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Bush's Showdown With Americans
The breathtaking site of the Anti-War rally in San Francisco left many Americans skeptical about people’s support for Bush administration’s unilateral war on Iraq.
On January 18 a chain of a human mob slowly crawled toward San Francisco Civic Center to deliver one message: «No Blood for Oil». In an outrage people called Bush «Empty Warhead».
An estimated 200,000 people sacrificed one day in their weekend to support the Iraqi people’s self-determination and oppose a possible military hazard in the Middle East.
Similar demonstrations were held in Washington D.C. and worldwide. Commentators said that this was third largest protest the city has ever seen since the Vietnam War and Desert Storm.
Resistance on a scale this large proves that there is no «consensus» for war. «Not in Our Name» was another frequent message on the demonstration landscape.
«Bush’s Preemptive War is American Terrorism», read one sign, «Democracy Not Hypocrisy» read another one.
There was a mob of intellectuals that tried to advice some sanity to Whitehouse war hawks. They placards read: «You cannot Escape Hole by Digging Down» «Give Reason a Chance» «Democracies Should not Provoke Wars» «May Power of Love Overpower the Love of Power».
Another issue the demonstration highlighted was the concern of civil liberties here at home in America. There have been mass detentions of Muslim men since Immigration and Naturalization Service of America (INS) have called special registration of mostly Muslim male population living in United States on nonimmigration visas.
Under INS special registration program, non-immigrant male visa-holders aged 16 and older from mainly Muslim countries are required to appear at INS offices nationwide to be interviewed and fingerprinted. Civil libertarians say the policy singles out visitors from mainly Muslim countries and does little to protect America from the threat of terrorism.
Nevertheless, in California alone more than 1000 law-abiding Muslim men who came forward to register were rounded up and detained without apparent reason. Demonstration in San Francisco also exhibited the detention scene under slogan that read: «Stop Racist Scapegoat Defend Civil Liberties»
If nothing stops possible war, activists are heading to Baghdad to form a human-shield and protect innocent Iraqis.
By Isa Gazievich
Isa Gazievich is independent journalist based in California for Kavkaz-Center
http://www.kavkazcenter.com/eng/article.php?id=861
An estimated 200,000 people sacrificed one day in their weekend to support the Iraqi people’s self-determination and oppose a possible military hazard in the Middle East.
Similar demonstrations were held in Washington D.C. and worldwide. Commentators said that this was third largest protest the city has ever seen since the Vietnam War and Desert Storm.
Resistance on a scale this large proves that there is no «consensus» for war. «Not in Our Name» was another frequent message on the demonstration landscape.
«Bush’s Preemptive War is American Terrorism», read one sign, «Democracy Not Hypocrisy» read another one.
There was a mob of intellectuals that tried to advice some sanity to Whitehouse war hawks. They placards read: «You cannot Escape Hole by Digging Down» «Give Reason a Chance» «Democracies Should not Provoke Wars» «May Power of Love Overpower the Love of Power».
Another issue the demonstration highlighted was the concern of civil liberties here at home in America. There have been mass detentions of Muslim men since Immigration and Naturalization Service of America (INS) have called special registration of mostly Muslim male population living in United States on nonimmigration visas.
Under INS special registration program, non-immigrant male visa-holders aged 16 and older from mainly Muslim countries are required to appear at INS offices nationwide to be interviewed and fingerprinted. Civil libertarians say the policy singles out visitors from mainly Muslim countries and does little to protect America from the threat of terrorism.
Nevertheless, in California alone more than 1000 law-abiding Muslim men who came forward to register were rounded up and detained without apparent reason. Demonstration in San Francisco also exhibited the detention scene under slogan that read: «Stop Racist Scapegoat Defend Civil Liberties»
If nothing stops possible war, activists are heading to Baghdad to form a human-shield and protect innocent Iraqis.
By Isa Gazievich
Isa Gazievich is independent journalist based in California for Kavkaz-Center
http://www.kavkazcenter.com/eng/article.php?id=861
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