London chants: "George Bush we know you, your father was a killer too"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

LONDON (Reuters) - At least 14,000 anti-war protesters marched through London on Saturday, three years after the invasion of Iraq, calling for U.S. and British troops to pull out. Some marchers held placards bearing a photograph of U.S. President George W. Bush and the words "World's Number 1 Terrorist." Others carried banners saying "Peace not Profit" and "End the occupation, don't attack Iran."



A handful of protesters donned orange boiler suits and wore shackles on their wrists to mimic outfits worn in the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison, and carried photographs of prisoners. "We want to achieve two things: to hurry the British government into leaving Iraq and to make it aware of public opinion that it can't join the American government if it attacks Iran," said John Rees, co-founder of Stop the War Coalition. Organisers said the march was one of several planned worldwide to protest against the Iraq war, from Australia to Japan to the United States. The turnout of 14,000 was a police estimate.



The demonstration was a far cry from the massive protests in February 2003 ahead of the invasion of Iraq when millions took to the streets around the globe to protest. Huge opposition to the war in Britain was partly responsible for Prime Minister Tony Blair's majority being slashed in the May 2005 general election.



Britain has 8,000 troops in Iraq and is sending another 3,500 to Afghanistan where its presence will peak at 5,700. Britain, like the United States, has said it hopes to withdraw from Iraq when local security forces improve their capabilities. Chanting "Tony, Tony, Tony, out, out, out," and "George Bush we know you, your father was a killer too," marchers from across Britain wended their way from the Houses of Parliament, past Queen Elizabeth's London residence and on to Trafalgar Square.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060318/ts_nm/iraq_britain_protests_dc

[yurbud]

1. kick & rec--go to link and vote up that story so PEOPLE SEE IT IN US

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060318/ts_nm/iraq_britain_protests_dc

[rodeodance]

7. will do

[freefall]

9. Done. n/t

[NYdemocrat089]

2. Are there any major US protests planned?

I'm sure there will be many small ones, but are there any large (like in London) protests planned?

[Terran1212]

4. April 29 ANSWER is doing; April 1 is Soutern Regional March

[Why Syzygy]

12. I thought March 16th?

sorry don't keep up with it all. But it seems I heard something about a March planned protest.

[Gormy Cuss]

10. At least 10,000 in San Francisco today

The SF Chronicle estimate is that an additional 3000 were out in the East Bay protest in Walnut Creek, but I think it was closer to 1500.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/18/MNG8SHQJMR5.DTL

[buddysmellgood]

3. Just look at all of those radical, beatniks. Why don't they get jobs and

haircuts. :sarcasm:

[Benbow]

5. There has been absolutely nothing about this on BBC Radio 4

I knew that a march was planned but your post is the first time today that I have learned how big it was. Nice and sunny for them, too, to make up for the piercing cold wind from the north. :-)

[rodeodance]

6. good to see this, thanks

[msatty99]

8. The Brits Rock!

In 2003, my wife and I arrived in London in the midst of huge protests
at trafalgar square.

The coolest thing, however, was that as our taxi drove us into the city
from Gatwick, about 7 am two anti war protesters had scaled BIG BEN to
unfurl an anti-war slogan painted on sheets. They were using mountain
climbing equipment and the morning radio was abuzz with...How could
our security have allowed this breach?

Great town...

[file83]

11. London rocks! YEAH, baby!!!

[Muddy Waters Guitar]

13. Yeah, this is Europe-wide

Apparently in Rome, Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Madrid, they're also making sure Bush gets the sort of publicity that makes Rove go hiding under a rock. They're not mincing words here. Europeans are already furious at Bush over other things like Guantanamo, Bush's lame attempt to try to spread nukes to South Asia, and especially Bush's "what, me worry?" stance on global warming. (Many countries in Europe are at or below sea level, and for them, the anti-American hatred is reaching a boiling point.) It's yet another example of the irreparable damage Bush has done to our nation.