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Article: Protesters on Capitol steps decry bombing in Afghanistan; War won't rid world of terrorism, they say.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- October 28, 2001
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Byline: Donna Halvorsen; Staff Writer
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From longtime war resisters to students attending their first demonstration, several hundred people came to the State Capitol on Saturday to protest the U.S. bombing in Afghanistan.
"The acts of September 11 are crimes against humanity," said Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, a University of St. Thomas professor and one of the speakers. "They should not be called a war, and they should not be responded to with war."
The speakers were a mix of Arabs, Jews, students, professors, war veterans and longtime peace activists, their causes encompassing human rights, the environment, militarism and the ...