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Quezon City Philippines Peace Protest
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Jakarata Peace Protest
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Cairo Peace Protest 16 Mar 03
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Karachi Peace Protest 16 Mar 03
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ah, i loved all your pictures DhP, but look at these two in particular - the mother and son steal your heart, don't they. And the girls in the Karachi peace protest... somehow they look so peaceful with the candles.
This Hong Kong one is not as great, but the slogan on the poster, i think, is so spot on:
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And one more - "Israelis against Bush's war", Tel Aviv:
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Thanks for sharing those nadia :-) A few more..
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Brussels Belgium Peace Protest
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Istanbul Turkey Peace Protest
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Paris France Peace Protest
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Sydney Australia Beach Peace Protest
These annoying lefties just don’t give up, do they? 
Peace protests stepped up across the world, 18 March 2003
The countdown to military action in Iraq has sparked peace protests in Britain and abroad, with more lasting and widespread action anticipated in the event of war. In London, hundreds of members of the Stop the War Coalition (STWC) began converging on Westminster to lobby their MPs.
The move followed a press conference at the House of Commons, where STWC chairman Andrew Murray made a last-minute appeal to Labour MPs to vote against the government’s support for military action in Iraq. He said: “This is the last chance to make it clear that Britain wants no part in a war that will plunge the world into terrible suffering.”
Former Labour MP Tony Benn said that by ignoring parliament, Prime Minister Tony Blair had “released” people to follow their conscience and take action which could include walking out of work when bombing started. The coalition said today that growing numbers of workers were set to take action against the war. Lunch time protests would be held across the country when military action started, the coalition predicted.
Meanwhile, anti-war groups were taking to the streets in Australia and the Far East. In Sydney, daredevil activists painted a three-metre high “no war” slogan across the top of part of the city’s Opera House.
Protesters also made their voice heard in Australia’s parliament, where one man in the public gallery screamed “murderer, scumbag” as the prime minister, John Howard, announced his decision to commit 2,000 troops to an Iraq invasion force. The protester was dragged from the chamber by security guards.
In Tokyo, just hours after Japan’s prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, gave full backing to the US push for war, peace activists began a hunger strike outside the US embassy. In Pakistan, more than 100 school and college students marched through the city of Rawalpindi, near Islamabad, demanding a holy war against the US.
They waved placards and banners reading “No war for oil”, “Bush is the real sign of terrorism” and “Hate America, love Islam”.
In the Philippines, at least two people were injured as riot police used truncheons and water cannon to disperse anti-war protesters in front of the US embassy. Police in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country, said they were stepping up security at foreign embassies. The move comes in preparation for massive street protests expected in the wake of US president George Bush’s ultimatum to Iraq.
Seem to be a lot less lefties :) this time around. Weeks ago there were claims of 10 million worldwide (later analysis shows those numbers may have been three times too high). This time the claims of very large numbers are conspicuously lacking.
Annoying, hmmmmm.
OG, don't you worry - let the invasion start, let Dubya blast Baghdad to smithereens, and you will see protestors out in force. This must have been the first time in history that, even prior to a single American soldier walking into Iraq, there were so many protests all around the world on virtually every single continent - with millions and millions of people opposing it. Check out several of the anti-war websites, such as the UK's massive Stop the War coalition - it's gone into hyperdrive since Dubya's statements yesterday. Who should be surprised - after all this is democracy, right - you should be happy to see your fellow citizens out and about exercising their freedom of speech.
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Nope quite satisfying actually, because it is those rallies that managed to convince 80% of the world states to not vote for US war mongering proposals. Think how many allies you had before those rallies, and how many you have ended up with? :)
I am thrilled to see that citizens of free democracies are vocal and passionate about their views. I went to Kent State University, and spent summers with Caesar Chavez in the grape fields with migrant workers. I certainly know the value of protest.
I am dissappointed that protestors are so intent on depriving Iraqi's of the same right.
You may argue that that is not your intent, but practically put, that is the effect. We all wish for the gentle liberation of Iraq. (and elsewhere).
…depriving Iraqi’s of the same right.
Well, you see, there aren’t really any rights left to deprive, OG - after Saddam Hussein took away their political rights, the trade embargo “swept away” (if i can use the exact words of a UN document) all their other rights: the right to life, decent employment, access to healthcare and education. So guess what - they had no rights for these past 13 years.
Instant protests threatened when attacks start, John Vidal
The Guardian, 18 March 2003
Britain will be be brought to a temporary standstill by waves of protests, rallies, sit-ins, strikes, occupations, civil disobedience and people taking personal direct action within hours of the first bombers heading for Iraq, claim peace campaigners.
The Stop the War coalition, which organised the London march of more than 1 million people in February, says the mood of quiet determination that marked protests a month ago is changing to one of anger. “People are furious. They believe the war is illegal and unnecessary. Large numbers can be expected to take direct action once it starts,” said a spokesman, Chris Nineham.
The coalition is urging local demonstrations in every community on the afternoon and evening immediately after the bombing of Iraq starts, followed by a national rally in London the following Saturday. “We are expecting people to stop everything,” Mr Nineham said.
The coalition admits to not knowing precisely what actions many groups and individuals are planning but anticipates chaos in every city and disruptive demonstrations in many smaller towns. “It’s hotting up. People have said they intend to sit down in streets, occupy roundabouts, go slow on motorways, block bridges, walk out of offices, and do whatever they can to stop Britain in its tracks. We expect university campuses to be occupied, and thousands of schoolchildren have pledged to stage sit-ins or demand debates. This is all unprecedented political action.”
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As 80% of the world does not want anything to do with your war mongering plans I think you have failed already. The tens of millions of protestors did a splendind and historic duty to mankind for which history will remember them. Just like history remembers the many who campaigned against the Vietnam War, where America was also trying to "liberate" the people it said but ended up killing millions of them.
80% of the world? I think you flatter yourself.
Here are the latest poll results in the US.
By Richard Morin and Claudia Deane
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, March 18, 2003; 8:05 AM
Americans have rallied strongly around President Bush and accepted his call for war with Iraq as the only practical way to remove Saddam Hussein and end the threat posed by his weapons of mass destruction, according to a Washington Post-ABC News Poll conducted last night.
Seven in 10 said they supported Bush’s televised call to go to war without the blessing of the United Nations unless Saddam Hussein and his sons leave Iraq within 48 hours.
An equally large majority believe that Bush has done enough to win support from other nations. More than two in three said his policies on Iraq are the right ones, although fewer than half are strongly convinced.
The public’s preference for a U.N.-endorsed war also has faded into the background following the collapse of efforts by the United States and its allies to win support for a second war resolution in the U.N. Security Council. Three in four disapprove of the way the United Nations has handled the Iraqi crisis, up from slightly more than half three weeks ago.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44887-2003Mar18.html
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Yes notice I said 80% of the world, not the USA , which is just one country that makes up the world in case you did not know. Try again...:)
World leaders have condemned Bush’s war against Iraq.
Iraq: World Leaders React to Bush Ultimatum](http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2003/03/18032003134157.asp) Radio Free Europe
Paris, 18 March 2003 (RFE/RL) – Several world leaders today are criticizing U.S. President George W. Bush’s overnight ultimatum to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to leave Iraq by tomorrow or face a U.S.-led military attack.
French President Jacques Chirac said Iraq presents no immediate threat that justifies such a move. He said Bush’s ultimatum threatens international relations and world stability. “No matter what course the events will take in the near future, this ultimatum questions our idea of international relations. It concerns the future of a people, the future of a region, and indeed the future of world stability,” Chirac said.
China’s new President Hu Jintao said after a telephone conversation with Chirac that they have a “similar position” on Iraq, and “should strengthen cooperation and make efforts for world peace.” The Kremlin said that in a telephone conversation today, Hu and Russian President Vladimir Putin also “reaffirmed their common approach” to the Iraqi crisis. In Berlin, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said the threat posed by Iraq does not justify war.
At the Vatican, Pope John Paul II’s spokesman, Joaquin Navarro-Valls, said those who decide that all peaceful means are exhausted “assume a grave responsibility before God, their conscience, and history.” Australia today announced it has committed 2,000 troops to fight with the U.S. if Bush orders war against Iraq. Prime Minister Costas Simitis of Greece, which currently holds the European Union presidency, said the U.S. ultimatum on Iraq has created a “great global crisis.”
Swedish Prime Minister Goeran Persson released a statement today saying military action against Iraq is unjustifiable at a time when UN weapons inspectors are making progress in Iraq. Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel said the U.S. ultimatum could have been avoided and that weapons inspections in Iraq “were going well.” Pakistan’s government said that “the time and space for diplomacy never ends,” urging a peaceful solution to the crisis.
Earlier today, the UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in anticipation of a U.S.-led attack. The Iraqi leadership today rejected the U.S. ultimatum. State television said the decision was made at a joint meeting – chaired by Saddam Hussein – of the Revolutionary Command Council, Iraq’s highest executive body, and the leadership of the ruling Ba’ath Party.
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Sydney Australia 18 Mar 03
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Karachi Peace Protest
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St Petersburgh Russia Peace Protest
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Srinagar Kashmir Peace Protest
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Bahrain Peace Protest 18 Mar 03
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Manila Phillipines Peace Protest
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Brooklyn Heights NY Peace Protest 18 Mar 03
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Washington Monument Peace Protest
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Capitol Hill Peace Protest 18 Mar 03
Worldwide peace protests stepped up, The Guardian, 19 March 2003
Thousands of people around the world, from schoolchildren to trade unionists, took to the streets today to vent their anger at the seemingly inevitable march towards war in Iraq.
In London, Westminster was brought to a standstill as hundreds of students and pupils took part in a sit-down protest against the looming war. For a time, the entrances to government buildings, including Portcullis House, were closed to prevent protesters from entering.
Earlier, an anti-war protester was arrested as activists staged a “die-in” outside the south London home of the foreign secretary, Jack Straw. Dozens of similar events were being held around the country, according to the Stop the War Coalition website.
Protests were today continuing in Australia, where Greenpeace activists blockaded the official residence of the prime minister, John Howard, for almost three hours.
Federal police played down the incident, but an angry and embarrassed Mr Howard was forced to walk through the protesters and climb into a car outside the gates of his residence to get to work.
Activists in the US, under the banner of the United for Peace and Justice group, are co-ordinating “die-ins” and direct action in city halls and public buildings across the country.
In the Philippines, hundreds of placard-waving demonstrators gathered, for a second day, outside the US embassy in Manila.
Some protesters held large clocks showing times in Baghdad and the US as they counted down the hours and minutes to the deadline for invasion set by the US president, George Bush.
In India, around 500 demonstrators were arrested after clashing with police on the streets of Bombay. The demonstrators, members of the Nationalist Congress party, carried placards that said “No war, only peace” and chanted “Down with Bush”.
In the eastern city of Calcutta, artists joined dozens of prostitutes and shouted slogans near the American Centre against the expected US-led attack on Iraq.
Meanwhile, in Pakistan, hundreds of Muslim students marched through the capital Kashmir. About 400 students chanted “Down with America, down with George Bush” as they marched through Muzaffarabad in a protest organised by a leading Pakistani Islamist party.
They trampled on and burnt a US flag and also set fire to an effigy of Mr Bush, while banners accused the US president of killing Iraqi children and being a “bloodthirsty animal”.
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Portland Maine Peace Protest 19 Mar
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Mexico City Peace Protest 19 Mar 03
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New York Peace Protest 19 Mar
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Rio de Janeiro Peace Protest
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Washington Peace Protest 19 Mar 03