Thousands in San Francisco join protests against war in Iraq

SFGate: A day after millions of people around the world took to the streets to protest a possible U.S. war with Iraq, San Francisco provided an encore demonstration when some 150,000 people crowded the downtown to demand peace.

Streets were packed with chanting, sign-waving protesters that stretched for blocks, from the waterfront to the ornate and historic City Hall. Police estimated the crowd at 150,000 people. Organizers claimed 250,000.

"We are the vocal majority," Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, told the crowd.

"We know that we have not been shown enough evidence for a preemptive strike," Raitt said. "There are a million people around the globe who have shown they feel the same way."

Marchers said President Bush has yet to make his case that the United States and its allies should disarm Iraq by force if necessary.

"It is so clearly really on the edge of madness what Bush is doing so you have to be out on the streets," Hoffmann said.

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