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PRO-PEACE MARCHES: Millions Around the World Protest Against War
By From the IPS Team
ROME (World Desk), Feb 15 (IPS) - Religion, nationality and age were no barriers. Millions of people in 60 countries around the world joined a global protest Saturday against the threatened U.S.-led war against Iraq.
Europe witnessed perhaps the largest ever demonstrations in decades: millions took to the streets in Rome and London - united in opposition to their respective governments' support for President George W. Bush's insistence on deploying military force to disarm Iraq and oust Saddam Hussein.
Addressing one million peace marchers, the largest number that Berlin has ever seen in its post-war history, eminent German theologian Friedrich Schorlemmer said "preventive war" plans must be neutralised by "preventive peace" strategies...
ROME (World Desk), Feb 15 (IPS) - Religion, nationality and age were no barriers. Millions of people in 60 countries around the world joined a global protest Saturday against the threatened U.S.-led war against Iraq.
Europe witnessed perhaps the largest ever demonstrations in decades: millions took to the streets in Rome and London - united in opposition to their respective governments' support for President George W. Bush's insistence on deploying military force to disarm Iraq and oust Saddam Hussein.
Addressing one million peace marchers, the largest number that Berlin has ever seen in its post-war history, eminent German theologian Friedrich Schorlemmer said "preventive war" plans must be neutralised by "preventive peace" strategies.
The massive demonstrations took place just one day after UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix tabled to the Security Council a generally encouraging evaluation of the disarmament process in Iraq. Blix's team had found no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, although there are facilities unaccounted for.
Several thousands marched the streets of Auckland and Wellington, in New Zealand, too. A protest in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday attracted a crowd estimated by organisers at 150,000 -the largest there since anti-Vietnam War marches.
Protests of varying magnitudes were also registered in the U.S., Japan, Nepal, Thailand, Malaysia, India, South Africa, Cyprus, Spain, Syria, Egypt and Iraq.
For in-depth coverage, see the stories below:r
From the IPS Team
Religion, nationality and age were no barriers. Millions of people in 60 countries around the world joined a global protest Saturday against the threatened U.S.-led war against Iraq.
Europe witnessed perhaps the largest ever demonstrations in decades: millions took to the streets in Rome and London - united in opposition to their respective governments' support for President George W. Bush's insistence on deploying military force to disarm Iraq and oust Saddam Hussein.
Addressing one million peace marchers, the largest number that Berlin has ever seen in its post-war history, eminent German theologian Friedrich Schorlemmer said "preventive war" plans must be neutralised by "preventive peace" strategies...
ROME (World Desk), Feb 15 (IPS) - Religion, nationality and age were no barriers. Millions of people in 60 countries around the world joined a global protest Saturday against the threatened U.S.-led war against Iraq.
Europe witnessed perhaps the largest ever demonstrations in decades: millions took to the streets in Rome and London - united in opposition to their respective governments' support for President George W. Bush's insistence on deploying military force to disarm Iraq and oust Saddam Hussein.
Addressing one million peace marchers, the largest number that Berlin has ever seen in its post-war history, eminent German theologian Friedrich Schorlemmer said "preventive war" plans must be neutralised by "preventive peace" strategies.
The massive demonstrations took place just one day after UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix tabled to the Security Council a generally encouraging evaluation of the disarmament process in Iraq. Blix's team had found no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, although there are facilities unaccounted for.
Several thousands marched the streets of Auckland and Wellington, in New Zealand, too. A protest in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday attracted a crowd estimated by organisers at 150,000 -the largest there since anti-Vietnam War marches.
Protests of varying magnitudes were also registered in the U.S., Japan, Nepal, Thailand, Malaysia, India, South Africa, Cyprus, Spain, Syria, Egypt and Iraq.
For in-depth coverage, see the stories below: (END/2003)
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