Some 25,000 protesters have rallied in US cities against the US-led occupation of Iraq, demanding troops be brought home and labeling President George W Bush a “liar”.
More than 20,000 marched in Washington as mounting concern over the growing toll on US forces and the cost of the occupation eroded popular support for the administration.
They were confronted by a smaller group of war supporters.
And in San Francisco, more than 4,000 marched through the streets chanting “End the Occupation of Iraq” and carrying signs bearing slogans such as “Money for Schools, Not War.”
Similar protests were scheduled in other US cities.
More than 100 US troops have been killed in combat since May 1, when Mr Bush declared an end to major combat.
The crowd carried placards in English, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew and Korean proclaiming: “Bush lied;” “Bush is looting the future;” “No war for empire”.
Among the protesters to take the microphone near the White House were Democratic presidential contender Al Sharpton and former US attorney general Ramsey Clark.
“We were right when we were saying Bush was misleading the population,” Mr Sharpton said.
“We are right now. We want to stop the misuse of American lives in Iraq.”
Mr Clark, a fervent peace activist since he served under president Lyndon Johnson in the 1960s, said Mr Bush had broken international law.
“The American people are viewed around the world as supporting George Bush’s policies and they will be until he is removed from office,” he said, calling the President’s policies “the greatest threat to peace and security”.
“We don’t need any more deaths,” said speaker Fernando de Solar Suarez, whose son Jesus was a marine killed in the occupation of Iraq.
“President Bush - wrongly called president - has lied to the entire world about this war,” he said.
The crowd carried placards in English, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew and Korean proclaiming: “Bush lied”, “Bush is looting the future”, “No war for empire”.
“This is not a war against terrorism, this is a war against Muslims and Islam,” declared Mahdi Bray, executive director of the Muslim-American Freedom Society.
“This is the month of Ramadan, and the Muslim community is suffering every single day because of this administration,” he said.
Michael McPherson, a war veteran whose former combat unit served in Iraq, said Mr Bush "misled our nation and our soldiers.
**“No weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq,” he said.
"The Iraqi regime was not Al Qaeda, Saddam (Hussein) was not Osama bin Laden. **
Nancy Leeson, one of the demonstration organisers, said they wanted “to be heard in Baghdad”.
Thousands in US anti-war protests
Bush and his corrupt American government dont even listen to thier own people how then some muslims keep looking up to America and Organisations like the UN for help the muslims need to solve there own problems and cut ties with colonial states like US and Britiain otherwise they will keep on being expolited and used!