:: NEWS COCKTAIL aka BlahBlahBlog ::
"Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough." -Walter Cronkite, RE TV news. The Web has changed that for many, however, and here is an extra dose for your daily news cocktail. This prescription tends to include surveillance and now war-related links, along with the occasional pop culture junk and whatever else seizes my attention as I scan online news sites.:: 3.19.2007 ::
:: "Iraq war's anniversary sparks protests" ::
AARON CLARK
Associated Press Writer
The Houston Chronicle
PORTLAND, Ore. — The fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq brought thousands of anti-war marchers into the streets for largely peaceful protests over the weekend, though a large rally in Portland ended in with scuffles and police using pepper spray.
"This is a war to establish U.S. hegemony," said Susan Hay, a high school teacher, who marched Sunday in Portland with her two children and husband. "This is a war to be able to consume everyone else's resources."
The clashes with police started after the march, when a small group broke off in scuffles and a standoff that lasted into the evening. At least half a dozen protesters were detained and police used pepper spray at one point.
Some said the police overreacted. "They showed a huge amount of force," said Jake Fagan, 21, who said he had lost two friends in Iraq. "But we are just trying to march."
Organizers said there might have been as many as 15,000 people at the staging point for the march. Police did not give a crowd estimate.
In San Francisco, about 3,000 people closed Market Street, a major downtown thoroughfare in an anti-war demonstration Sunday. In New York, more than 1,000 protesters converged in a park near the United Nations headquarters. Protesters also gathered during the weekend in Washington, Los Angeles, San Diego and Hartford, Conn.
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