On Saint Patricks Day, March 17, 2007, the anniversary of the start of the United States invasion of Iraq, an estimated at 15,000 to 25,000 demonstrators marched in the bitter cold from the Vietnam War Memorial, down Route 27 to the Pentagon North Parking Lot. A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism) Coalition organized the event in symbolic tribute to the historic 1967 march to the Pentagon. The march capped a week of anti-war protests in Washington. Prominent speakers at the event included anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark and U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.).
We're here in the shadow of the war machine. It's like being in the shadow of the death star. They take their death and destruction and they export it around the world. We need to shut it down. - Cindy Sheehan
No matter who the father of Anna Nicole's Baby is or who wins the next season of American Idol or what new song is on the radio, people are dying, both from this country and in massive numbers in the Iraqi Civil War. - Hip Hop activist Immortal Technique
Virginia State Police wearing gas masks and wielding batons.
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Despite the heavy police presence, protesters were allowed to speak their minds.
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Virginia State Police in riot gear.
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Female demonstrator sings peace song to the riot police.
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A demonstrator dressed in a Guy Fawkes mask (based on anarchist comic character named "V"), holds up a sign that states - Would Jesus Bomb?
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Demonstrators stand their ground in front of the riot police. One demonstrator holds up a sign - Bush, Cheney, Runsfeld and our oil company Executives to WAR - $ Not $ Our Children.
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Some protesters hid their faces.
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Protester acting out a the life of a Guantanamo detainee.
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Kneeling Guantanamo Bay detainee actor is wearing an orange jumpsuit, a black bag over his head, with wrists handcuffed together. Riot police holding batons in the background. *
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Protestor standing up to law enforcement officials in a face-off. *
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Sign - U.$. in Distress! Turn the Flag Upside Down
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Virginia State Police in riot gear. *
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March on the Pentagon
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Sign - Impeach Dick Cheney.
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Anti-war graffiti on street sign. The word truck is sprayed over with paint and replaced with WAR. NO WAR.
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