muslim
17th February 2003, 06:48 AM
CNN: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/02/15/sprj.irq.protests.europe/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/02/15/sprj.irq.protests.europe/index.html</a>
BBC: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2767773.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2767773.stm</a>
<b>THE CROWDS...</b>
In London on Saturday, police said the turnout was 750,000, the largest demonstration ever in the British capital. The organizers put the figure at 2 million. Half a million protested in Germany, and 300,000 in 60 towns and cities across France.
The turnout in Rome, Italy was 1 million. It was certainly in the high hundreds of thousands, he said, with many marchers trapped in traffic on the city outskirts.
The scenes were repeated in the United States, with crowds of anti-war demonstrators jamming into downtown New York and other cities.
<b> The biggest demonstrations seen in Europe for years were part of marches by millions across the globe, from the Antarctic to Iceland. </b>
According to The Associated Press, about 2 million people turned out in Spain to rail against war, including nearly 1.3 million in Barcelona, making it the city's biggest protest ever. About 600,000 in Madrid brought the city center to a standstill.
After 150,000 rallied for peace in Melbourne on Friday, Mr Howard will be confronted with protests in Brisbane, Darwin and Adelaide, as well as Sydney.
In Paris, tens of thousands had turned out in the French capital, with hundreds of thousands of others expected in 60 towns and cities. More than 100 French organizations were taking part,and there was "a lot of very intense feeling" against a war, he said. "It is also a message to the French government: Go to the United Nations Security Council, and if you can, use your veto."
In Berlin, Germany, up to 500,000 protesters had gathered in the city's historic center to demonstrate against a war with Iraq and bolster Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's calls for a peaceful solution.
In Istanbul, Turkey, 5,000 people angrily denounced the U.S., demanding that America stay out and saying the Persian Gulf War had cost their country millions. On Saturday, Foreign Minister Yasar Yakis was finishing talks in Washington over an aid package tied to support for a U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
<b>A Scottish woman in her 40s told Arab News that, although her mother was very ill with diabetes and could not walk properly ;she insisted on joining me and the rest of the demonstrators to call for peace.</b>
<b>In a rare sign of unity, 3,000 Jews and Arabs marched together in Tel Aviv.</b>
<b>..AND THE QUOTES.</b>
<font color="blue"> "This war is solely about oil. George Bush has never given a damn about human rights," London Mayor Ken Livingstone said. <!--color-->[/color]
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz said: "This is a day all good women and men in the world will show the protest against the war of George W. Bush," he told Reuters. "Our hearts are with them."
<font color="blue"> One of their banners implored Russian President Vladimir Putin to "Be Firmer With America," while <b>others said "U.S. -- International Terrorist Number One." <!--color-->[/color] </b>
Another showed a photograph of the <b> U.S. president with the words: "Butcher: Get out of other people's lands."</b>
Addressing a massive crowd in Hyde Park, <b>London mayor Ken Livingstone said</b>: "This is all Britain standing together regardless of age, race or sex". <b> <font color="blue"> "This war is solely about oil. (US President) George Bush has never given a damn about human rights," he said. </b><!--color-->[/color]
Mr Tutu, addressing an estimated crowd of at least 100,000 people, said that those who wished to wage war on Iraq "must know it would be an immoral war".
<font color="blue"> "Axis of Evil: America, Britain, Israel". In Seoul - capital of South Korea, one of the staunchest US allies in Asia - hundreds of demonstrators rallied, shouting chants such as<b> "Bush, Terrorist!" </b>and carrying banners urging "Drop Bush, not bombs". <!--color-->[/color]
#8220;The whole world is against this war. Only one person wants it,#8221; said Muslim teenager Bilqees Gamieldien as she protested in the South African city of Cape Town.
<font color="blue"> #8220;What the US is doing now is wrong. We are on the brink of World War III,#8221; said Japanese housewife Mariko Ayama at a Tokyo rally.<!--color-->[/color]
In mainly Muslim Malaysia, about 500 protesters gathered outside the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur waving placards reading <b>Drop Bush not bombs.</b>
BBC: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2767773.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2767773.stm</a>
<b>THE CROWDS...</b>
In London on Saturday, police said the turnout was 750,000, the largest demonstration ever in the British capital. The organizers put the figure at 2 million. Half a million protested in Germany, and 300,000 in 60 towns and cities across France.
The turnout in Rome, Italy was 1 million. It was certainly in the high hundreds of thousands, he said, with many marchers trapped in traffic on the city outskirts.
The scenes were repeated in the United States, with crowds of anti-war demonstrators jamming into downtown New York and other cities.
<b> The biggest demonstrations seen in Europe for years were part of marches by millions across the globe, from the Antarctic to Iceland. </b>
According to The Associated Press, about 2 million people turned out in Spain to rail against war, including nearly 1.3 million in Barcelona, making it the city's biggest protest ever. About 600,000 in Madrid brought the city center to a standstill.
After 150,000 rallied for peace in Melbourne on Friday, Mr Howard will be confronted with protests in Brisbane, Darwin and Adelaide, as well as Sydney.
In Paris, tens of thousands had turned out in the French capital, with hundreds of thousands of others expected in 60 towns and cities. More than 100 French organizations were taking part,and there was "a lot of very intense feeling" against a war, he said. "It is also a message to the French government: Go to the United Nations Security Council, and if you can, use your veto."
In Berlin, Germany, up to 500,000 protesters had gathered in the city's historic center to demonstrate against a war with Iraq and bolster Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's calls for a peaceful solution.
In Istanbul, Turkey, 5,000 people angrily denounced the U.S., demanding that America stay out and saying the Persian Gulf War had cost their country millions. On Saturday, Foreign Minister Yasar Yakis was finishing talks in Washington over an aid package tied to support for a U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
<b>A Scottish woman in her 40s told Arab News that, although her mother was very ill with diabetes and could not walk properly ;she insisted on joining me and the rest of the demonstrators to call for peace.</b>
<b>In a rare sign of unity, 3,000 Jews and Arabs marched together in Tel Aviv.</b>
<b>..AND THE QUOTES.</b>
<font color="blue"> "This war is solely about oil. George Bush has never given a damn about human rights," London Mayor Ken Livingstone said. <!--color-->[/color]
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz said: "This is a day all good women and men in the world will show the protest against the war of George W. Bush," he told Reuters. "Our hearts are with them."
<font color="blue"> One of their banners implored Russian President Vladimir Putin to "Be Firmer With America," while <b>others said "U.S. -- International Terrorist Number One." <!--color-->[/color] </b>
Another showed a photograph of the <b> U.S. president with the words: "Butcher: Get out of other people's lands."</b>
Addressing a massive crowd in Hyde Park, <b>London mayor Ken Livingstone said</b>: "This is all Britain standing together regardless of age, race or sex". <b> <font color="blue"> "This war is solely about oil. (US President) George Bush has never given a damn about human rights," he said. </b><!--color-->[/color]
Mr Tutu, addressing an estimated crowd of at least 100,000 people, said that those who wished to wage war on Iraq "must know it would be an immoral war".
<font color="blue"> "Axis of Evil: America, Britain, Israel". In Seoul - capital of South Korea, one of the staunchest US allies in Asia - hundreds of demonstrators rallied, shouting chants such as<b> "Bush, Terrorist!" </b>and carrying banners urging "Drop Bush, not bombs". <!--color-->[/color]
#8220;The whole world is against this war. Only one person wants it,#8221; said Muslim teenager Bilqees Gamieldien as she protested in the South African city of Cape Town.
<font color="blue"> #8220;What the US is doing now is wrong. We are on the brink of World War III,#8221; said Japanese housewife Mariko Ayama at a Tokyo rally.<!--color-->[/color]
In mainly Muslim Malaysia, about 500 protesters gathered outside the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur waving placards reading <b>Drop Bush not bombs.</b>