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  • L.A. Mayor Regrets Anti-War Petition

    03/26/2003 5:22:06 PM PST · by rimmont · 31 replies · 299+ views
    LOS ANGELES -- A day after signing a students' petition labeling the war in Iraq "unjust," Mayor James Hahn backtracked and said he doesn't believe the conflict is unjust after all. "Yesterday I signed a petition prepared and presented to me by sixth graders at Florence Nightingale Middle School," Hahn said in a statement Tuesday. "I regret that I did not read it word for word before I signed. "I do not agree that this is an 'unjust' war. This is the time to support our troops and pray for their swift and safe return." Area veterans had criticized the...