Demonstrators Protest Iraq War in D.C.

[AmyStrange]

Demonstrators Protest Iraq War in D.C.
Sat Jun 5, 3:54 PM ET

FROM: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=513&ncid=691&e=8&u=/ap/20040605/ap_on_go_ot/war_protests
WASHINGTON - Several hundred anti-war protesters rallied Saturday for an end to the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq (news - web sites) and the immediate withdrawal of American troops.

Protesters chanting "Bring the troops home" gathered in a park across the street from the White House. President Bush (news - web sites) was in Europe.

The protesters heard from Michael Berg, whose son, Nicholas, was beheaded by Islamic militants in Iraq. A video of the slaying was posted on the Internet.

Berg invoked the words of Martin Luther King Jr., saying, "The people of America and the world have told me that they have a dream and a vision ... and that that dream is a dream of peace, a vision of all nations living together in harmony and in love."

The Berg family considers the Bush administration at least partly responsible for what happened to Nicholas Berg. U.S. officials say Berg was detained by Iraqi police for a while, and Berg told his family that U.S. agents questioned him about whether he had ever built a pipe bomb or had been in Iran. American officials said FBI (news - web sites) agents saw Berg three times and urged him to leave Iraq because of the danger.

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