Tens of Thousands to Take Part in Anti-war Protests in Britain

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Tens of Thousands to Take Part in Anti-war Protests in Britain

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Tens of thousands of people are due to gather in London at around noon on Saturday and march to a rally in the city's Hyde Park in protest against the ongoing US-led war aimed at toppling Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

Anti-war groups said they were expecting half a million people to take to the streets of central London in the peace marches.

Local media reports said a total of 3,500 policemen have been called in to line the route of the march with expectation of 100,000 participants in the protest.

Further peace demonstrations are expected in cities across Britain and at US military bases in Gloucestershire in southwestern England and Yorkshire in northern England.

Anti-war protesters are also expected to march from Fairford Town in Gloucestershire to the nearby Fairford RAF air base, whereUS B-52 bombers are based. The bombers were believed to have played a key role in Friday night's strikes on Iraq.

The day will also be marked by prayers for peace in churches and cathedrals across the country.

Friday night saw the heaviest bombardment of Iraq so far with waves of missile attacks on its capital Baghdad.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair is set to call his war cabinet for a meeting in the morning. Afterwards, Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon will hold a press conference over the latest developments in the war.

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