CNN: Huge rally against Iraq war

[babylonsister]

Sorry if this is a dupe; if so, pls. remove. But 100,000 protesters? Isn't that generous of them? :sarcasm:

Huge rally against Iraq war

Saturday, September 24, 2005; Posted: 6:49 p.m. EDT (22:49 GMT)

Anti-war demonstrators march past the White House.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Crowds opposed to the war in Iraq surged past the White House on Saturday, shouting "Peace now" in the largest anti-war protest in the nation's capital since the U.S. invasion.

The rally stretched through the day and into the night, a marathon of music, speechmaking and dissent on the National Mall.

Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey, noting that organizers had hoped to draw 100,000 people, said, "I think they probably hit that."

Speakers from the stage attacked President Bush's policies head on, but he was not at the White House to hear it. He spent the day in Colorado and Texas, monitoring hurricane recovery.

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/24/antiwar.ap/index.html