Anti-war protesters stage a die-in on Market Street
Posted on 10/27/2007 8:16:19 PM PDT by SmithL
SAN FRANCISCO -- On cue from a bullhorn's blast, thousands of protesters fell to the pavement on Market Street today in a symbolic "die-in" as part of a protest staged in cities across the country against the war in Iraq.
For about three minutes the demonstrators lay on the pavement, representing what organizers said were more than 1 million Iraqis killed since the war began in 2003. The protesters then resumed their march from San Francisco's Civic Center to Dolores Park.
March organizers put their number at 30,000 - old, young, workers, students, religious leaders. Police declined to give a formal estimate, but onlookers said the demonstrators definitely numbered more than 10,000. They filled up Market Street for several blocks, shouting that U.S. troops should be brought home and carrying banners decrying the war.
At the head of the marchers was a band of Native American drummers who pounded a steady beat as protesters chanted, "No more war!"
Before the march began, demonstrators gathered in front of City Hall to hear speakers berate the Bush administration and call on Americans to stand up against the war. Organizers said part of the reason for staging this protest was to mark that it is now five years since Congress voted to authorize the use of U.S. force in Iraq.
"Silence shows compliance," Nicole Davis, a leader of the Campus Anti-War Network group, told the crowd at the San Francisco event, which was organized by the Oct. 27th Coalition of several groups, including ANSWER - Act Now To Stop War and End Racism. "If you disagree with this war," she added, "it is your duty to stand up and let the world know."
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Anti-war protesters stage a die-in on Market Street
Don’t worry, they all got up again.
Hmmm—wonder if those “One million Iraqi dead include Saddam’s victims?
To bad!
OMG, like stop the war now! Like, those protesters just had a die in, OMG!
OK who forgot to order the steam roller??????
Meadow Muffin
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This number doesn’t even approach a 100th of the innocent children and women in Saddam’s mass graves!
On the other hand, all those dead are now registered democrats.
Classic! Laying on their backs while real men and women fight.
Or in this case, lay down and play dead. Idiots.
Like, wow, dude...
If onlookers said at least 10,000, then there had to be 2,000 people there. That’s how it works with protest numbers math. Either way, Big Fat Hairy Deal.
I wonder if any of these fools would be willing to take the place of the now free Iraqis should the likes of another Hussein cut the throat of Iraq’s emerging liberation.
No they wouldn’t. They’d rather play dead on the streets of a beautiful day in SF in effect protesting the free men, women, and children of Iraq.
> a symbolic “die-in” as part of a protest staged in cities across the country against the war in Iraq.
Why symbolic? Why not really die like those buddist monks that died by fire in Vietnam?
No balls? No real conviction? What?
A million Iraqi dead? Why stop there?
Why not make up 10 million dead? That would be 10 times as powerful, right?
Did the city pass out meal money?
Iraqis would spit on these freaks
I like the sign in the lower right. Si Se Puete(?) with “.....workers”.
Maybe they should put a steel cage around them and leave them there. That’s what they are going to get if they elect Hillary.
Saddam Hussein
Full name Saddam Hussein al-Majid al-Tikriti. AKA ‘Great Uncle’, AKA ‘Lion of Babylon’, AKA ‘Lion of Iraq’, AKA ‘Beast of Baghdad’. Saddam translates to ‘One Who Confronts’.
Country: Iraq.
Kill tally: Approaching two million, including between 150,000 and 340,000 Iraqi and between 450,000 and 730,000 Iranian combatants killed during the Iran-Iraq War. An estimated 1,000 Kuwaiti nationals killed following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. No conclusive figures for the number of Iraqis killed during the Gulf War, with estimates varying from as few as 1,500 to as many as 200,000. Over 100,000 Kurds killed or “disappeared”. No reliable figures for the number of Iraqi dissidents and Shia Muslims killed during Hussein’s reign, though estimates put the figure between 60,000 and 150,000. (Mass graves discovered following the US occupation of Iraq in 2003 suggest that the total combined figure for Kurds, Shias and dissidents killed could be as high as 300,000). Approximately 500,000 Iraqi children dead because of international trade sanctions introduced following the Gulf War.
http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/hussein.html
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