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| 2008-04-07 DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST IRAQ WAR IN HARTFORD
HARTFORD, Conn. ( AP ) and mdash; Waving signs, citing casualty numbers and getting arrested, anti-war demonstrators rallied in a steady rain across Connecticut on Wednesday to mark the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Five people were arrested in Hartford and taken away peacefully in handcuffs as they sat in front of an entrance to the federal courthouse on Main Street and read names of U.S. military personnel and Iraqi children killed in the war.
Among the five were Jim Barron, 80, of New Haven, and his minister, the Rev. Kathleen McTigue of the Unitarian Society of New Haven. Also arrested were Caroline Bridgeman-Rees, 85, of Hamden, Mark Colville, 46, of New Haven, and his teenage daughter, Keely Colville. They were charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct, and were expected to be released later in the day.
Other war protests were held in Bridgeport, Greenwich, Willimantic and Woodbridge. Demonstrators rallied outside the offices of U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman in Hartford and U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays in Bridgeport. Both lawmakers have been outspoken in their support the war.
The Hartford protest, organized by the interfaith group Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice, began at Center Church, where a crowd of more than 100 condemned the war and its $500 billion cost. They also paid their respects to the nearly 4,000 U.S. lives lost, the tens of tho ... |
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