March on the Pentagon
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
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"George Bush. You are wrong. You are the one who lied to the people and brought this death and destruction to Iraq. You are the one who sent our boys and girls in harms way."
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Sign - RIP DEMOCRACY 1776 - 2001 - WE TRIED!
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Mahdi Bray - Executive Director of the Muslim American Society "War is not a game when our brothers and sisters are dying in Iraq."
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Mahdi Bray - Executive Director of the Muslim American Society "Don't tell us we are wrong. Don't tell us that we don't respect the troops. Don't tell us that we don't respect life. If loving freedom and justice are wrong, I don't want to be Right."
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Sign - Impeach the EVIL EMPEROR
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Sign of a bloody skull with dollar bills hanging out of its mouth. On the skull's forehead - NEW WORLD ORDER.
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Speakers addressed the crowd throughout the afternoon.
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For more information visit, www.masnet.org and www.ImpeachBush.org
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These two young girls came out to express their disapproval of the war.
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No More Escalation!
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Protesters keep warm with a group hug.
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Even the Statue of Liberty made an appearence at the rally.
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Our Soldiers: 3,244+ Dead 63,000 Wounded
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