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Texans plan peace rallies today But recent poll finds strong support for Bush, Iraq stance 03/05/2003 By GROMER JEFFERS JR. / The Dallas Morning News War protesters throughout Texas are planning another round of peace rallies Wednesday as part of Books Not Bombs, a nationwide effort focusing on students. Last month, Texas protests attracted thousands. Local organizers hope to have a similar turnout Wednesday. "We made history trying to stop this unjust war on Feb. 15," said Sherry Bollenbacher, a Dallas anti-war organizer. "We must continue to act on our conscience. We must stop this war." However, the rallies...

Meet the leaders of the antiwar protests who sought to spread their defense of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein worldwide on Feb. 15-16, going to the streets with a style and message that seemed eerily familiar: * One urged U.S. troops to mutiny and murder their commanding officers. * One is a leader of the International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic, the former Yugoslavian leader on trial for war crimes. * One was made an "honorary nephew" of North Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh during the Vietnam War, returned home wearing a ring made from the wreckage of an American fighter plane...

War protests planned for holiday weekend Organizers chose King birthday because of his opposition to militarism 01/16/2003 By JIM LANDERS / The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON - While polls indicate most Americans support a war with Iraq, opponents say growing unease over such a conflict should bring hundreds of thousands into the streets of Washington and other cities over the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. "There's just a lot of folks who may have had reservations in the past who are now feeling more comfortable about going to a teach-in or getting on a bus to Washington,"...

Lansing group plans war protest Capitol rally aims to stop possible conflict with Iraq A Lansing group opposed to a war with Iraq laid out plans Thursday for protests in Washington and in front of the state Capitol. On the Web The Progressive Challenge Project: www.ips-dc.org/citiesforpeace/ The Greater Lansing Network Against War in Iraq expects several hundred people to attend a peace walk and rally in front of the Capitol on Jan. 18, said the Rev. Fred Thelen, a member of the anti-war group. Thelen said the anti-war movement is growing. "I've been involved in peace and justice since the...

Two demonstrators heading to Saturday's anti-war march in San Francisco were critically injured when their heads, sticking through the roof of a former school bus, hit the top of the Broadway Tunnel. The victims, a man and woman from the North Bay, were heading east through the tunnel at 11 a.m in the privately owned bus. The pair were standing up through the sunroof of a modified van shell, which was attached to the bus roof, said San Francisco Fire Department Lt. Barry Wong. After entering the tunnel, the pair were struck at the east end of the tunnel, where...

Blair optimistic of achieving a tougher resolution on Iraq U.N. must maintain pressure on Hussein, British leader says 09/30/2002 The New York Times LONDON - Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain expressed confidence Sunday in securing U.N. approval for a tough new Security Council resolution on Iraqi weapons, and he asserted that Saddam Hussein would be disarmed, one way or another. "I hope he can be forced by international pressure, but if not, we have to be prepared as an international community to force him to do it the other way," Mr. Blair said in a BBC interview. Mr....