http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/20/build/nation/33-inaug-protests_v.incAnti-war protesters mourn those killed in Iraq
By JEANNINE AVERSA
Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- Anti-war protesters, including some who carried coffin-like cardboard boxes to signify the deaths of U.S. troops in Iraq, descended on the capital Thursday. Some of their chants could be heard as President Bush delivered his inaugural address.
The chants came toward the end of Bush's speech, and the president continued his address without interruption or any sign that he heard them.
On Capitol Hill, some protesters were briefly detained by police, and then released after Bush finished speaking, said Andrea Buffa, spokeswoman for CodePink: Women for Peace, a social justice peace movement.
CodePink member Jodie Evans said she and other protesters got tickets to the ceremony from members of Congress representing New York and California.
Earlier in the day, about 500 people rallied in a park several miles from the Capitol. .....
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