UK Protesters Taunt Bush Sr. with Torture Hoods
LONDON - British protesters wearing black hoods like those worn by Iraqi victims of abuse by U.S. soldiers demonstrated against former U.S. President George Bush at a fundraising event for his son's re-election campaign Tuesday. � Reuters 18-MAY-2004

Iraqi resident of Nashville stages sidewalk war protest
Ahmed Al' Uqaily, right, an Iraqi citizen living in Nashville, demonstrates on a sidewalk downtown to bring what he called the concerns of the Iraqi people to the attention of Americans, as Sean Christopher, a supporter, calls out "Do you love freedom?"

"This is what 'Iraqi freedom' looks like," chanted demonstrator Becky Renfrow as she pointed to Uqaily, with a black piece of cloth draped over his upper body.

"Thank you for the freedom,"e; responded the hooded Uqaily, who said he lived in Nasiriyah in southern Iraq before coming to Nashville as a refugee after the 1991 Persian Gulf War.

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Hundreds in Rota march against Iraq war
ROTA, Spain ? Hundreds of chanting demonstrators Carrying anti-war and anti-U.S. signs, marched to the gate of Rota?s military base Sunday protesting the Iraq war and American military bases in Europe. A protester holds a sign with "Paz" ? the Spanish word for peace ? while wearing a hood in protest of the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal.

Protesters from Spain, Portugal and Morocco marched from Rota?s cemetery to the main gate of Naval Station Rota, a Spanish base where about 3,000 U.S. service members are permanently stationed.

"The total occupation of Iraq and in Afghanistan is totally incorrect," said Ignacio Ferrer Ivila, a 23-year-old literature and Catalan language student who lives in Algeciras. "It is a complete tragedy and we think it should stop."

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