“Withdraw Troops out of Iraq,” Anti-war Sentiment around the World

▽ Anti-war protest becomes withdrawal pretest = Anti-war protests, in which millions participated in February just before the war on Iraq, has seen a shift of its purpose, now demanding the coalition forces to withdraw from Iraq.

In Hyde Park, London, on September 27 (local time), some 20,000 demonstrators marched in the city calling out "Troops out of Iraq and Blair out of Number 10."

Also, a demonstration force that consists of around 3000 people criticized the US President George W. Bush, urging the coalition troop to move out of Iraq.

Furthermore, on top of 3000 protestors gathering around the US Embassy in the Greek capital Athens and clashing with the police, demonstrations with hundreds to thousands of participants took place in Turkey, Japan, Poland, Belgium, Spain, Egypt, Lebanon and Palestine.

▽ Orders to mobilize US Defense Force = The US Department of Defense gave out orders on September 26, to mobilize 10,000 soldiers of 2 defense brigades, which are to be sent to Iraq, and demanded 5000 soldiers of one brigade to wait for mobilization orders.

Defense Department announced on the same day that 30th infantry brigade of North Carolina and 39th infantry brigade of Arkansas would be mobilized on October 1st and 12th respectively, and that 5000 soldiers of 81st infantry brigade would be mobilized next. The Department has been implying recently that unless countries that were asked for additional dispatching of soldiers in Iraq say yes, dispatching supplementary US soldiers would be unavoidable. Currently, 127,000 US troops are stationing in Iraq.