GI famlies protest Iraq war at US base

Relatives of GIs killed in Iraq protest outside US base
Relatives of US soldiers killed in Iraq protest outside US base
Sun Mar 14, 6:13 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Hundreds of protesters, many of them relatives of US soldiers killed in Iraq or currently on duty in the region, marched outside the Dover Air Force Base in the northeastern state of Delaware to protest the US war in Iraq.

The march was organized by Military Families Speak Out, a group made up of people with relatives in the military, as well as the group Veterans for Peace.

The Sunday march was a "memorial procession" to "honor our fallen brothers and sisters, sons and daughters," as well as "Iraqis and the increasing number of people from other countries who have been killed and wounded," the group said in a statement.

US military casualties are flown into Dover. The government however has been reluctant to let cameras record airplanes unloading coffins, and reluctant to let news reporters interview personnel wounded in Iraq.

According to the groups, the government of President George W. Bush "refuses to acknowledge the toll of this war -- including those who are killed and wounded."

"We call on this administration to start telling the truth, and stop hiding the toll," Military Families Speak Out said in a statement.

The protesters marched up to the base gates and read one by one the names of the US military personnel killed in Iraq.

A similar protest is scheduled for Monday outside the Walter Reed Army Hospital in the US capital, to be followed by a protest march outside the White House.

The protests are being held to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the US-led attack on Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s Iraq.

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