US anti-war group ordered to take down Iraq demo posters

[Kadie]

US anti-war group ordered to take down Iraq demo posters
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US anti-war group has been warned it will be fined 10,000 dollars if it does not remove posters in Washington announcing a march in the capital next month against US involvement in Iraq, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.

"The ANSWER Coalition has received citations from the authorities in Washington threatening to fine us 10,000 dollars unless several hundred posters announcing the September 15 march on Washington DC are removed," Sarah Sloan, the staff coordinator for the anti-war group, told AFP.

"We have until Thursday to take down the posters," she said.

Several hundred yellow posters have been put up around Washington announcing the protest, which is timed to coincide with the release of a report by the US military commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, on progress in the US "surge" strategy of raising troop levels.

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[stirlingsliver]

1. This Is A FUCKING Outrage!

This is a Fucking outrage!

In Washington, DC, no less!

Have they not heard of the 1st Amendment?? -- The Right to Free Speech???

I forgot -- in Bush's DC and in Bush's Amerika, there is NO free speech.

[LiberalEsto]

2. ALL the posters?

Or can they leave up the ones on the lamp posts?

They should print up the Bill of Rights and plaster that around DC. Just as a reminder of what America used to be.

[spanone]

3. There's your God given junior bu$h* ass-clown democracy for you.