[NYTr] ANSWER Coalition Ordered to Remove Iraq Demo Posters in DC

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sent by Rich Winkel (activ-l)

AFP via Yahoo - Aug 15, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070815


US anti-war group ordered to take down Iraq demo posters 

A US anti-war group has been warned it will be fined 10,000 dollars
if it does not remove posters in Washington announcing a march in
the capital next month against US involvement in Iraq, a spokeswoman
said Wednesday.

"The ANSWER Coalition has received citations from the authorities
in Washington threatening to fine us 10,000 dollars unless several
hundred posters announcing the September 15 march on Washington DC
are removed," Sarah Sloan, the staff coordinator for the anti-war
group, told AFP.

"We have until Thursday to take down the posters," she said.

Several hundred yellow posters have been put up around Washington
announcing the protest, which is timed to coincide with the release
of a report by the US military commander in Iraq, General David
Petraeus, on progress in the US "surge" strategy of raising troop
levels.

Washington city authorities said the posters have to come down
because they were stuck on with adhesive that did not meet city
regulations.

"The charge about adhesives is false," Sloan said.

"This is a definitely a calculated political move aimed at disrupting
the demonstration, which has been organised on a day when the world's
eyes will be on Washington for the Petraeus report," she said.

Demonstrators from at least 90 cities around the United States and
Canada have already pledged to come to Washington for the march,
which will be part of a week of anti-war protests led by veterans
of the Iraq war, according to Sloan.

A petition calling for the impeachment of President George W. Bush,
allegedly carrying one million signatures and endorsed by former
US attorney general Ramsey Clark, will also be submitted to officials
during the week's activities.