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Anti-War Rally Takes Aim at Bush
Aired October 26, 2003 - 07:17 ET
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SEAN CALLEBS, CNN ANCHOR: It was the protesters who were doing the booing in Washington, as anti-war rally there took aim at President Bush.
CNN's Patty Davis reports.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The anti-war movement is alive!
PATTY DAVIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Thousands of demonstrators came to Washington to protest the U.S. presence in Iraq.
BRIAN RECKER, ACT NOW TO STOP WAR AND END RACISM: The Iraqis don't want the U.S. soldiers there. The U.S. soldiers don't want to be there. And now we're saying the American people want them home as well.
DAVIS: It was the largest anti-war demonstration since President Bush declared an end to major combat.
AL SHARPTON, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Don't give Bush $87 billion. Don't give him 87 cents. Give our troops a ride home.
DAVIS: The protests not only attracted Democratic presidential candidate Al Sharpton, but a diverse group of Muslims, students and families of U.S. military troops in Iraq. One of those families, Geri Sheese, and her daughter Bianca traveled all the way from Indianapolis. In a church before the rally, she said life has been tough without husband, Army reservist Douglas Salooski, gone since January.
GERI SHEESE, MILITARY WIFE: It's just been a complete upheaval. Our whole life is turned upside-down. My husband's in the reserves. And they not meant to go long term occupying foreign countries, where they're being shot at all the time.
DAVIS: The demonstrators were met by a big police presence in riot gear, on horseback and in the sky, preparing for the worst. But the demonstration was for the most part, peaceful.
Save a little confrontation between anti-war protesters and a small group supporting U.S. policy.
DARRYL OWENS, AMERICAN UNIV. STUDENT: The troops are there now. We have to support them. We have to show our solidarity for them. DAVIS: These protesters, however, painted anarchy symbols on the fence surrounding the Washington monument.
(on camera): The target of the demonstration, President Bush, isn't even in town this weekend. He's at Camp David. But the protesters say they hope their voices will reach him anyway.
Patty Davis, CNN, Washington.
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Aired October 26, 2003 - 07:17 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
SEAN CALLEBS, CNN ANCHOR: It was the protesters who were doing the booing in Washington, as anti-war rally there took aim at President Bush.
CNN's Patty Davis reports.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The anti-war movement is alive!
PATTY DAVIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Thousands of demonstrators came to Washington to protest the U.S. presence in Iraq.
BRIAN RECKER, ACT NOW TO STOP WAR AND END RACISM: The Iraqis don't want the U.S. soldiers there. The U.S. soldiers don't want to be there. And now we're saying the American people want them home as well.
DAVIS: It was the largest anti-war demonstration since President Bush declared an end to major combat.
AL SHARPTON, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Don't give Bush $87 billion. Don't give him 87 cents. Give our troops a ride home.
DAVIS: The protests not only attracted Democratic presidential candidate Al Sharpton, but a diverse group of Muslims, students and families of U.S. military troops in Iraq. One of those families, Geri Sheese, and her daughter Bianca traveled all the way from Indianapolis. In a church before the rally, she said life has been tough without husband, Army reservist Douglas Salooski, gone since January.
GERI SHEESE, MILITARY WIFE: It's just been a complete upheaval. Our whole life is turned upside-down. My husband's in the reserves. And they not meant to go long term occupying foreign countries, where they're being shot at all the time.
DAVIS: The demonstrators were met by a big police presence in riot gear, on horseback and in the sky, preparing for the worst. But the demonstration was for the most part, peaceful.
Save a little confrontation between anti-war protesters and a small group supporting U.S. policy.
DARRYL OWENS, AMERICAN UNIV. STUDENT: The troops are there now. We have to support them. We have to show our solidarity for them. DAVIS: These protesters, however, painted anarchy symbols on the fence surrounding the Washington monument.
(on camera): The target of the demonstration, President Bush, isn't even in town this weekend. He's at Camp David. But the protesters say they hope their voices will reach him anyway.
Patty Davis, CNN, Washington.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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