Protests around the
world against aggression in Iraq
CHICAGO, March 19.—Tens of thousands of people
all over the world demonstrated to protest the U.S.
war against Iraq, marking the third anniversary of
the start of that aggression launched on the basis
of lies, AP reported.
This city, Boston, San Francisco, Pittsburgh and
New York were some of the U.S. cities where massive
anti-war demonstrations took place.
In Spain, some 4,000 people filed through the
streets of Madrid to demand the immediate withdrawal
of occupation forces from Iraq and the return of
Spanish soldiers stationed in Afghanistan. Among the
placards, one demanded justice for photographer José
Couso, killed in Baghdad after being fired on by a
U.S. Army tank.
Protestors also expressed support for a document
signed by hundreds of intellectuals and other
prominent individuals from many countries demanding
a halt to the disgrace and violations of human
rights signified by the concentration camp on the
U.S. naval base in Guantánamo.
In Britain, a large march took place in London,
while in Malaysia, demonstrators rallied in front of
the U.S. embassy in Kuala Lumpur to demand the
withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq; in Seoul and
Tokyo, thousands of people filled the streets for
the second consecutive day, and in Sydney and
Melbourne, protestors demanded the return of
Australian troops sent to Iraq.
In the Philippines, a coalition of leftist
parties called Solidarity Campaign with Iraq
condemned the U.S. presence in the Arab country and
in the southern Philippines.
Meanwhile, at least three U.S. soldiers died and
another was injured after resistance actions in two
northern Iraqi locations, the U.S. command
acknowledged.
