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Obama intensifies PR campaign on Syria with interviews, speeches (3)

(Xinhua)    15:10, September 08, 2013
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PROTESTERS WARN OF DOMESTIC REPERCUSSIONS OF ATTACKING SYRIA

On Saturday, at least 150 U.S. protesters took to the streets near the White House and Capitol Hill to voice their opposition to military action against Syria and urge Congress to reject Obama's Syria plan.

Chanting "You say more war, we say no war," "Obama, hands off Syria; Congress, hands off Syria," the protesters walked in circles in front of the White House, holding placards saying "Bombing Syria doesn't protect people, it kills them."

Anti-war demonstrations were also held Saturday in other major U.S. cities, including New York, Boston and Indianapolis.

Radhika Miller, an activist with the anti-war group ANSWER Coalition that sponsored the protest outside the White House, said she is against striking Syria because "the bombs dropped in Syria kill people, and we will not allow you (U.S. government) to kill people in our name."

"The bombs we drop around the world explode here at home," she said, citing that many Americans are still suffering from pains of joblessness and a sluggish economy after billions of U.S. dollars were squandered in military actions abroad.

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(Editor:DuMingming、Zhang Qian)

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