{"article":{"id":25879,"heading":"Thousands join LA anti-war rally (BBC)","author":"BBC","created":"2003-01-13 19:02:03","modified":"2013-11-10 23:48:05","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 06:48:05","article":"

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\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\r\nFilm star Martin Sheen - who plays a fictional US president in the television series The West Wing - called for Americans to seek a peaceful approach to the crisis over Iraq.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nEstimates of the number of protesters ranged from 5,000 to 20,000 - police said the event was noisy but passed off peacefully. \r\n<\/p>

\r\nAmong those attending was the anti-war protester Ron Kovic, who described it as the largest such demonstration in Los Angeles since the Vietnam conflict. \r\n<\/p>

\r\nA similar march is scheduled to take place in San Francisco next weekend.\r\n<\/p>

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\r\nProtesters chanted \"no blood for oil\" and \"stop Bush now\" as they rallied around government buildings.\r\n<\/p>

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\r\n\"A lot of people have been silenced for a long time, but that is ending,\" Sheen told the crowd.\r\n<\/p>

\r\n\"We are telling the world that we are patriotic Americans but we do not support war with Iraq.\"\r\n<\/p>

\r\nSheen pushed the wheelchair of Vietnam veteran Kovic, whose story was featured in the film Born on the Fourth of July.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nMr Kovic said the government was leading the country into \"a situation that can only hurt us a nation\".\r\n<\/p>

\r\n\"We love this country. That's why we're here. This is about democracy and we're against this war,\" he told the demonstrators.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nThe rally also included performances by musicians Jackson Browne and Guns N' Roses' guitarist Slash - the latest celebrities to join the anti-war campaign in the US.\r\n<\/p>

\r\nLast month, Matt Damon, Angelika Houston and Kim Basinger were among a group of Hollywood stars who called on the Bush administration not to go to war.\r\n<\/p>

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