Troops Home Fast: Nationwide Hunger Strikes Protest Iraq War

We begin by looking at the efforts to end the war in Iraq. A recent Gallup poll found that roughly 2 in 3 Americans want the U.S to withdraw troops from Iraq, with 31 percent wanting this to start immediately.

Last week, over the July 4th holiday, thousands of protestors gathered across the nation to protest the war. And 3,000 people around the world are fasting or have done so for at least one day this past week as part of a national "Troops Home Fast" to end the Iraq war. The anti-war organization Code Pink launched the fast last weekend and participants include Cindy Sheehan, Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn Dick Gregory, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, Alice Walker and Danny Glover. The fasters plan to stay in front of the White House every day until August 14th, when they move the hunger strike next to President Bush's vacation ranch in Crawford, Texas.

* Medea Benjamin, longtime peace activist and founder of Code Pink.

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