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Sunday, January 19, 2003
posted by gbarto at 1:50 AM:
French news on a Saturday, meaning the focus is on Le Monde:top headline: "Bush threatens; the anti-war people march."
Among other tidbits, organizers claim 20,000 marched in Paris (a city of 10-12 million depending on how far you go into the suburbs). Worse, the police say it was only 6,000 (that's 1/20 of 1% of the population; the organizers claim 1/6th of one percent). In Strassbourg, Kurds held a counter-demonstration calling for the Kurdish sector of Iraq to be freed.
In Washington, AFP counted 30-40,000 demonstrators; organizers claimed 50,000, while the DC police, as usual, didn't have much to offer.
It's worth noting that Le Monde's lead focuses entirely on the demonstrations, though the web link implies a story contrasting Bush's push for war versus others' demands for peace. The Bush story plays below, with the headline, "Washington takes a harder line with Baghdad." Because their site has suddenly stopped responding, the TurkeyBlog will update on this a little later if it comes back.
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