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SAN FRANCISCO, Actor Sean Penn and Peace Activist Cindy Sheehan will headline "Iraq: 5 Years Too Many", an event marking the fifth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. Also featured will be Reverend Gregory Stewart, Senior Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church; Matt Gonzalez, former President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors; and Justin Raimondo, Editorial Director of Antiwar.com. The program will begin at 5pm on Sunday, March 16th, 2008 at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 1187 Franklin Street (near Geary) in San Francisco. After the speakers finish, attendees will march to the War Memorial Auditorium on Van Ness...

BOSTON – Several anti-war veterans were arrested when they protested their exclusion from a Veterans Day event by refusing to move away from a podium. The Boston chapter of a group called Veterans for Peace estimated 15 of its members and supporters were arrested Sunday at the event sponsored by the American Legion. Boston Police said several arrests were made, but did not have an exact number. The detainees were later released on bail. Advertisement “We're opposed to the U.S. invasion of Iraq; we're opposed to the planned invasion of Iran,” said group member Winston Warfield, a Vietnam War veteran....

"...The group seen above advocated 'drop acid, not bombs!'" "Preparation for Code Pink took most of the night before. Some 35 women worked to prepare the signs, banners and to distribute pink." "Three women, supposedly from Crawford, Texas arrived shortly after me with a short song and dance denouncing the war in Iraq."