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Sept. 24: Hope to Pack 100,000 Around White House
Antiwar Groups Hope to Pack 100,000 Around White House
By Petula Dvorak
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, September 2, 2005; Page B01
From the Ellipse to Lafayette Square, including the streets and sidewalks in between, the public parks encircling the White House can hold about 100,000 people, according to the National Park Service.
Antiwar groups hope to bring that many people to fill the spaces with their rally Sept. 24, the first time in more than a decade that demonstrators will be allowed to surround the White House. (....)
The response to the disaster in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina has fueled antiwar sentiment, because many believe the U.S. military presence in Iraq is "hampering efforts in New Orleans," said Mounzer Sleiman, an independent political and military analyst working with ANSWER.(....)
Find more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/01/AR2005090101957.html
By Petula Dvorak
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, September 2, 2005; Page B01
From the Ellipse to Lafayette Square, including the streets and sidewalks in between, the public parks encircling the White House can hold about 100,000 people, according to the National Park Service.
Antiwar groups hope to bring that many people to fill the spaces with their rally Sept. 24, the first time in more than a decade that demonstrators will be allowed to surround the White House. (....)
The response to the disaster in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina has fueled antiwar sentiment, because many believe the U.S. military presence in Iraq is "hampering efforts in New Orleans," said Mounzer Sleiman, an independent political and military analyst working with ANSWER.(....)
Find more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/01/AR2005090101957.html
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