More than 40 demonstrations were planned across the country to protest the Trump administration's killing of a top Iranian general.
CHICAGO – More than 40 demonstrations were planned across the U.S. Saturday to protest the Trump administration's killing of a top Iranian general and decision to send about 3,000 more soldiers to the Middle East.
The protests are being spearheaded by Act Now to Stop War and End Racism , a U.S.-based anti-war coalition, in conjunction with more than a dozen organizations. Demonstrations were expected to protest outside the White House, in New York City's Times Square and more."The targeted assassination and murder of a central leader of Iran is designed to initiate a new war.
"We’re having the protest to say no to war and to bring the troops home from Iraq," said Anamaria Meneses, an organizer with the Justice Center en El Barrio, ANSWER's New York City branch."Our tax dollars shouldn’t be spent on killing people abroad. We should stand against senseless wars."The ANSWER coalition formed in the wake of 9/11, organizing demonstrations against the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq that drew hundreds of thousands of protesters.
The protests come after several days of escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran that started with the killing of an American contractor.It's also the latest in a broader beef between the two nations, including President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Iran nuclear pact in 2018 and subsequent sanctions he imposed on Iran in order to make them come to a new deal.
Thousands of Iranians protested against the U.S. airstrike in the nation's capital, Friday, while some Iraqis sang and danced in Baghdad.This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Iran war: Answer coalition plans US protests against Trump airstrike
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