"Say We believe in God and what is revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham and Ishmael and I`saac and Jacob and the Tribes, and what was entrusted to Moses and Jesus and the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them and to Him we have surrendered."
(Quran 3: 84)
Spanish journalists stand behind their cameras as they stage a
protest April 9, 2003, in front of Madrid's U.S. embassy against the killing of
Spanish cameraman Jose Couso, 37, from Spain's Telecinco television network. A
U.S. tank fired on a Baghdad hotel packed with foreign journalists, killing two
cameramen, and prompting an outcry from media watchdog groups demanding an
investigation. Cameramen from Reuters and Spanish television died and three
other Reuters staff were wounded in the shelling on Tuesday, soon after a
journalist from al-Jazeera was killed in what the Arab television channel called
a U.S. air strike on its office. Banner reads 'Couso, they hit us all.' REUTERS/Andrea Comas
A rally of at least 1,500 Colombians, including schoolchildren,
ended with police firing teargas and rubber bullets, 3/27/03.
The depth of feeling is reflected by an anti-war and anti-US
placard during a demonstration in Iran, 3/28/03.
Director Michael Moore is seen wearing an anti-Iraqi war pin at
the 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California, March 22,
2003. Moore accepted the award for best documentary for the film 'Bowling for
Columbine.' Hollywood launched a another strike against the Iraqi war during
Saturday's politically awards ceremony that could serve as a prelude for even
more fireworks at the Academy Awards the next evening. In a star-studded
luncheon at the Independent Spirit Awards, the arthouse movie industry's version
of the Oscars, celebrities blasted President George W. Bush and the American-led
war against Iraq. Photo by Molly Riley/Reuters
Corbin Harney, a Western Shoshone tribal leader, right, with
drum, leads a sunrise prayer for peace in the California desert near Tecopa,
Calif., about 90 miles SW of Las Vegas, Sunday, March 23, 2003. About 70 people
opposed to the war in Iraq, gathered at the remote site to pray for peace.
Anti-war demonstators stop traffic as they march
down Market Street in downtown San Francisco, March 21, 2003. Arrests of
protesters continued on the second day of widespred protests against the war on
Iraq. REUTERS/Lou Dematteis
Anti-war protesters lie down in the intersection
of H and 16th Streets, northwest, and block traffic before being arrested by
police during a demonstration near the White House in Washington, March 21,
2003. Police made several dozen arrests as protesters disrupted traffic in
Washington while major U.S. led airstrikes hit downtown Baghdad in Iraq.
REUTERS/Jim Bourg
German police carry away an anti-war protester
in front of the U.S. airbase near Frankfurt March 15, 2003. Police said a few
hundred protesters had blocked the entry of the airbase for several hours to
protest against a possible U.S.-led war on Iraq. REUTERS/Alexandra Winkler
Actor Martin Sheen (C) is joined by anti-war activists Fr.
William O'Donnell (third from left) and Dr. Davida Coady (second from right) as
they head a march of demonstrators protesting the Bush Administration's
threatened war on Iraq (news - web sites) in San Francisco on March 15, 2003.
Tens of thousands of protestors joined the anti-war march and rally. REUTERS/Lou
Dematteis
Spanish girls shout and hold protest banners
during a march against a U.S.-led war against Iraq in Malaga, March 15, 2003.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters worldwide took to the streets to say 'No' to
any U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in the biggest anti-war demonstration since
millions joined a global march for peace last month. (Rafael Marchante/Reuters)
CodePink
Women's Peace Vigil has several thousand marching down 16th Street near
Scott Circle Saturday, March 8, 2003 in Washington to protest the Bush
administration's war plan on Iraq. The surprisingly balmy weather had several
thousand people chanting and cheering at a rally before their planned march to
the Ellipse just south of the White House. The event was organized by the group
calling itself CodePink, the name a protest against the governments color-coded
terror alert system
Chilean women dressed in
black protest against a possible war on Iraq while they hold a poster that reads
'NO TO WAR' in downtown Santiago, Chile, Friday, March 7, 2003. Chile is a
non-permanent member of the United Nations' Security Council (AP Photo/Roberto
Candia)
On March 1,
2003, in the capital of Turkey, Ankara, a
hundred thousand peace demonstrators protested against the US Iraq attack
plans and the sympathetic position of the Turkish government. At the same hours
the Turkish parliament was holding a closed meeting on a decision that would
permit US soldiers to attack Iraq from Turkey. Photo: IndyMedia
Turkey
Anti-war
demonstrators block tracks in the station of Monselice, northern Italy,
Friday, Feb. 21, 2003, trying to stop a train allegedly full of U.S. war
material believed to be on its way to the U.S. military base of Camp Darby.
Copenhagen, 18 February, 2003 - Greenpeace
activists hung a 5-metre square banner bearing a satirical cartoon from the roof
of the Danish house of parliament, Christiansborg. "The banner is a serious
request to Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen to ensure that Denmark resigns
from the small group of countries that unconditionally supports Bush's policy of
applying war as soon as possible to get Iraq to fulfill Resolution 1441," says
Mads Christensen of the Greenpeace disarmament campaign.
Over 200,000 protesters marched in San Francisco
on Sunday, February 16, 2003
Anti-war protesters gathered in
Times Square, 2/15/03. Photo by Lina
Pallotta.
Actor Danny Glover speaks to 500,000+ Anti-War
Protestors in NYC, 2/15/03. Photo by Diane
Greene Lent
Anti-War Protestor in New York City's Grand
Central Station, 2/15/03. Photo by Lourdes Delgado.
Students display a
placard during a rally against a possible war in Iraq at the Friedensplatz, or
Peace Square, in the western German city of Dortmund on Friday, Feb. 14, 2003. A
hundred thousands are expected in Berlin on Feb. 15 (AP Photo/Michael
Sohn)
Children shout
slogans during an anti-war march which ended at the Foreign Office in Madrid,
Spain Thursday Feb. 13, 2003. Sticker on banner reads 'No to the imperialist
Aggression in Iraq'. Tens of thousands rallied in Madrid and Barcelona. (AP
Photo/Paul White).
750 nude women form a heart around the words 'No
War' on a hillside near the town of Byron bay, 700 kilometers (435 miles) north
of Sydney, Australia, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2003. The women said they wanted to send
Prime Minister John Howard a message to recall Australian troops from the middle
east. (AP Photo/Icon Images)
About 30
naked women lay down in the snow in Central Park forming the words 'No Bush' in
an event described as a 'nude political action photo shoot' in New York on
February 7, 2003. The protestors are opposed to U.S. President George Bush's
policies and possible U.S. led war against Iraq. REUTERS/Peter
Morgan
A Filipino
woman clenches her fist while shouting anti-government slogans during a rally in
Manila February 7, 2003. The protesters demanded that the United States resolve
its dispute with Iraq through diplomacy instead of resorting to military action.
REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
Another 5 go
airside in Ploughshares action at Shannon Airport.
IndyMedia
Ireland, February 3, 2003.
SPANISH ACTIVISTS TARGET GAS STATIONS
A
group of peace activists tied together surround a British Petroleum (BP) petrol
station in Barcelona, Spain to protest against the possible war and invasion of
Iraq by the United States and Britain, February 4, 2003. 100
cities in the US participated in the action. REUTERS/Miquel Perales
Greenpeace members inflate a balloon emblazoned
with a peace message outside Australia's Parliament House in Canberra February
4, 2003. Hundreds of anti-war protesters gathered in Canberra as Prime Minister
John Howard began an emotional debate over the government's staunch support for
the tough U.S. stance on Iraq. With a fresh opinion poll showing overwhelming
opposition to Australian participation in a U.S.-led war on Iraq, Howard
canceled regular debate as parliament returned from summer recess to explain his
backing for Washington. (Graham Tidy, Canberra Times/Reuters)
Fifteen members of the American organization
Women for Peace demonstrate in Baghdad against the war in Iraq, February 3, 2003
(Marwan Noamani, AFP).
Anti-war protesters climb over a fence in Lafayette Park
near the White House in Washington, January 19, 2003, as part of a march against
the U.S. going to war with Iraq. Sixteen protesters were arrested for breaking
through police lines. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
A Muslim Turkish woman joins some 2,000 Turks protesting a
possible U.S. military operation against neighboring Iraq, in Ankara on Sunday,
Jan. 19, 2003, hours before Gen. Richard Myers, Chairman of the U. S. Joint
Chief of Staff, arrives for a meeting Monday with the head of Turkey's army,
Gen. Hilmi Ozkok. The polls show that 80 percent of Turks are against a war in
Iraq. The banner reads: 'No to war for freedom.'.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
A woman carries a poster with a 'Bush wanted'
slogan in an anti-war demonstration in central Brussels, January 19, 2003.
Thousands of people around the world took part this week-end in protests to try
to prevent a possible U.S conflict against Iraq. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Irish anti-war protesters occupy the roof of a building
during an anti-war rally at Shannon Airport in southwest Ireland, January 18,
2003. Protesters opposed to a possibe war in Iraq took part in a demonstration
at the airport today against the use of the civilian airport by U.S. military.
REUTERS/Paul McErlane
Egyptian riot police and anti-war demonstrators
face off Saturday, Jan. 18, 2003, in Cairo, Egypt. Protesters held banners
reading, at top, 'Iraq .. Another war for oil and American supremacy,' and
beneath it, one calling for the lifting of unjust U.N. sanctions against Iraq.
The anti-war demonstration was one of many being held around the world Saturday.
(AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
Pakistani peace activists hold a rally in Karachi, January
18, 2003. The anti-war committee, a group of various NGO's, organized the rally
to protest against possible U.S. action against Iraq. REUTERS/Zahid Hussein
An estimated crowd of 500,000 marched in Washington DC on
January 18, 2003 (ANSWER
photo).
Crowds estimated at 80,000 fill the civic center
of San Francisco, California on in an anti-war protest, January 18, 2003.
Thousands marched on Washington and San Francisco and at smaller protests in
Chicago and Tampa, Florida, in what organizers said was the largest showing of
U.S. anti-war sentiment since President George W. Bush started making his case
for attacking Iraq last year. REUTERS/Susan Ragan. More pictures of
San Francisco that day
Left to right, Native American Floyd Red Crow
Westerman, famed protest singer Joan Baez, actor Martin Sheen and Reverend Cecil
Williams of the Glide Church join the anti-war protest in San Franciso on
January 18, 2003. Hundreds of thousands of Americans opposed to waging war in
Iraq rallied on Saturday in several cities demanding the White House back down
and give U.N. weapons inspectors a chance. REUTERS/David Paul Morris
Anti-war protest in Scotland, as a British Army ship leaves
to the Gulf sea (Reuters, Jan.13, 2003).
A protestor dressed in camouflage holds a sign
reading 'Human Blood $1.09 per gallon' as he joins others during a march
against a possible war with Iraq Saturday, Jan. 11, 2003, in Los Angeles.
(Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Peace
marchers walk through downtown Sydney on November 30. About 15,000
demonstrators marched through Australia's largest city to protest possible
pre-emptive military strikes against Iraq. REUTERS/Jason Reed
Anti-globalization activists shout slogans as they take part in a
massive demonstration during the first European Social Forum in Florence,
November 9, 2002. Tens of thousands of flag-waving, whistle-blowing protesters
march through the streets of Florence to denounce a possible U.S.-led war
against Iraq. Fired with anti-Americanism and angered by a tough new United
Nations resolution on Iraq, well over 400,000 people from across Europe joined
the demonstration, holding aloft a sea of rainbow-colored, multi-lingual
banners. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini
Pakistan: Pakistanis are protesting against
possible U.S. attacks on Iraq in Multan, Pakistan on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2002.
They chanted anti-US slogans and asked United Nations to
intervene.
(Photo/Khalid Tanveer)
Filipino
Muslims pray outside the U.S. embassy in Manila, November 6, 2002 during a
protest rally to denounce a possible U.S. strike on Iraq. The protest marks the
start of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in the mainly Roman Catholic
Philippines, the scene of recent bomb attacks blamed on Islamic radicals, which
killed 14 people. REUTERS/Erik de Castro