but the rest of us did not.
Cities jammed in worldwide protest of war in Iraq
Police in London, England, said turnout Saturday was 750,000, the largest demonstration ever in the British capital. The organizers put the figure at 2 million. In Germany, 500,000 protested, and 300,000 gathered in 60 towns and cities across France.
The biggest demonstrations seen in Europe in years were part of marches by millions across the globe, from the Antarctic to Iceland. (Full story)
The demonstrations followed a pivotal day for the United Nations in which a stark division between members of the Security Council was pronounced.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/02/15/sprj.irq.protests.main/A day of worldwide protests against a looming US-led war on Iraq has culminated in giant peace rallies in Washington, San Francisco and other US cities.
More than 50,000 Americans converged on the National Mall in the centre of Washington, in one of the biggest protests since the build-up for war began.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2672809.stmAnti-war protests span the globe
Tens of thousands of people worldwide have taken to the streets to stage the latest series of demonstrations against the conflict in Iraq.
There have been rallies in Australia and New Zealand, the Middle East and Asia, while in the US marches are planned in Washington and other major cities.
Demonstrations are also being held in Paris, Brussels and London, where protesters gathered in the city's Hyde Park for an afternoon of speeches.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/2875555.stmhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=+site:news.bbc.co.uk+iraq+war+protestsPlease remember that
WAR pResident George Dubya Bush
has done EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER
to block the investigation of the events of September 11.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush personally asked Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle Tuesday to limit the congressional investigation into the events of September 11, congressional and White House sources told CNN.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/01/29/inv.terror.probe/What I can't understand is why he doesn't want to talk about his more recent history, specifically his behavior before and during the attacks on 9/11? We have now been told that Bush cannot spare more than a single hour (1.2 seconds per victim) to answer a few of the commission's outstanding questions about 9/11.
Somehow the families of the victims found the strength and courage to go on living. Surely the president can find the courage to answer in public, under oath, all the questions the full commission might have about his behavior before and during the 9/11 attacks? But no. Once again he is behaving cowardly. And this time, it only raises already high suspicions that he and others in his administration are hiding some very dark secrets from the American people.
http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/04/03/con04091.htmlPresident Bush may have declared major combat operations in Iraq over ten months ago, but fresh planeloads of wounded soldiers continue to fly into Andrews Air Force base every week, unseen by most Americans.
If the US government was to admit to the true human cost of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the wounded as well as the dead, then how many Americans would support George Bush and his war?
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/US/10/19/sick.reservists/WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Wounded and injured soldiers at Fort Stewart, Georgia, some of whom served in Iraq, are sometimes forced to wait months for follow-up treatment, according to several Army reservists.
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/US/10/19/sick.reservists/Soldiers here estimate that nearly 40 percent of the personnel now in medical hold were deployed to Iraq. Of those who went, many described clusters of strange ailments, like heart and lung problems, among previously healthy troops. They said the Army has tried to refuse them benefits, claiming the injuries and illnesses were due to a "pre-existing condition," prior to military service.
Most soldiers in medical hold at Fort Stewart stay in rows of rectangular, gray, single-story cinder block barracks without bathrooms or air conditioning. They are dark and sweltering in the southern Georgia heat and humidity. Around 60 soldiers cram in the bunk beds in each barrack.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4997.htmStates are relieved of responsibility for compensating U.S. citizens injured in international terrorism under the Patriot Act which gave law enforcement new surveillance powers after the Sept. 11 attacks. Texas, however, did not amend its law to exclude the benefit.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/special_packages/iraq/8089608.htmSaddam Hussein commented on Bush's actions soon after September 11.
Saddam said that Bush should first find out what had actually happened and WHO WAS BEHIND THE ATTACKS before going out to conquer the world.
"He should seek wisdom," said Saddam Hussein.
But he did not,
and it has been Code Orange in The Big Apple ever since.