Give Peace a Chance

International Demonstrations Against

Bush's War with Iraq, February 15, 2003

Millions of protesters, many of them marching in the capitals of America's traditional allies

demonstrated against possible U.S. plans to attack Iraq.

The photographic and text material is arranged alphabetically by country and city.

The headings are above the pictures.

Some text has no related photo;

it just provides statistics about the number of people at that city's demonstration.

Argentina, Buenos Aires, several thousand people

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Australia, Canberra

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Australia, Melbourne

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Australia, Sydney, up to half a million people

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Austria, Vienna, 15,000 people

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Bangladesh, Dhaka, 2,000 people

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Belgium, Brussels, 35,000 people

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Brasil, Brasilia

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Brasil, Rio de Janeiro

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Canada, Ottawa, Capitol Hill

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Canada, Montreal, 20,000 people

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Canada, Toronto, 15,000 people

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Chili, Santiago

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Costa Rica, San Jose, Cultural Plaza, hundreds of people

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Cuba, Havana: 5,000 workers and students

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Cyprus, about 500 Greeks and Turks braved heavy rain to briefly block a British air base runway

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Czechoslovakia, Prague

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Denmark, Copenhagen, 25,000 people

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Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo

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Egypt, Cairo

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France, Marseille

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France, Nice

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France, Paris, about 100,000 people

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France, Strasbourg

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France, Toulouse, about 10,000 people

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Germany, Berlin, Brandenburg Gate, up to half-a-million people

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Germany, Stuttgart, about 22,000 people

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Greece, Athens, several thousand protesters outside the U.S. Embassy

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Greece, Thessaloniki

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Guatemala, Guatemala City

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Hong Kong, about 600 people

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Iceland, Reykjavik, more than 1,000 protestors

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India, Bombay, Activists of Insaniyat, a Non-Government Organization

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India, New Delhi

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Iraq, Baghdad, Members of the ruling Ba'ath party carry their guns, tens of thousands people

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Ireland, Dublin, 80,000 marched

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Ireland, Glasgow

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Israel, Tel Aviv, an estimated 2,000 Israelis and Palestinians marched together

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Israel, West Bank, City of Ramallah, Palestinians

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Italy, Rome, Colosseum, a million people

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Italy, Rome, St. John Lateran square

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Japan, Tokyo, 5,000 people

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Netherlands, Amsterdam

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New Zealand, Auckland, Waitemata harbou, Greenpeace flies a 'No War, Peace Now' banner

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Nicaragua, Managua

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Norway, Oslo, 60,000 turned out

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Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Twin Towers, about 1,500 people

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Mexico, Guadalajara City

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Mexico, Mexico City, as many as 10,000 people

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Peru, Lima

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Poland, Warsaw

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Portugal, Lisbon

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Puerto Rico, about 900 people

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Scotland, Glasgow, 30,000

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Russia, Moscow

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South Africa, Cape Town, 5,000 people

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South Africa, Johannesburg, 4,000 people

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South Korea, Seoul

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Spain, Barcelona, 1.3 million people

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Spain, Madrid,Cibeles Square and Alcala Street, about 660,000 people protested in Madrid, Spain, police said, while organizers said three times that number gathered

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Spain, Madrid, Cibeles fountain

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Spain, Madrid, Puerta del Sol

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Spain, Seville, 60,000 people

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Sweden, Stockholm, 35,000 people in frigid weather

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Switzerland, Bern, 40,000 people

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Syria, Damascus, 200,000 protesters

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Thailand, Bangkok

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Turkey, Istanbul, Kadikoy square, a recent poll shows that 94 percent of Turks are against a war in Iraq

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Ukraine, Kiev, some 2,000 people

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United Kingdom, London, Hyde Park, at least 750,000 people

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USA, Alaska, Anchorage

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USA, Arkansas, Little Rock

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USA, California, Chico, hundreds of people filled City Plaza

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USA, California, Fresno

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USA, California, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Anjelica Huston

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USA, California, Los Angeles, Hollywood

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USA, California, Sacramento

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USA,California, Santa Monica

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USA, District of Columbia, the activist group International ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism), orchestrated the Washington rally. Organizers said more than 100,000 people were in the crowd that stretched at least five blocks along Constitution Avenue

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USA, Hawaii, at the headquarters of the Pacific Fleet Pearl Harbor, 400 people

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USA, Illinois, Chicago, about 3,000 people

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USA, Kentucky, Louisville, Martin Luther King Park, hundreds of people endured chilly weather and cold rain

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USA, Michigan, Detroit, hundreds of people braved frigid temperatures

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USA, Missouri, Jefferson City

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USA, New Mexico, Sante Fe

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USA, New York, New York City, rally organizers estimated the crowd at up to 500,000 people

USA, New York, New York City, Pete Seeger

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USA, North Carolina, Durham, TADBiT Theater group

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USA, North Carolina, Raleigh, about 6,000 people

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USA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

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USA, Washington, Seattle

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Sources:

ABC News On-Line

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20030215_1536.html

Barr, Robert; "Millions worldwide protest war in Iraq"; Salon.com;

http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2003/02/15/millions/index.html

Taylor, Guy and Barnes, Denise; "Anti-war crowd noisy, peaceful"; The Washington Times;

http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20021027-85033144.htm

Yahoo! News Photo Slideshow - Iraq War Protests

http://news.yahoo.com/

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