Tens of thousands of demonstrators rally against Bush's war
Tens of thousands of demonstrators now added to the Defense Department's domestic spying 'anti-terrorism' database.
“George Bush has a habit of firing military leaders who tell him the Iraq war is failing,” House Judiciary Committee chairman John Conyers said to the crowd. “He can’t fire you. He can’t fire us."
The protests came on a day when the U.S. military reported the deaths of seven more American soldiers, raising to at least 12 the number of service members killed in the past three days. As protesters streamed to the Mall, Bush reaffirmed his commitment to the troop increase.
At the rally, 12-year-old Moriah Arnold stood on her toes to reach the microphone and tell the crowd: “Now we know our leaders either lied to us or hid the truth. Because of our actions, the rest of the world sees us as a bully and a liar.”
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