Anti-War Rallies Today on Both Coasts

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AP Wire

October 25, 2003, 3:50 AM EDT

WASHINGTON -- Vietnam veteran David Cline sees resemblances between the war in Iraq and the one in which he almost lost his life. "This has got a lot of eerie parallels to what we went through," Cline said. As president of Veterans for Peace, Cline planned to join protesters Saturday to demonstrate against the war.

Organizers predicted more than 30,000 people would turn out in Washington for a march and speeches calling for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. Thousands more were expected to flock to San Francisco for the biggest protest there since April, when more than 10,000 people filled the streets.

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To counter the anti-war demonstrations, the Washington chapter of Free Republic, an independent grass-roots conservative group, also planned a rally for Saturday at the U.S. Capitol, where organizers expect about 1,000 people.


So they expect 30,000 anti-war demonstrators as opposed to 1000 pro-war demonstrators. Based on these projections, I would guess that the real numbers will be more like 50,000 to 20.

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