White House protesters denounce colonial occupation in Iraq [View All]

[JoFerret]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040410/ts_alt_afp/us_iraq_demos&cid=1506&ncid=1480

<<"This is occupation, not liberation," one speaker said. "If Bush was lying, what should happen to Bush? He should be impeached because he lied to the Congress."
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"This war is total injustice, it's madness, it's imperialism," said Barbara Stapel, a protester in her 50s.


"They destroyed the infrastructures and left nothing else," she said. "Is it the way they're going to gain the heart of people? This is the worst case scenario."
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"Like in Vietnam, new fighters will come out again now," said Brian Barrett, a bearded man in his sixties who came to the protest from Baltimore, Maryland, with a Christian group.
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"It's not as bad but it is the same in the trend of double talk. They tell the war is over when pictures we see of Fallujah prove it is not true," she said.

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"It will continue to deteriorate," said William Ross, another protester. "If the Shiites (Muslims) lose their patience it will be far worse than Vietnam."