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The protest was part of a national Strike For Peace campaign that has
gotten grassroots support in recent weeks through Internet publicity. To
see photographs of today's on-campus demonstration, visit War Protest
Students listened to lawyer and minister Father Robert Bossie talk about
his experiences in Iraq. Bossie serves at the 8th Day Center for Justice in
Chicago and has written books and articles calling for peaceful solutions
to complex diplomatic problems throughout the world. People milled around
booths that provided students information about how to contact government
leaders to protest a possible war. Some assembled relief packages to send
to needy individuals in Iraq.
The United States and Great Britain have asked for a United Nations (U.N.)
resolution authorizing war against Iraq. In a meeting held in Paris
Wednesday, the foreign ministers of France, Russia and Germany said they
will not support a U.N. resolution that authorizes war against Iraq.
A petition urging tough U.N. inspections rather than war on Iraq is being
delivered to the U.N. Security Council on Thursday through an organization
called MoveOn.org. The petition can be found online at
www.MoveOn.org/emergency/
North Park Students Protest Possible War Against Iraq
CHICAGO, IL (March 5, 2003) - Nearly 100 North Park University (NPU) students
gathered for an on-campus protest of a possible war in Iraq Wednesday
morning while others went downtown during the afternoon to protest with
other groups at the federal plaza.
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