year-old student planning to go=20
to Iraq. "My mission is to sympathize with the Iraqi people and to tell=20
the world that we oppose war."
The day of protest began in New Zealand, where thousands gathered in=20
cities across the country. Over Auckland harbor, a plane trailed a=20
banner reading "No War =97 Peace Now," at the America's Cup sailing=20
competition.
Between 3,000 and 5,000 people marched through a suburb of Canberra, the=20
Australian capital, to protest government support for U.S. policy.=20
Australia has already committed 2,000 troops to the Persian Gulf for=20
possible action.
In Tokyo, where 6,000 protested on Friday, about 300 activists gathered=20
near the U.S. Embassy. One placard depicted a U.S. flag emblazoned with=20
a swastika.
Demonstrators in Asia expressed skepticism that Iraq posed a threat to=20
world security, saying that President Bush (news - web sites) was=20
seeking to extend American control over oil reserves.
"We must stop the war as it is part of the United States' plot for=20
global domination," protest organizer Nasir Hashim told 1,500 cheering=20
activists outside the U.S. Embassy in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.
--=20
=93There is no hope of finding the sources of free action in the lofty=20
realms of the mind or in the depths of the brain. The idealist approach=20
of the phenomenologists is as hopeless as the positive approach of the=20
naturalists. To discover the sources of free action it is necessary to=20
go outside the limits of the organism, not into the intimate sphere of=20
the mind, but into the objective forms of social life; it is necessary=20
to seek the sources of human consciousness and freedom in the social=20
history of humanity. To find the soul it is necessary to lose it".
A.R Luria
Nate
vygotsky@charter.net
http://webpages.charter.net/schmolze1/
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