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 [DNC - RNC - Troops Out Now] Iraq Vets Confront Democrats in Denver: On day 3 of the Denver DNC, former president Bill Clinton addressed delegates, Barack Obama’s running mate Joe Biden accepted the Vice Presidential nomination, and Obama himself made a surprise appearance. Meanwhile, outside the convention hall Rage Against the Machine played to a crowd of thousands, followed by the largest demonstration of the week, an antiwar march led by Iraq Veterans Against the War.

 [Suzie-Q] Iraq US Veteran Soldiers Confront Riot Police!: And across town, at the University of Denver super-rally for Ralph Nader, Jello Biafra, the Colorado native and founder of the band the Dead Kennedeys, was doing a hilarious riff on the police lockdown in Denver (which is actually significantly less intense than the conventions 4 and even 8 years ago).

 [Chrisy58's Weblog] Police Block Veterans’ Access to DNC in Largest Protest to Date: John Kerry addressed delegates about the Iraq War and veteran issues, outside the convention thousands of demonstrators were demanding that the Democrats take a firmer stance on ending the war and providing better treatment to U.S. military personnel and veterans. There was no mention of the large demonstration or the concerns of IVAW during the convention presentation inside Pepsi Center, although most of the speeches given throughout the night touched on the Iraq War and the military.

 [7fatcow.com] Shalom Keller at the DNC: The group and its supporters drew a crowd of at least 4,000 to march from the Denver Coliseum to the Pepsi Center, where veterans held their ground against a wall of riot-gear-clad police. Despite a tense moment in which police readied tear gas canisters, a representative from Obama's campaign acknowledged receipt of a letter from IVAW, leading the veterans to about face.

 [AM 1090's Weblog] Democracy NOW! Headlines: Meanwhile, a federal judge has upheld civilian charges against a former soldier accused in the rape and murder of an Iraqi teenager and the killing of her family in 2006. Steven Green faces charges as the accused ringleader in raping and murdering fourteen-year-old Abeer Kassem Hamza al-Janabi and killing her parents and five-year-old sister.

[Observer.com (The New York Observer)] Passing the Baton, Ferraro on Hillary, Bush and the RNC: legislative agenda, which will prioritize economic relief, ending the war in Iraq, health care infrastructure, and energy, in that order. A producer for ABC News was arrested for interference in Denver.

 [Odd Culture] Code Pink Girl Gets Owned By Cops at DNC: Code Pink: Women for Peace is an anti-war group that started in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq. They describe themselves as a “grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the war in Iraq, stop new wars, and redirect .

[WhyNotNews - The Revolution may not be televised, but it will be uploaded! - Rev. Yearwood] Democrats convene in Denver amid police state security and a sea ...: On Sunday, barely 1,200 people participated in an antiwar demonstration led by Ron Kovic, the paralyzed Vietnam War veteran and author of the book Born on the Fourth of July, and Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq. The leaderships of the major antiwar protest groups are part of the effort to divert anger against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan into support for a political party that has funded and will continue both US interventions.

[German Marshall Fund Blog] On the Way to Denver: This American election has a global dimension, a global audience, and global participants from Senegal to Germany, Vietnam to Chile. As much as it may bother some, this is not only an American vote.

 [AM 1090's Weblog] Democracy NOW! Headlines: As the US considers expanding the war to Pakistan, the Afghan Council of Ministers is calling for a review of the presence of US troops in the country following last week’s air strike that killed up to ninety civilians, including fifty children. The ministers are demanding a status of forces agreement, which would stipulate that the authority and responsibilities of international forces be negotiated.

[Stop US Wars] Ludwig's Log Day 4: Anti-war Iraq vets deliver a message to Obama: An orange sunset exploded over the Democratic National Convention in Denver Thursday as members of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) prepared to cross a line of dozens of riot police armed with batons, tear gas, pepper-spray guns, …

 [TIM BLAIR BLOGGER: SEATTLE, WASHINGTON US http://timblair.spaces.live.com us army vietnam veteran-retired broadcaster 2008] abc: Obama also pledged to "end this war in Iraq responsibly, and finish the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan" -- using softer language than his calls for "immediate"

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 [Educated Quest Blog] Hope for Peace at the Democratic Convention in August: I visited Recreate ”˜68’s Web site and found symbols similar to the protest movements of 40 years ago: the raised fist logo and the reference of law enforcement as “pigs.” I also found a distressing holiday poem unkind to the Democrats and the Denver police, with verses such as:

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