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Pro-troops rally at site of historic anti-war demo 27 minutes ago BY DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK - Thirty-five years ago this month, the Low Library at Columbia University was the center of a protest storm as about 1,000 people barricaded themselves inside campus buildings for a week to demonstrate against the Vietnam War. On Wednesday, amid a growing backlash over a professor's recent anti-war remarks, the library plaza was home to another rally — this one supporting the coalition waging war in Iraq. Onlookers gathered to watch the speakers at the one-hour rally organized by the campus'...