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作者：随便 在 罕见奇谈 发贴, 来自 http://www.hjclub.org
Huge crowds of antiwar protesters jammed into downdowntown New York
NEW YORK CITY (CNN) -- Huge crowds of antiwar protesters jammed into downtown New York on Saturday as demonstrators in dozens of U.S. cities joined hundreds of thousands of people worldwide in voicing opposition to war with Iraq.
In New York, a giant puppet depicting President Bush holding buckets of blood and oil towered over the cheering crowd that was pressed against police barricades near U.N. headquarters. The main demonstration stretched for 24 blocks down First Avenue -- overflowing onto Second and Third avenues as more people tried to reach the rally.
Organizers said they expected up to 100,000 people to join the protest, but there were no official attendance figures.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu and actors Susan Sarandon and Danny Glover were among the speakers at the event.
CNN's Maria Hinajosa said the crowd was very diverse, with older men and women in their fur coats, parents with young children, military veterans and veterans of the antiwar movement.
Adele Welty, whose son was a firefighter killed in the September 11 attacks said she believed Saddam Hussein was a ruthless dictator, but said the United States should work with the U.N. to find a peaceful solution to the problem.
"Timothy was at the World Trade Center on September 11 to save lives," she said. "I don't feel that he would sanction innocent lives either in this country or in Iraq being shed in his name."
Besides protests in major cities such as Chicago and Los Angeles, rallies were scheduled across the United States in smaller towns such as Gainesville, Georgia; Macomb, Illinois; and Juno, Alaska, according to the antiwar group United for Peace and Justice.
Organizers said they expected several million people to join demonstrations in dozens of cities. There were no official figures for actual attendance.(Full story)
The White House said Saturday that Bush still hopes there's a peaceful way to disarm Saddam Hussein.
"The president views force as a last resort. He still hopes for a peaceful resolution and that it is up to Saddam Hussein. The president is a strong advocate for freedom and democracy. And one of the democratic values that we hold dear is the right of people to peacefully assemble and express their views," White House spokeswoman Jeanie Mamo said.
U.S allies see opposition at home
Protesters took to the streets in 80 towns and cities across France and police said that as many as 300,000 are participating in protests in Berlin, Germany.
Protests were peaceful, but violence broke out at a rally in Athens, Greece, when dozens of hooded demonstrators among a large crowd threw rocks and gasoline bombs at police, who responded by firing tear gas.
A police spokesperson blamed the violence on anarchists, who had splintered off from the main group. (Full story)
Turnout in London was huge, boosted by British Prime Minister Tony Blair's ready enlistment in Bush's "coalition of the willing" against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, which has pitted Great Britain against European heavyweights France and Germany.
Protesters gather along First Avenue for antiwar demonstrations in New York, Saturday.
Several lawmakers from Blair's Labour Party were among the protesters, including former Northern Ireland secretary Mo Mowlam, reflecting unease felt by many of Blair's center-left and labor union supporters.
Leaders of railway, firefighters and general workers' unions were addressing the London event, alongside U.S. civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson, playwright Harold Pinter, activist Bianca Jagger, the leader of Britain's opposition Liberal Democrats Charles Kennedy, and the ex-president of Algeria, Ahmed Ben Bella.
In a message to those taking part in the demonstrations, Blair said: "I rejoice that we live in a country where peaceful protest is a natural part of our democratic process."
But he added: "As you watch your TV pictures of the march, ponder this: If there are 500,000 on that march, that is still less than the number of people whose deaths Saddam has been responsible for."
Angry worldwide reactions
In Istanbul, Turkey, protesters angrily denounced the United States and called for it to leave the Middle East. CNN's James Martone reported that polls show Turks are overwhelmingly opposed to war.
Meanwhile in Moscow, antiwar protesters braved the cold Moscow weather to march to the U.S. Embassy against a possible war. Interfax put the figure at nearly 1,000.
Interfax said Communist party leader Gennady Zyuganov, addressing the crowd, said the U.S. was preparing a "war against humanity, against the Arab and Islamic world, united Europe and, first of all, against Russia," addressing fears that a possible oil market crisis will ruin Russian economy after the war.
Tens of thousands demonstrated in Melbourne on Friday -- the biggest peace march the city has seen since the Vietnam War -- and on Saturday tens of thousands of antiwar campaigners flocked to other Australian and New Zealand cities. (Melbourne's rally)
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