Small turnout at Warsaw Anti-Iraq War protest

Around 2,500 people demonstrated in Warsaw against possible armed intervention in Iraq, which was part of wider protests held in many cities throughout Europe and around the world. The demonstration, which also attracted Iraqi citizens residing in Poland and some Palestinians, marched from Plac Zamkowy to the American Embassy. The President of the Polish-Iraqi Association Dzabar Al Jased stressed that the protest was against the idea of the war as such and should not be associated exclusively with the Iraq crisis. "The world is fed up with wars," he said, providing the example of Germany which, having caused the two world wars, is now strongly against a war against Iraq. The protesters sung anti-American songs and chanted slogans criticizing the countries which support the U.S. (www.polskieradio.pl) K.Z.