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No war on Iraq.


Hundreds of thousands of people opposed to the Iraq War Iraq War: see under Persian Gulf Wars.
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 or Second Persian Gulf War

Brief conflict in 2003 between Iraq and a combined force of troops largely from the U.S. and Great Britain; and a subsequent U.S.
 marched in Washington, D.C., on September 24. Anti-war protests were also held in other cities.

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 player Etan Thomas Dedreck Etan Thomas, commonly referred to as Etan Thomas (born April 1 1978 in Harlem, New York), is an American professional basketball player in the NBA with the Washington Wizards.  spoke at the protest at the capital. He's a basketball player with the Washington Wizards. Here's an excerpt: "I'd like to take some of these cats on a field trip. I want to get big yellow buses with no air conditioner and no seatbelts and round up Bill O'Reilly Bill O'Reilly may refer to:
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, Pat Buchanan, Trent Lott, Sean Hannity, Dick Cheney, Jeb Bush, Bush Jr. and Bush Sr., John Ashcroft, Giuliani, Ed Gillespie, Katherine Harris, that little bow-tied Tucker Carlson, and any other rightwing conservative Republicans I can think of, and take them all on a trip to the 'hood.... I want to drop them off and leave them there, let them become one with the other side of the tracks, get them four mouths to feed and no welfare, have scare tactics run through them like a laxative laxative, drug or other substance used to stimulate the action of the intestines in eliminating waste from the body. The term laxative usually refers to a mild-acting substance; substances of increasingly drastic action are known as cathartics, purgatives, , criticizing them for needing assistance.

"I'd employ them with jobs with little security, let them know how it feels to be an employee at will, able to be fired at the drop of a hat. I'd take away their opportunities, then try their children as sending their thirteen-year-old babies to life in prison. I'd sell them dreams of hopelessness while spoon-feeding their young with a daily dose of inferior education ... and then I'd call them inferior....

"I'd tell them that instead of giving tax breaks to the rich, financing corporate mergers, and leading us into unnecessary wars ... maybe they can work on making society more peaceful."

Actress Jessica Lange also spoke at the Washington, D.C., rally: "They say there is no way to withdraw now. The truth is, they never intend to withdraw. What they planned was a continuing military presence in the Middle East, control over the region, control over the oil. They had their eyes on the prize Eyes on the Prize is a 14-hour documentary series about the American Civil Rights Movement that aired in two parts. Part one, six hours long, originally aired on PBS in early 1987 as Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years (1954-1965). , the master plan.

"And what they want of the American people [is] to remain in the dark, and to keep the American people unaware of the bloodshed, the torture, and the devastation.

"So, for all of us Americans, the majority now, who don't share this Administration's scorched earth scorched earth

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 brand of politics, who don't share their vision of a new America and their policies of shame, we must remain vigilant, and we will not be deterred, because what it comes down to is a question of conscience. And that question is deeply patriotic."

For more information, contact United for Peace and Justice United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) is a coalition of more than 1,300[1] international and U.S.-based organizations opposed to what they describe as "our government's policy of permanent warfare and empire-building.  at www.unitedforpeace.org.
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Date:Nov 1, 2005
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