- Title: Protesters gather outside White House, urge U.S. action against Turkey
- Date: 12th October 2019
- Summary: WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 12, 2019) (REUTERS) GENERAL VIEW OF PROTESTERS HOLDING SIGNS/FLAGS PROTESTER HOLDING SIGN READING "KILLING KURDS SAVES ISIS" PROTESTER HOLDING SIGN READING "THE KURDISH BLOOD IS MORE PRECIOUS THAN YOUR MONEY AND WEAPONS!" WOMEN PROTESTERS HOLDING SIGNS (SOUNDBITE) (Kurdish - loose translation) PROTESTER, ATTA NOORI, SAYING: "We're coming here to united because of what's happened in Kurdistan and how Trump betrayed us and I don't like that and neither do any of the Kurdish people who are here today. We're trying to put the word out there that Trump betrayed us after what all the Kurds have done against ISIS and now that Turkey is doing all this to us, Trump isn't doing anything about it." (SOUNDBITE) (English) PROTESTER, LUKEMAN ROST, SAYING: "Our mission is to get a message to Donald Trump for the decision he made on Turkey regarding giving the green light to Turkey to kill all these innocent people, for Turkey to go do what he's doing now - bombing, killing civilian Kurds for no reason. We'd like him to think about it one more time." PROTESTER SPEAKING INTO A MEGAPHONE TO RALLY PROTESTERS (NOT A SOUNDBITE) PROTESTERS CHANTING PROTESTERS CHANTING: "TURKEY OUT OF SYRIA" PROTESTER HOLDING SIGN READING "#WESTANDWITHTHEKURDS" PROTESTER CHANTING, WEARING FLAG OF KURDISTAN (SOUNDBITE) (English) MEMBER OF THE VIRGINIA STATE LEGISLATURE, MARK LEVINE, SAYING: "What happened a few days ago offends me as a Virginian, as an American, as a human being. The Turkish army as we know is out to massacre men, women and children for nothing but their ethnicity, for nothing but their identity, mass murder and ethnic cleansing is going on. And I say to my country, the United States of America, we want no part of it." PROTESTER CHANTING WITH LITTLE BOY SITTING ON HIS SHOULDERS MARCH STARTING WITH ENORMOUS FLAG OF KURDISTAN PROTESTERS MARCHING WITH SIGNS READING: "SUPPORT YOUR ALLIES THE KURDISH PEOPLE" MARCHERS PASSING WHITE HOUSE DEMONSTRATORS MARCHING
- Embargoed: 26th October 2019 18:59
- Keywords: Syria Turkey Kurdish Kurd PKK Donald Trump
- Location: WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES
- City: WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA001B0SKX1J
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Hundreds gathered outside the White House on Saturday (October 12) to protest Turkey's incursion into Kurdish-controlled northeast Syria and urge U.S. action against Turkey.
Many of the demonstrators were Kurdish-Americans angry at U.S. President Donald Trump for standing aside last week as Turkey sent troops into Syria to fight the Kurds.
Protester Atta Noori called Trump's decision a "betrayal." Another protester, Lukeman Rost, said the Kurdish-American community would like Trump to rethink his decision.
The Washington DC rally and march came as thousands of Kurds and their local supporters rallied in France and in Greece on Saturday to protest against Turkey's military action in northeast Syria.
The Turkish incursion in northeast Syria has raised international alarm over a mass displacement of civilians and fears that it could trigger a revival of the Islamic State insurgency in Syria.
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