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10,000 Iraqis Demonstrate Against US

About 10,000 Iraqis rallied outside ruling party headquarters Monday in a demonstration against U.S. military threats, burning effigies of President Bush and American flags.

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About 10,000 Iraqis rallied outside ruling party headquarters Monday in a demonstration against U.S. military threats, burning effigies of President Bush and American flags.

Participants carried banners pledging their support for Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, whose overthrow is a U.S. policy goal. Speculation that war is imminent has been strong here in recent months.

Salim al-Qubiesi, a member of the Iraqi parliament, called on the world to get rid of Bush instead of Saddam, saying the U.S. president "represents a danger to human civilization because he is the No. 1 terrorist in the world."

Demonstrators from women's groups, unions, tribes and the ruling Baath Party marched from points throughout the city to party headquarters in downtown Baghdad, shouting "Iraq is not afraid of the U.S. threats."

Source: Agencies

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