Thousands Across U.S. Protest Iraq War

Despite Rain In Many Cities, The Devoted Come Out To Bring The Troops Home

(CBS/AP)  Tens of thousands called for a swift end to the war in Iraq as they marched through downtowns across the country on Saturday, chanting and carrying such signs as "Wall Street Gets Rich, Iraqis and GIs Die" or "Drop Tuition Not Bombs."

In Chicago about 5,000 protestors gathered at Union Park and marched to Federal Plaza. Three students were arrested for walking on the street and charged with disobeying a police officer, resisting arrest, and damaging to property, reports CBS News affiliate WBBM in Chicago.

In Seattle, thousands of marchers were led by a small group of Iraq war veterans.

At Occidental Park, where the protesters rallied after the march, the American Friends Service Committee displayed scores of combat boots, one pair for each U.S. solider killed in Iraq.

Rain dampened the New York City march, but thousands of raincoat-wearing protestors still showed up. Among the throngs marching down Broadway was a man carrying cardboard peace doves. Some others dressed as prisoners, wearing the bright orange garb of Guantanamo Bay inmates and pushing a person in a cage.

In San Francisco, it also rained, but at least 10,000 people participated. Organizers of the event estimated about 30,000 people showed up.

"I got the sense that many people were at a demonstration for the first time," said Sarah Sloan, one of the event's organizers. "That's something that's really changed. People have realized the right thing to do is to take to the streets."

In the shadow of the National Constitution Center and Independence Hall in Philadelphia, a few hundred protesters ranging from grade school-aged children to senior citizens called on President Bush to end funding for the war and bring troops home.

Marchers who braved severe wet weather during the walk of more than 30 blocks were met by people lining the sidewalks and clutching a long yellow ribbon over the final blocks before Independence Mall. There, the rally opened with songs and prayers by descendants of Lenape Indians.

"Our signs are limp from the rain and the ground is soggy, but out spirits are high," said Bal Pinguel, of the American Friends Service Committee, one of the national sponsors of the event. "The high price we are paying is the more than 3,800 troops who have been killed in the war in Iraq."

Vince Robbins, 51, of Mount Holly, N.J., said there needed to be more rallies and more outrage.

"Where's the outcry? Where's the horror that almost 4,000 Americans have died in a foreign country that we invaded?" Robbins said. "I'm almost as angry at the American people as I am the president. I think Americans have become apathetic and placid about the whole thing."

Protests were also held in Boston, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Orlando, Fla., and Jonesborough, Tenn.

[michellem99-2009]

Yer think so do ye..I hate the war but will not marce in yer protests.I say end it..

[sgtrds]

Protests are fairly small now, but if the mongoloid idiot passing himself off as a president gets talked into attacking Iran by that neo-Nazi fascist monstrosity named Cheney, then he''ll have to bring all of the national Guard home so he can station them in front of the White House to avoid being lynched. Iran is not Iraq. If we launch air strikes against them then they''ll pour over the border by the 100''s of thousands. It''ll be a bloodbath, on both sides, that will make battles of WWII look like minor skirmishes. Of course the death toll will give both Bush and Cheney hard on''s, but even our closest allies will turn on us and rightfully so.

[howiehedd]

Protesting is futile, do you think the "loyal bushies" give a *** about what Americans think?

Try Bush for treason and shoot or hang him (thats the penalty for treason, right?)

I''m sure the troops can find their way home.

[duffyn]

This is good. Of bush doesn''t care what protestors think. I love the protestors and am in compete agreement. In the end, it''s votes we need and there''s just enough republicans siding with bush so we can''t quite end the war or impeach them - like they so richly deserve. But if the heat gets high enough, and enough republicans give up on bush, him and his stupid, gross, taking advantage of 9/11 for their own agenda f8king crew is gone!!!!

[tnt1954]

duncan hunter, san diego congressman, running
for president has a son fighting in iraq.
he is in the us marine corps. a captain from
camp pendleton. go ahead think pink. you''ll
be rare on the barbecue they have planned for you.
who will provide the barbecue? mother nature?
or mother russia? as a person from russia
with love myself, perfectly faked documents
at birth, by comrades within, it is most vital
to be as stalinist as steel. thou shalt not steal.
or make steel. its bad for the environment.
and so since that old kgb chief died. where
would you rather do your time? in siberia
on a kibbutz there? or at the north pole
at a nudist colony there. as morality wars
continue. do your link in pink. pansy pink.
and then dig your pink candy. and dress like
a hot pink woman in a hot pink dress. and
be ye pinko. for pinky and blueboy. color
mick jagger pinker than rare spareribs. he likes
prime rib a jus. so do most people. peta?
pinka? does mick jagger like his prime rib
pink or well done? with lots of horseradish
to fit his voracious appetite. a real pirate
in the pink. he just got elected collective
farm president, this means he gets to turn
potatoes all day. so that the cities can be fed.
what an honor to toil in the potato fields.
the great commission, go ye into the potato
fields and dig them up for harvest, and immediate
shipment to lazy psychophants in the cities.

[mrmazerati]

Thousands now. Hundreds of thousands soon. I was there to see it happen with Viet Nam, it will happen with Iraq, too. Inevitable.

[myidoncbs]

The sane people say:
"Support the troops... Bring them home now!"

The neocons don''t say, but must believe:
"Support the war... Leave the troops to die!"

Which side do you think are the true American patriots?

[alphaa10-2009]

This is Vietnam protest started-- random, spontaneous events that electrified the country. Vietnam protest was a grassroots response of outrage to criminal wrongdoing by those supposed to serve faithfully in public office. And at the core of Vietnam was Johnson''s lie about Gulf of Tonkin.

Today, Americans are outraged by another lying president and his administration. Though a spectrum of reasons explains opposing the war in Iraq, the foremost reason remains that Bush and Cheney lied to secure their way with the American people in congress, assembled.

Under any definition of an impeachable offense, lying to the entire country about Iraq intel is a high crime and misdemeanor. And that does not mean mere, "misbehavior".

Some 4,000 American dead later, an estimated 27,000 wounded-- many horribly maimed by IEMs-- this is no polite discussion about budgetary priorities. This is an undertaking of major importance for the sake of this country.

Even GOP regulars have deserted the circle of the one who masqueraded at 911 as protector of his country. It has been clear for some time Bush and Cheney focused, intead, on Iraq.

[liberalme]

The true Americna Patriots are the ones who joined the armed forces under the guise of going after Bin Laden--the person responsible for 911.

Little did they and most of us know, we would be going deliberately in the opposite direction.

The true American Patriots are the families who have their loved ones in Iraq and Afganistan, who have lost loved ones in these wars and families who are caring for physically and emotionally wounded loved ones and the American people who have supported these brave troops and now want to see them come home before anymore unecessary lives are lost.

The true American patriot and been patient enough and keenly aware of what this regime in the White House is attempting.
Bring them all home.

[libsluvsuvs]

I wonder how many drums of oil was spent to bring all those people together to protest the war on oil

[libsluvsuvs]

I guess the day these anti-war liberals are stranded because they cannot afford the price of gasoline..is they day they would realize WHY THESE SOLDIERS ARE DYING..

the reason is rather immoral but remember it IS YOUR GASOLINE.

[liberalme]

OH is that the issue? Can''t you come up with facts or are you going to bring up Hillary, Pelosi etc, thats what repubs do.

Sheesh do some investigating of your own! Reading is fundamental.

[tnt1954]

but sire, the americans have the weapon of all-time,
developed by the cordoba research and development
corporation and also the ''aladdin device'', what
can us pink people do? they just set us up
like tenpins and knock us down again, for sport?
the weapon of all-time can destroy 21 trillion
cubic parsecs of space in a nanosecond. and
its ''all-american''. meanwhile world series action
continues, in a safe, sane manner. thank you
for your protests. it will be considered in the
equation of all factorials. infinity factorial.
bob, let''s get back to the infinite mathematics
homework now. you''ve had your fun in the parade.

[liberalme]

Pardon me---but YOUR president is trying to get it all for himself!

[michellem99-2009]

I DID NOT ASK FOR WAR,,I DID ASK FOR THE WTC BEING ATTACKED..I DID NOT ASK FOR THE NANNY GOVT..I DID NOT ASK FOR THE CHANGES BUSH MADE FOR HIM AND NOT WE WHO ARE TREATED LIKE DIRT...BARBARA YER CAN''T DO THIS/THAT..BARBARA YER NOT ALLOWRD TO DO...I DON''T KNOW ABOUT NAM AS I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO HEAR THE NEWS..SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS AS THE PTRINT IS SMALL, END THE WAR..IT IS OVER OIL...Barbara aka Michelle..

[libsluvsuvs]

if you dont want ''wall street'' to get rich..if you think bush is getting rich from these oil deals..GET THOSE THOUSAND OF PROTESTORS..TELL THEM TO RID OF THIER CARS..and see how fast you can send those oil barons to the poor house.

Again, your methods are ineffective as the war in iraq..so spare me your wants

[libsluvsuvs]

Posted by MyIDonCBS at 11:33 PM : Oct 27, 2007
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okay we take the troops home..*THIS IS WHAT MOST ANTI-WAR LIBERALS FALLTER*

THEN WHAT???

what can the liberals promise us that my safety is secured??what promise can they make that when I go to the local gas station that I can find affordable gasoline??

WHAT??? denying the reprecussions is not the answer..CONSERVATION IS.

[liberalme]

First of all, this article isn''t about oil, its about thousands protesting the war and deaths of thousands.

The protests were about the lies Bush, Cheney and Rumsfield told and continue to tell.

Its about an illegal war, which is, in part, responsible for the price of oil.

So yep I drive my little Honda to work, and that little "liberal car" serves its purpose, and BTW I know more Repubs in my state who drive SUV''s all over the place, they just don''t care!

[libsluvsuvs]

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from the sound of your rantings, you dont see yourself as part of thier society..what you dont want does not mean it will not be served to you..YOU HAVE THE TAKE A BIG BITE OF THAT SH*ITSANDWICH AND YOU WILL HAVE AS MUCH SERVING AS EVERYBODY ELSE...

you do use gas dont you?

[liberalme]

If the troops come home, we can secure our boarders.

The FBI has a list of 850000 terrorists--do you know who and where they are? Could some of them be here?
Who will protect us here? Nush?? hahahaha he couldn''t even take the National Guard!

[libsluvsuvs]

Posted by liberalme at 12:13 AM : Oct 28, 2007
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why do you think we are in middle east??because we love saving arabs?? why do you think we are giving israe billions??because we love giving our money away??

if you cannot connect our presence in middle east with "protecting our interests" then sir i have am selling the eiffel tower...interested?

[liberalme]

libsluvsuvs, most people who work have to drive--duh

[feelfree1]

Thanks to all who attended.

[libsluvsuvs]

f the troops come home, we can secure our boarders.

The FBI has a list of 850000 terrorists--do you know who and where they are? Could some of them be here?
Who will protect us here? Nush?? hahahaha he couldn''''t even take the National Guard!

Posted by liberalme at 12:16 AM : Oct 28, 2007
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yeah right..the ACLU will have a field day with your arse.okay the FBI has the list..then what?? you guys are so busy with that one too..you dont really want us to ''violate the rights'' of these people on the list.

please be consistent with these ongoing liberal cursades.

[liberalme]

The only interest Bush has in Iraq is oil, getting it is harder than he thought.
You tell me why Bush has no interest in catching Bin Laden, remember? "Oh I don''t know where he is, I don''t give it much thought" HUH?

I really thought we wanted to get the people responsible for 911!! We''re in the wrong country!!

[libsluvsuvs]

Thanks to all who attended.

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was that from you or the local gas station?


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libsluvsuvs, most people who work have to drive--duh

Posted by liberalme at 12:17 AM : Oct 28, 2007
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hence the futility of your crusade!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we cannot leave our interest in middle east because..those protestors needs gasoline to go to work..duh!

[libsluvsuvs]

First of all, this article isn''''t about oil, its about thousands protesting the war and deaths of thousands.

The protests were about the lies Bush, Cheney and Rumsfield told and continue to tell.

Its about an illegal war, which is, in part, responsible for the price of oil.

So yep I drive my little Honda to work, and that little "liberal car" serves its purpose, and BTW I know more Repubs in my state who drive SUV''''s all over the place, they just don''''t care!

Posted by liberalme at 12:13 AM : Oct 28, 2007
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The only interest Bush has in Iraq is oil, getting it is harder than he thought.
You tell me why Bush has no interest in catching Bin Laden, remember? "Oh I don''''t know where he is, I don''''t give it much thought" HUH?

I really thought we wanted to get the people responsible for 911!! We''''re in the wrong country!!

Posted by liberalme at 12:20 AM : Oct 28, 2007
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is there consistency in this one?

[libsluvsuvs]

I really thought we wanted to get the people responsible for 911!! We''''re in the wrong country!!

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of course we want to get osama bin laden..BUT WE NEED TO SECURE OUR INTEREST BEFORE WE OPEN UP A CAN OF WHOOP ARSE IN MIDDLE EAST..IF WE DO NOT SECURE A SUPPLY..WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR GASOLINE?

[poopusbuttus]

LIBERALME -- Your a dummy from waaaaaay back. Do me a favor ok? When you get up in the morning, I want you to sit up in bed, and then say to yourself, "I''m going to try so hard not to be a dummy today".....That cool with you?

[liberalme]

Instead of listening to Rush Lintball and Hannity--why don''t you try reading? Do hyour own investigating!!

Sorry pal, your out-numbered.
I have a grandson who has been to Iraq and is on standby right now (Iran comes to mind) and have a daughter who served in the Army during the Granada crisis.
My whole family is military,from WWII to Viet Nam and not one of them then agrees we should be in Iraq anymore.

READ

[libsluvsuvs]

Posted by liberalme at 12:20 AM : Oct 28, 2007
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do you really think you can function in a reality where the likes of osama bin laden has control of those fields?? you tell me.

[tao2nev]

In response to an earlier comment....even those Americans who think we deserve to be in Iraq because of 9/11. Please think about this - we are killing our daughters, sons and husbands by killing families there that had nothing to do with 9/11. There are some who are not responsible for 9/11. Women and children. This is not eye for an eye any longer. This is just plain arrogant warfare. War does not gain friends and control. We are also losing allies. People who see that this is wrong.

[liberalme]

Your brain can''t get off the oil!! You repugs forever get off the topic of the article, your soap-box tonite is oil, ok let it all out, but--BUSH is responsible for the oil porblem--not the LIBS!!

[libsluvsuvs]

Posted by liberalme at 12:24 AM : Oct 28, 2007
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so your entire family lineage is or was in the military..your dog is in the military..DOES IT MEAN YOU DONT NEED ARAB OIL??

come on! you are trying to wiggle out justifying your own need for oil by hiding behind your family''s military record?

[liberalme]

do you really think you can function in a reality where the likes of osama bin laden has control of those fields?? you tell me.


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YOUUUU WHOOOOO Then were is he?????????????????

[liberalme]

Sorry I don''t have a dog in the military I have a young MAN==what war did you serve in?

[libsluvsuvs]

Posted by liberalme at 12:27 AM : Oct 28, 2007
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you are not getting it!!!!!!!!

you are not making any consitant argument..you say bush is fighting for oil..then the next not..

MY POINT HERE IS..EVERYBODY..FROM THE MOST EXTREME RIGHT WINGED NUT TO THE MOST EXTREME LEFT WINGED NUT NEEDS OIL..BUSH IS FIGHTING TO SECURE THOSE FILEDS..MAY IT BE FOR PERSONAL GAIN OR WHAEVER..BUT YOU NEED THOSE FIELDS OR YOUR ARSE WILL BE WALKING TO WORK..IF YOU CAN FIND WORK..

[tao2nev]

Bush wanted to control the oil. In doing so, he would have the power he has always wanted to have, and never got. He''s a spoiled boy that came to office because of favors. He''s now controlling our fear. Oil is a major issue here.

[liberalme]

It''s NOT BUSHS OIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[libsluvsuvs]

Posted by liberalme at 12:30 AM : Oct 28, 2007
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does that mean you get smarter with every war you went to??

DO YOU NEED OIL OR NOT???????????/ simple fu cking question..or those war rattled those bolts loose

[libsluvsuvs]

t''''s NOT BUSHS OIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by liberalme at 12:32 AM : Oct 28, 2007
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DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT POST THIS VOMIT?

The only interest Bush has in Iraq is oil, getting it is harder than he thought.
You tell me why Bush has no interest in catching Bin Laden, remember? "Oh I don''''''''t know where he is, I don''''''''t give it much thought" HUH?

I really thought we wanted to get the people responsible for 911!! We''''''''re in the wrong country!!

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[libsluvsuvs]

people..YOU GUYS FU CKING HATE BUSH?? YOU GUYS HATE THIS WAR?? PROTESTING IS NOT THE ANSWER!!!!!!!!

HIT THEM WHERE IT HURTS..SACRIFICE AND LIMIT YOUR GASOLINE PURCHASES..

[liberalme]

Why do we have to start killing for oil? What''s wrong with the way we''ve been getting it--by buying it?

I don''t see China, Russia or any other country invading a country to get at the oil!

Some example we are--if you want something--don''t buy it--kill for it!
All counties need oil, we are just making it more difficult for them to get it and God forbid of Bush controlled the oil of the world!!!

[liberalme]

But Bush SAID that VOMIT!

[libsluvsuvs]

getting together and DRIVING to a mass protest is giving the war more validation and gives Bush more power!!!!!!

you guys are bunch of dramatic morons..more pre-occupied with presentation than actually doing something productive and positive against this war..

FU CK..do you guys need some four eyed fat arsed moron to make another movie to hold you guys by the hand and tell you what to do?????

Dam n!!

[tnt1954]

i just reviewed penthouse magazine''s november 1972
issue with angela adams and carrie shusmith.
it does have bearing on 35 years later.
it was much the same cross section as today.
the war of love to make peace was well thought
out and contrived. chief harlan fiske stone
of the us supreme court, finally allowed it
to be a norm. i said ''a'' norm. if people want
flavor for their fare, he allowed it. it had
always been there, just more invisible. some
eras of earth were very very bawdy and unabashed.
people who think it a base instinct of lower
animals resent having it thrust in their faces though.
it makes them vomit at the sight of it.
its absolutely revolting and ugly to some people.
they see no beauty in it whatsoever. no redeeming
art value in it whatsoever. they see it as just
a general release of beasts in the field with
one track minds. its not that they are asexual.
its just that mother nature will soon show
you the error your ways at the doctors office.
either gynecologically or psychiatrically.
but you have become a cold-hearted eskimo
who just rubs noses, for nose-rubbing sake,
you''ve crossed over the pole into the dole.
nothing but sadistic action can make your
tootie toot. people are not gonna put with that,
one iota. uppercut to the chin and the nose,
through the brain to the place of ending. for
the noserubber society.

[libsluvsuvs]

Why do we have to start killing for oil? What''''s wrong with the way we''''ve been getting it--by buying it?

I don''''t see China, Russia or any other country invading a country to get at the oil!

Some example we are--if you want something--don''''t buy it--kill for it!
All counties need oil, we are just making it more difficult for them to get it and God forbid of Bush controlled the oil of the world!!!

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I have been nice with you. but you are obviously one naive moron..china and russia never invading countries????WHERE THEY HELL YOU BEEN FOR THE LAST 60 YEARS?.....we not buying out oil (what make syou think made saudi arabia, KUWAIT rich?)

SORRY TO SAY THIS BUT YOU ARE A MORON..

[liberalme]

Watch your blood pressure--doing your own investigating might enlighten you---here let me help you out:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTfcAyYGg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UVXj8F9Fmk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgfzqulvhlQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta-Y8hFv8I0
Now I can go to bed, my Red Sox are winning.

[liberalme]

Wouldn''t you think with Saudi Arabia being such good friends (for decades) with the Bush family--we could get a nice deal on oil?

[libsluvsuvs]

Posted by liberalme at 12:45 AM : Oct 28, 2007
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YOUTUBE???????????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jesus H Christ!!

since you like Youtube..search chris co cker..he is another one who shares your mindset.