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CRAWFORD, Texas Aug 22, 2005 — Joan Baez was against the Vietnam War and she showed it appearing at marches, once even blocking the entrance of a military induction center. The folk singer is against the Iraq war, too, and she showed her support Sunday to protesters camping out near President Bush's ranch. Baez took to the stage for about 500 people on an acre lot offered by a landowner who opposes the war, performing such classic peace anthems as "Song of Peace," "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" and "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot." Not far way is the camp...

Folk singer Joan Baez planned to bring her latest anti-war message Sunday to President Bush's adopted hometown, supporting Iraq war protesters camping out near his ranch. Baez was prominent in the anti-Vietnam war movement and has championed civil rights, free speech and peace causes for four decades. Meanwhile, more Bush supporters arrived in Crawford at a downtown pro-Bush camp. Baez's free concert was expected to draw more than 1,000 people on a private 1-acre lot offered for the protesters' use by a landowner who also opposes the war. An 80-by-160-foot tent has been erected at that site, which is being...