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Disturbing the War, Not the Peace
With the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, protests against the continual occupation sprung up all over the United States. In a somewhat dramatic example, the protest in San Francisco ran into conflict with the police and 140 people were arrested.

The UpTake's Schlomo Rabinowitz was there to capture it all.
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