Saturday, March 20, 2004


Yahoo! News - Thousands Worldwide Demand Troops Pull Out of Iraq
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thousands of antiwar protesters poured into streets around the globe on Saturday's anniversary of the Iraq (news - web sites) war to demand the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops.

From Sydney to Tokyo, Madrid, London, New York and San Francisco, protesters condemned U.S. policy in Iraq and said they did not believe Iraqis are better off or the world safer because of the war. Journalists estimated that at least a million people streamed through Rome, in probably the biggest single protest.

In London, two anti-war protesters evaded security to climb the landmark Big Ben clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, unfurling a banner reading "Time for Truth."

We had something here, too, but I missed it. I saw people walking up the Michigan St. hill with protest signs...damn! I wish I would have paid attention, I could've got some pictures...maybe met some like-minded people.

(Edited at 6:14pm- Local coverage showed that there were probably as many people down at the park/fish ladder as there were at our local protest. Watch this space for fish ladder pictures! :~o )