1. VIDEO: TENS OF THOUSANDS AT ANTI-WAR PROTEST IN NYC (WABC-7 TV New York City)
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(New York-AP, April 29, 2006) - Tens of thousands of anti-war protesters marched Saturday through Manhattan to demand an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq just hours after an American soldier died in a roadside explosion in Baghdad - the 70th U.S. fighter killed in that country this month.
End this war, bring the troops home," read one of the many signs lifted by marchers on a sunny afternoon three years after the war in Iraq began. The mother of a Marine killed two years ago in Iraq held a picture of her son, born in 1984 and killed 20 years later.
Cindy Sheehan, a vociferous critic of the war whose 24-year-old soldier son also died in Iraq, joined in the march, as did actress Susan Sarandon and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. One group marched under the banner "Veterans for Peace," while other marchers came from as far off as Maryland and Vermont.
The demonstrators stretched for about 10 city blocks as they headed down Broadway. A police spokesman declined to give an estimate of the size of the crowd, although organizers claimed there were 300,000 people. There were no arrests.
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2. VIDEO: Jesse Jackson, Cindy Sheehan, Susan Sarandon address anti-war rally (WCBS TV2 New York)
http://wcbstv.com/video/?id=87207@wcbs.dayport.com
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3. VIDEO: Thousands join NY anti-war protest (BBC News)
Thousands of anti-war protesters have marched in New York to demand the immediate withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.
The demonstration took place just hours after a US soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad. Jannat Jalil reports.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolavconsole/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_4950000/newsid_4959200/nb_wm_4959202.stm