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To: sgtbono2002
The event is expected to draw groups of many stripes. The chart for the assembly site shows sections reserved for veterans and labor, gay and peace organizations, in addition to others dedicated to opposing global warming, nuclear arms and torture and a group called End Israeli Occupation of Palestine. In addition, at least one group is protesting the protest.

99% of these malcontents don,t give a crap about it. They are professional protesters who will gather on a dime. They just want to make Bush look bad no matter what.

Opposing global warming groups!? WTF does that have to do with a troop surge.

8 posted on 01/27/2007 12:58:50 AM PST by madconserv (Jesus take the wheel- The time is here.)
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To: madconserv
Get a load of this:

U.S. troops plan to attend Iraq protest – (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070126/ap_on_go_ot/iraq_protest_1)

(snip) – WASHINGTON - A small number of active military troops will take part in Saturday's rally in Washington against the Iraq war, co-founders of an active-duty protest group say.

One of the founders of Appeal for Redress, Navy Petty Officer Jonathan Hutto (John Effin Kerry II), said he planned to speak at the protest on the National Mall. Hutto is a sailor aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, currently at Norfolk, Va.

United For Peace and Justice, an anti-war coalition of 1,400 organizations, said the protest could draw tens of thousands of demonstrators in all.

Hutto and Liam Madden, a Marine sergeant who received his discharge Jan. 20, founded Appeal for Redress, an organization of 1,200 active-duty personnel and veterans who favor a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq.

Hutto said 60 percent of the members have been in Iraq operations. He said he was on the Roosevelt off Iraq from September 2005 through March 2006. Madden said he was in Anbar Province from September 2004 to February 2005.

Hutto estimated more than a dozen individuals on active duty would attend Saturday.

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10 posted on 01/27/2007 1:07:41 AM PST by beyond the sea ( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest)
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To: madconserv
They are professional protesters who will gather on a dime.

True! We saw everything from racism to What Would Jesus Do?

734 posted on 01/27/2007 10:00:28 PM PST by Just A Nobody (I - LOVE - my attitude problem! NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
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