Reply #154: Wa Po, Page A-17 War Protest Draws Small Crowd

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/29/AR2007092901579.html

Hundreds of demonstrators, including students and families, rallied and marched in downtown Washington yesterday to protest the war in Iraq, complaining that the Democratic-controlled Congress has failed to do the public's bidding and bring U.S. troops home.

From an elevated stage in front of the Capitol Reflecting Pool, a succession of speakers at the "Stop the War" rally urged Congress to stop funding the conflict and prevent more deaths of soldiers and Iraqi civilians.


"On September 11, I witnessed almost 3,000 people killed in New York," said John Graham, a volunteer emergency medical technician from New Jersey who helped treat victims of the World Trade Center attack that day six years ago. "Now we've had more than 3,000 U.S. troops killed in Iraq. It's more than enough. It's time to stop the death."