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500 000 fill ny streets f15 Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinionsfeatures/200302170041018.php http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinionsfeatures/200302170041018.php 500,000 fill New York streets to protest possible war News Feature Haider Rizvi 1:15pm Mon Feb 17th, 2003 More than 500,000 people took to the streets here Saturday protesting US plans to invade Iraq. ''No blood for oil. We want peace,'' roared protesters as they marched in scattered crowds of tens of thousands through streets heavily barricaded by police. ''No war against Iraq. Not in our name,'' they kept chanting as the crowds streamed to the assembly point outside the United Nations building. Old New Yorkers say they have never experienced such a massive rally, including during protests against the Vietnam War in the 1970s. ''This is amazing,'' said 60-year-old Jack Speyer, shivering with cold. ''Look at these men and women. It's unbelievable.'' The enormous crowd dwarfed the expectations of police and organisers, who had hoped for over 100,000 people. City officials refused to allow a march, but a federal court permitted organisers to hold a stationary rally. Organisers claimed the demonstration attracted close to o­ne million people.

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