Trouw bericht:'In Nederland maakt Irak de tongen niet meer los.
In talloze wereldsteden wel demonstraties tegen oorlog
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Elke dag komen er beelden van bomaanslagen in Irak voorbij. „Maar het liefst kijken we de andere kant op.”
Morgen ’viert’ de oorlog in Irak zijn vierde verjaardag. Overal in de wereld trokken dit weekeinde burgers de straat op om te demonstreren. Maar niet in Nederland.
De grootste demonstratie vond plaats in Madrid, waar volgens de organisatoren 400.000 mensen een protestmars hielden.
„Er zijn geloof ik nog maar veertien Nederlanders met politietaken in Irak. We zien hier en daar in Bagdad nog wel bommetjes ontploffen, maar het maakt de tongen niet meer los”, zegt Harry van Bommel, woordvoerder buitenlandse zaken van de SP.
„We zijn er dus niet meer, ons straatje is schoongeveegd, we mogen de regering er niet meer mee lastigvallen en we richten ons met z’n allen op Afghanistan. Maar iedereen vergeet dat we medeverantwoordelijk zijn voor de rotzooi in Irak”, aldus Van Bommel die nog steeds boos is dat een parlementair onderzoek naar de oorlog niet van de grond komt.'
Lees verder: http://www.trouw.nl/hetnieuws/nederland/article662496.ece/
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'Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated against the Iraq war over the weekend, in wide-ranging protests that took place in large cities and small towns all over the world. Spain's protests were the largest in Europe, with some estimates putting the number of people taking part at 100,000. In the capital Madrid, protesters waved placards denouncing Pres. Bush and former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar for "war crimes."
In the Turkish city of Istanbul, more than 3,000 took part in protests, carrying signs reading "Bush go home" and "We are all Iraqis." Hundreds also gathered to voice their opposition to the Iraq war in the Spanish cities Seville, Cadiz and Granada as well as the European capital cities Athens, Copenhagen and Rome.
In Washington, DC, tens of thousands braved cold temperatures to march to the Pentagon on Saturday carrying placards denouncing the war. In Los Angeles, thousands demonstrated in anti-war rallies that included the carrying of flag-draped coffins through the streets of Hollywood.
On Sunday, thousands marched through downtown Portland, Oregon; protestors in San Francisco closed Market Street, a major downtown thoroughfare; and in New York City protesters converged in a park near the United Nations headquarters. Other demonstrations were held in smaller cities throughout the country.
In Australia, small actions took place in both Sydney and Melbourne. In Santiago, an estimated 200 people marched from the Salvador metro station to the US Embassy in Las Condes on Saturday. In Canada, demonstrators in Halifax, Montreal, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Toronto and Hamilton denounced the Iraq occupation as well as the Canadian mission in Afghanistan.
On Friday night in Washington, DC police thousands of Christians prayed for peace at an anti-war service at the Washington National Cathedral and then marched to the White House where police arrested 222 people who refused to obey rules that they keep moving.
Main Source: BBC'
De BBC bericht:
'Protesters march against Iraq war
Thousands of demonstrators have been holding anti-war rallies as the anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq nears.
In Washington, thousands braved cold temperatures to march to the Pentagon carrying placards denouncing the war.
Tuesday marks four years since the war began. Tens of thousands of Iraqis have died as well as some 3,200 US troops.
Protests took place in other US cities including Los Angeles, in European capitals and in Australia.
'Shadow of death'
US anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, whose soldier son died in Iraq, said those marching were walking "in the shadow of the war machine".
"It's like being in the shadow of the death star. They take their death and destruction and they export it around the world. We need to shut it down," she said.
Many carried black and yellow signs urging the US to leave Iraq as they made their way across the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial.
Organisers said freezing temperatures had probably discouraged some from taking part in the march which followed the same path as a key rally against the Vietnam War in 1967.
Lees verder: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6462627.stm
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