[Ragtime Cowgirl]

As the camera panned the crowd it showed that it was not big, maybe 800..

Whoo hoo, thanks SandRat. Always good to have Freeper eye-witnesses.

Hard for cANSWER to make a case for keeping a mass-murdering, rapist, terrorist-supporter in power. Not a popular view for most humans.

Is anyone posting live from the DC rally?

[SandRat]

Just pulled this off of the home page of MY ISP, be sure to read all the way to the bottom to see the name of the news source

15,000 Stage Anti-Iraq War Protest in Washington
October 25 12:35:00 PM EST
Some of 15,000 protesters from across the nation demonstrate near the Washington Monument in Washington, DC, 25 October 2003, calling for what they describe as "an end to the occupation of Iraq" by the US. Organizers said buses picked up participants from New York City to Philadelphia, and as far away as Cleveland and brought them to Washington, DC for the march. It was the biggest anti-war protest since the fall of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in April and came amid mounting public disquiet in the United States over the growing toll on US troops in Iraq and the financial cost. (Agence France-Presse AFP International Telephoto Service) WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (AFP) - About 15,000 staged a demonstration in Washington on Saturday to oppose US presence in Iraq. It was the biggest anti-war protest since the fall of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in April and came amid mounting public disquiet in the United States over the growing toll on US troops in Iraq and the financial cost. More than 100 US troops have been killed in combat incidents since President George W. Bush declared on May 1 that "major combat" was over. And demonstrators virulently criticised the Bush administration over the war and the US-led occupation since. "We don't need any more deaths," said speaker Fernando de Solar Suarez, whose son Jesus was a marine killed in the occupation. "President Bush -- wrongly called president -- has lied to the entire world about this war." Crowds braved autumn cold under sunny skies, carrying signs in English, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew and Korean: "Bush lied;" "Bush is looting the future;" "No war for empire." The demonstration was organized by ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) and United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ), which brought together some 600 groups. Another demonstration was planned in San Francisco later in the day. According to a Pew Research Center survey released Tuesday, 39 percent of US people support the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq as soon as possible, up from 32 percent answering the same question in September. pa-chr/kd/tw US-Iraq-demo COPYRIGHT 2003 Agence France-Presse. All rights reserved. Hey Agence France-Presse!