Images: Iraq Invasion Peacefully Remembered At Parliament
On a glorious autumnal day in Wellington a modest crowd gathered outside Parliament to protest at, and remember, the
United States invasion and occupation of Iraq. As well as protesting the United States led invasion of Iraq, New Zealand
politicians such as Prime Minister Helen Clark and Defence Minister Phil Goff got a tongue lashing from certain sections
of the crowd. Currently the New Zealand PM is winging her way to the United States where she will be meeting US
President George W Bush.
Although todays' protest may well have been the kind of event Ms Clark may once have enjoyed attending in the 1960s the
demands of her role as the PM and global geopolitics mean that it is unlikely she will giving Mr Bush a stern dressing
down while in Washington. As well as anti-war speeches the crowd at today's protest was able to enjoy a spot of music
and some vegetable concoctions reminiscent of the sort of food one would be likely to find at a Hare Krishna restaurant.
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