Anti-USA demo banned in Netherlands
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The proposed demonstration, during the annual commemoration of American dead at Margraten military cemetery (near Maastricht), has been banned by the local council. On a legal technicality - there is no formal organiser with a fixed address - they refuse to accept the application. Accordingly, they declared, the demo has no permission. That way they avoid issuing a banning order, which can be challenged in court.
The proposed demonstration was one of the first ever to oppose the American (and allied) landings in Europe in 1944. It compared the US war policy in Europe to the invasion of Iraq. The idea that anyone could protest against the 'noble' American dead enraged the readers of right-wing blogs, who picked up the story from Indymedia Belgium.
See the comments by US visitors at
http://belgium.indymedia.org/news/2003/04/58530_comment.php
which also links back to the original posting.
The proposed demonstration was one of the first ever to oppose the American (and allied) landings in Europe in 1944. It compared the US war policy in Europe to the invasion of Iraq. The idea that anyone could protest against the 'noble' American dead enraged the readers of right-wing blogs, who picked up the story from Indymedia Belgium.
See the comments by US visitors at
http://belgium.indymedia.org/news/2003/04/58530_comment.php which also links back to the original posting.
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