BOSTON - Delegates arriving for the Democratic National Convention were greeted Sunday by competing protests against the war in Iraq and abortion.
Several blocks away, about 1,000 anti-abortion advocates gathered at Faneuil Hall, the historic meeting house where patriots gathered before the American Revolution, and set off on their own march to the FleetCenter.
The two groups crossed paths at an intersection, where demonstrators exchanged angry words with one another. Some of the anti-abortion marchers laid down in the street. They soon stood up at the request of the police and the two marches continued their separate ways following a few minutes of confusion.
Fernando Suarez Del Solar, 48, said his son, Jesus Suarez Del Solar, 20, was a lance corporal and one of the first Marines killed in the Iraq war days after the U.S.-led invasion began.
“Mr. Bush lies,” said Del Solar, of Escondido, Calif. Of the presumed Democratic nominee, he said, “Mr. Kerry is very confused. On one side he says the war is wrong. On the other side, he says ’We need more boys in Iraq.’ I do not understand.”
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