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  • Arrest count climbs to more than 50 in S.F. anti-war protests

    03/19/2008 1:23:55 PM PDT · by SmithL · 51 replies · 1,812+ views
    San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 3/19/8 | Anastasia Ustinova, Steve Rubenstein, Charles Burress,Marisa Lagos
    SAN FRANCISCO - -- Protesters briefly clashed with San Francisco police several times today as officers tried to clear Market Street of hundreds of demonstrators marking the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war. More than 50 people had been arrested by lunch time in incidents at several downtown locations. In the most recent scuffle, about 80 police in riot helmets and carrying billy clubs surrounded about two dozen demonstrators staging a die-in at Market and New Montgomery streets. The protesters laid in the street around 12:15 p.m., blocking traffic. At least two demonstrators were wrestled to the...
  • Reid pushes back on Iraq optimism ('Surge not working')

    12/03/2007 12:05:57 PM PST · by navyguy · 54 replies · 162+ views
    The Politico ^ | Dec. 3, 2007 | Martin Kady II
    Democrats are increasingly bailing on their previously held view that the troop surge in Iraq has been a "failure," but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid isn't ready to jump on the bandwagon with other Democrats who say the surge has worked. The Senate re-opened for business on Monday after a two-week Thanksgiving break, during which key Democrats traveled to Iraq and declared that the surge is working, at least from a security and military perspective. Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), one the top war critics, stunned fellow Democrats late last week with his statement that "the surge is working," even though...