Anti-war protestors greet Bush at Denver fundraiser --
September 28, 2002
President George Bush received
more than a warm welcome upon his arrival in the US city of Denver for a
political fundraiser on Friday, as thousands of anti-war demonstrators
spoke out against an impending war on Iraq.
More than 2,000 singing and chanting demonstrators marched through the
streets in support of a group called "Coloradans Against Bush's War on
Iraq."
The protest was timed to coincide with Mr Bush's appearance at a
US$1,000-a-plate Republican fundraising luncheon at a Denver hotel.
The demonstrators held placards that screamed anti-war slogans including
"How About A Regime Change In the US?," "Help End World Terror", "Impeach
The Bush Gang," and "No Blood For Oil".
Other protesters chanted "No war for votes!"
They said the protests were meant to raise awareness on the dangers of a
US-led attack on Iraq, a course of action highly-favoured by the Bush
administration to topple Saddam Hussein.
Former US Navy intelligence officer Frank Ohrtman said he felt that the
Bush administration's eagerness to tackle Saddam was motivated by the US
government's political agenda.
"I fear the president's policy to invade and occupy Iraq has more to do
with domestic politics than any actual threat," he said.
"I served in the Gulf War, and I intimately know Iraq's capabilities. Iraq
has no means of delivering any weapon, biological, nuclear or chemical,
much beyond their borders."
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