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CRAWFORD, Texas - Iraq war protesters camping out near President Bush’s ranch are getting support from a prominent figure in the anti-Vietnam war movement: folk singer Joan Baez.

Baez planned a free concert in Bush’s adopted hometown Sunday that was expected to draw more than 1,000 people on a 1-acre lot offered by a landowner who opposes the war. Not far away, protesters continued a camp-out started by grieving mother Cindy Sheehan. Meanwhile, more Bush supporters arrived at a downtown pro-Bush camp. As of Sunday afternoon, more than 150 people had visited the large tent with “God Bless Our President!” and “God Bless Our Troops” banners and a life-size cardboard cutout of Bush.

The pro-Bush camp is called “Fort Qualls,” for Marine Lance Cpl. Louis Wayne Qualls, 20, killed in Fallujah last fall. His father, Gary Qualls of Temple, said the anti-war demonstrators are being disrespectful to soldiers.

In addition to the “Fort Qualls” camp, a few Bush supporters have stood with signs in the ditch across from the demonstrators’ camp. Down the street, another group of about a dozen set up tents and pro-Bush signs on private property over the weekend.