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Opponents of the war in Iraq marched Saturday in a clamorous day of protest, song and remembrance of the dead, some showing surprisingly diverse political views even as they spoke with one loud voice in wanting U.S. troops home. The surging crowd, shouting "Bush out now" and "Peace now," marched in front of the White House and then to the Washington Monument in an 11-hour marathon of dissent. They were young people with green hair, nuns whose anti-war activism dates to Vietnam, parents mourning their children in uniform lost in Iraq, and uncountable families motivated for the first time to...

War protesters in Portland are organizing a Saturday night candlelight vigil on Portland's bridges that they say will be "quiet, reflective, (but) not necessarily silent." The event, planned for 7:30 p.m. on the sidewalks of the Burnside, Morrison and Hawthorne bridges, is intended as a call to bring U.S. soldiers home from Iraq. It is timed to coincide with a national protest this weekend. Busloads of war protesters are heading to Washington, D.C., to join what they are calling "a national mobilization" against the war. Among them will be Portland's Lynn Bradach, whose son, Travis Bradach-Nall, was killed in Iraq...

Weekend march aimed at bringing troops home... [snip] Bush did not plan to be in Washington on Saturday, but he will have support on the streets. The groups FreeRepublic.com and Protest Warrior plan their own demonstration on Saturday, with hundreds expected to join in. FreeRepublic spokesman Kristinn Taylor said a larger rally Sunday on the National Mall would honor military families. [snip] The war protests will coincide with planned demonstrations against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, which hold their annual meetings this weekend. Anti-globalization protesters will eventually join the marchers opposing the Iraq war. ANSWER and United for...

AROUND 150 people gathered at the United Nations (UN) building in Manama yesterday to demand the withdrawal of US and British forces from Iraq. The anti-war demonstration also featured art and photography exhibitions highlighting war atrocities in Iraq. The event, organised by the National Committee in Support of Iraqi People in Bahrain, is part of a global campaign initiated in the US by the New York-based United for Peace and Justice group. The demonstration was held to express the solidarity of Bahraini activists and organisations with the Iraqi people by calling for the withdrawal of US and UK forces from...