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Reuters ten thousand Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20021006/pl_nm/iraq_usa_protest_dc_1 http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20021006/pl_nm/iraq_usa_protest_dc_1 Rally in New York Protests Possible Iraq War Sun Oct 6, 7:06 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - About 10,000 protesters gathered in New York City's Central Park on Sunday to demonstrate against a possible U.S. military strike on Iraq, witnesses said. A range of people of all ages and including Muslim leaders and U.S. war veterans recited a "Pledge of Resistance" saying in part that "not in our name will you wage endless war, not in our name will you invade countries, bomb civilians, kill more children." The organizers -- a group called Not in Our Name --estimated the crowd in the East Meadow of the park at 50,000, but independent witnesses said it was closer to 10,000-strong. The rally was one of a series planned across the country on Sunday including protests in Anchorage, Alaska, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Denver, Colorado. Speakers, including actor Martin Sheen who plays the U.S. president in the television show "West Wing," asked protesters to put pressure on their congressional representatives to oppose President Bush ( news - web sites)'s quest for the all-clear to wage war with the aim of toppling the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ( news - web sites). Bush is due to make his case for possible military action against Iraq, which he claims has developed weapons of mass destruction and poses a grave danger, in a nationally televised speech on Monday night. Last week, more than 150,000 protesters turned out in Britain to oppose a possible military strike against Iraq. On Saturday, thousands demonstrated across Italy and in Greece to voice their opposition. "It's great to see a public debate on such a critical issue," Sheen said, adding that 40 years ago the then President John Kennedy used diplomacy to prevent the Cuban missile crisis sparking a war. Article Picture http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/021007/161/2e4ah.html

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