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SLUG: 2-295752 us-iraq demos (l-ONLY)
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DATE=10-26-02 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT TITLE=U-S / IRAQ - DEMOS (l-only) NUMBER=2-295752 BYLINE=STEPHANIE HO DATELINE=WASHINGTON INTERNET= VOICED AT: INTRO: Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered today (Saturday) in Washington for a protest rally and march against President Bush's threat to go to war to disarm Iraq. The protesters rallied at the Vietnam Veteran's memorial on the National Mall and marched to the White House. V-O-A's Stephanie Ho has more on the story. TEXT: The protesters descended on Washington from all over the United States. /// VOX POPS - Montage /// I'm Faith Gemmill. I'm from Arctic Village, Alaska. I'm from New Haven, Connecticut. My name is John Hay, H-A-Y. I'm 61. My name is Alison Gurin. I'm 19 years old. I'm from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxsville, New York. My name is Sean. I'm 36 and I'm from San Francisco, California. We're part of a coalition of groups of about 700 people that came from Chicago, Illinois, and stuff, to protest. /// END ACT ///
Speakers up on the stage urged the sympathetic crowd to support efforts to oppose a potential war against Iraq. /// CHEERING ACT /// Announcer: No War! Crowd: No way! Announcer: No War! Crowd: No way! /// END ACT /// Many demonstrators said they are against war in general and just want peace. Another message repeated several times is that the millions of dollars Washington would spend on a war against Iraq should be used to create jobs and build up schools in the United States. A counter-demonstration a few blocks away drew only about 50 people. But that didn't stop Adam Ramey, who runs a radio show at George Washington University, to criticize the anti-war demonstrators. /// RAMEY ACT /// These people are against our country - against our values and against our security. /// END ACT /// The Gallup Polling organization puts President Bush's approval rating at 62-percent. The organization says this is the lowest since the September 11th terrorist attacks, but not unusually low. Meanwhile, Gallup says support for potential U-S military action against Iraq is at 56-percent, while only 37-percent oppose it. The organization asked if the respondent favors or opposes invading Iraq with ground troops in an attempt to remove Saddam Hussein from power. But the question does not ask what people think if the action is taken unilaterally, which many analysts say may change the responses. (SIGNED) NEB/sho/PT |
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