Thousands demonstrate in NYC against Iraq war (Verena Dobnik)

  By VERENA DOBNIK  -- Associated Press

  Sept. 19, 2006 -- NEW YORK -- Thousands of Iraq war protesters marched Tuesday to the United Nations, where President Bush was presenting his vision for the Middle East to skeptical world leaders.

   Marchers chanted "Hey hey, ho ho, the Bush regime has got to go" and hoisted signs that said, "Bush lies, who dies?"

  "I am more passionate than ever about the Iraq War because it has ruined our economy," said Thomas Brinson, 63, a Vietnam veteran from Deer Park, Long Island. "It's killing innocent civilians, and the National Guard was deployed in Iraq and they weren't here for natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina."

  The march, organized by the anti-war group United for Peace and Justice, started in the garment district on the West Side and stretched out along a dozen blocks on its way to the United Nations on the East Side.

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