- LONDON -- More than 100,000
anti-war demonstrators plan to cap their protest by toppling a giant statue
of US President George W Bush in central London's Trafalgar Square - an
echo of the toppling of a statue of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in April.
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- "The idea is to highlight how fake the toppling
of the Saddam statue in Baghdad was," Liz Hutchins, spokeswoman for
the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, said.
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- As police geared up for a huge security operation, Bush
flew in to London last night to mount a defiant show of solidarity with
British Prime Minister Tony Blair over the war in Iraq that has polarised
the world.
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- Protesters opposed to the war in Iraq prepared for demonstrations
they hope will overshadow the pomp and ceremony of the state visit.
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- Among those applauding the protest was maverick London
Mayor Ken Livingstone who called Bush "the most dangerous man on the
planet" and said that, even if asked, he would refuse to shake hands
with the American leader.
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