GERMANY: SEVERAL THOUSAND PROTESTERS GATHER IN FRONT OF AN AIRBASE TO DEMONSTRATE AGAINST A WAR IN IRAQ

Record ID: 647751

  • Title: GERMANY: SEVERAL THOUSAND PROTESTERS GATHER IN FRONT OF AN AIRBASE TO DEMONSTRATE AGAINST A WAR IN IRAQ
  • Date: 22nd February 2003
  • Summary: (EU) FRANKFURT, GERMANY (FEBRUARY 22, 2003)(REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. SV OF PROTESTERS WALKING TOWARDS MAIN GATE OF RHINE-MAIN AIRBASE 0.11 2. CU OF PROTESTER HOLDING PLACARD READING (German): "STOP CAPITALISM AND ITS MURDEROUS INDUSTRY" 0.16 3. SV PROTESTER CARRYING PLACARD READING (German): "BEHIND EVERY BUSH IS HIDING A TERRORIST" 0.27 4. SV OF PROTESTERS WALKING, POLICE WATCHING 0.31 5. SV/SLV PROTESTERS STANDING IN FRONT OF GATE OF RHINE-MAIN AIRBASE (2 SHOTS) 0.47 6. LV/MCU OF RALLY/MAN ADDRESSING RALLY (2 SHOTS) 1.09 7. CI PROTESTER HOLDING PLACARD READING (German): "WAR TRANSFORMS SOLDIERS TO URDERERS AND POLITICIANS INTO PERPETRATORS" 1.13 8. MCU (German) PROTESTER AND PEACE ACTIVIST HORST-EBERHARD RICHTER SAYING: "We are thinking of the suffering of the people that have been devastated by the sanctions that have gone on for years. We believe that the people probably would have risen up against the dictator years ago if it had not been for these sanctions and the year-long bombings which led them back to him." 1.31 9. SLV PROTESTERS CLAPPING 1.35 10. SV PROTESTER CARRYING PLACARD READING (German): "WAR ABOUT OIL OR PEACE THROUGH SUN - AMERICANS GO HOME!" 1.39 11. SV/SLV OF PROTESTERS SITTING IN FRONT OF GATE (3 SHOTS) 1.52 12. MCU (German) PROTESTER JULIA MONOSSOVA SAYING: "I find every war is dangerous because they destroy lives. No war is justified. War is not a prudent political measure but rather pure violence." 2.05 13. MCU (German) PROTESTER STEFAN LANG SAYING: "This is my first time here. We thought this protest is symbolic because it is not taking place on any square but directly in front of American base." 2.16 14. SV OF PROTESTERS (2 SHOTS) 2.25 15. SLV OF PROTEST IN FRONT OF GATE 2.29 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 9th March 2003 12:00
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  • Location: FRANKFURT, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Reuters ID: LVA5TP0Z54RLGWILF5N5RZ8D023
  • Story Text: Several thousand protesters have gathered in front of
    an airbase in Germany to demonstrate against a war in Iraq.



    About three thousand people took part in a
    demonstration which made its way to the main entrance of the
    U.S. Rhein-Main Airbase near Frankfurt on Saturday (February
    22).

    Carrying placards reading: 'War transforms soldiers in to
    murderers and politicians into perpetrators' and 'Stop
    capitalism and its murderous industry', protesters called for
    a peaceful solution to the Iraq crisis.

    "I find every war is dangerous because they destroy lives.

    No war is justified," said one protester Julia Monossova.

    Rhein-Main Airbase is one of the main hubs used for
    flights transferring from the U.S. en route to the Gulf
    region.


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