Anti-war campaigners in US start to make their voices heard

The Chicago Coalition Against War and Racism marks the beginning of a new season of anti-war protest on Saturday with a fresh message: "Bring the troops home now!"

At the end of a week in which the bloodshed in Iraq has spread doubts about the wisdom of President George W. Bush's "Bring 'em on" taunt to the enemies of America, the anti-war lobby is embracing a slogan it thinks will strike a chord with an increasingly anxious US public.

"We think it is outrageous that this country was lied to and now people are risking their lives for a failed policy," says Andy Thayer of the Chicago Coalition, the campaigning group that is organising a rally at the city's Federal Plaza today.

Mr Thayer and many of his fellow marchers have been opponents of the war in Iraq from the start.

However, the misgivings have spread in Middle America, as the focus has shifted away from the principle of toppling a dictator to the reality of a long-term deployment in a dangerous land.

An opinion poll published this month by the Pew Research Centre showed those who said the military operation in Iraq was going very well falling to 19 per cent from 61 in April.

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We need to have more of these demonstrations. I will get my sign ready. This one will say......Support Our Troops, "Bring Em On" Home Now.



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As I read this I was thinking about my sign, " Bring Em On Home, Now!" Great minds run togeather. Just kidding, but I thought it was funny, hope you do.;)

all over the world and the US...I was in DC twice..against this invasion..

we were right, and its long overdue that the news media admit it.

I marched in DC in the big December rally. It's time they realized we marched for a reason!

Something later to welcome, from your article:

(snip) After the summer, a series of actions is planned for late September, coinciding with demonstrations in Europe.

One of the main US mobilising groups - International Answer (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) - is organising a march on Washington on October 25, which it hopes will turn into a protest of tens of thousands of people snaking through the US capital to the Pentagon.
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