三家媒体报导的美国反战示威
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美国周六爆发有上万人参加的反战示威，抗议国会否决撤军法案，并要求弹劾布什总统。抗议者认为美国在伊拉克的逗留是在制造敌人，认为巨额战争费用得不偿失并有被挪用之嫌。反战人士中有不少伊拉克战争的老兵和阵亡将士的家属。新闻在中新网发布后，可以想见不少爱国愤青又开骂了，然而这并不是什么特别大的新闻，甚至在CNN都没上得了头条，因为这种反战示威，或任何示威在美国看来都是比较正常的。

比较一下中新网，VOA,CNN三家的新闻报导，可以看到中新网的报导还算是比较客观的。首先从参加人数上，中新网说4000-6000人，VOA说至少5000人，而CNN说“看起来有几万人”，组织者说10万人！CNN的报导和美国官方报导出入甚大，胆子不小，连中新网都不敢象它那样乱说。从被捕人数上，中新网说190人，CNN说160人，VOA说"大约100人"。虽然中新网看起来报的数字偏高，但也不算离谱。

从文章内容看，中新网似乎摘录了不少CNN的报导，包括对被捕者的描述，某些反战人士的发言，有明鲜翻译的痕迹。从VOA,CNN报导来看，整个游行是和平的，直到结束，一些人躺在国会山台阶上装作战死士兵，以表达对战争的厌恶。被捕者是试图冲过警方警戒线后被抓起来的，大部分没有反抗。有些老兄对警察把他推出警戒线不满，并向警察打出“为你害臊”的标语。有两人被喷化学药水赶出警戒线。

中新网特意漏掉的内容是，游行中不仅有反战的，也有支持伊战的，约有1000人，并和反战者发生激烈争吵，互相漫骂，但好象没有肢体冲突。这也是美国游行时的常态，一件事情有支持者也有反对者，游行不过是表达自已的述求罢了。为了迎合自已在伊战中的口径把这一点漏掉，并不是新闻从业者该做的事。

真相总是在比较中才会显出来。这次似乎中新网的新闻并不赖。




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中新网：

美国华盛顿爆发反战示威190人被捕(组图)

　　中新网9月16日电 综合报道， 数千名美国反战示威者15日涌向华盛顿街头要求结束伊战。期间，试图闯入国会山的示威者同警方发生冲突，大约有190人被捕。

　　当天，约4000至6000人在白宫外聚集，再游行到美国国会。很多人都挥动写有“支持军队、停止战争”及“弹劾布什”的标语牌。 组织者号召大家躺在国会山前的数百级台阶上，组织者说，美国国会如果不弹劾总统布什与副总统切尼，如果不通过法律停止战争，我们的亲人都会这样倒在战场上 死去。另有示威者大声呼喊道，国会议员们没有真正为美国的前途着想，否则，早就通过撤军法案了。

　　示威组织者声称，当天有10万人参加了反战示威活动，但美国警方对此尚未发表任何评论。据悉，当天警方只准许1万人参加示威活动。很多民众在当 地时间15日早晨8点半就聚集在白宫和国会外面高呼抗议口号。25岁伊战老兵贾斯汀也参加了反战示威。他说：“我们占领了一个国家，那个国家的人民并不欢 迎我们。所以我们不应该继续赖在那里。

　　据报道，大多数示威者冲破障碍物后没有经过对抗被捕。不过，一部分人却对警方用盾牌和防暴装置阻挡他们前进感到愤怒。据悉，反战示威者在国会山被捕的人数超过过去几年的数字。在今年的抗议活动中，美国著名反战母亲辛迪-希恩也曾加了抗议活动。

　　即将离任的美军参谋长联席会议主席彼得·佩斯14日说，自己在伊拉克战争初期错误估计形势，导致驻伊美军力量不足，引发伊局势恶化。即将于下月卸任的佩斯同时为伊战辩护，指出伊拉克战争对美国自身安全至关重要。

　　佩斯承认，在2003年美军入侵伊拉克的最初阶段，他错误地认为伊拉克军队和老百姓都会欢迎美军的“解放”，对形势估计过于乐观，导致驻伊美军数量不足，埋下隐患。他说，自己希望知道实情，但当时在进军伊拉克的时候根本无法掌握真实情况。

　　尽管佩斯承认犯下对局势估计不足的严重失误，但他同时为美军入侵伊拉克辩护，指出美国发动伊拉克战争是“正确决定”。

　　此前，布什13日晚宣布，约3万名驻伊美军或会在明年夏季以前返国。盖茨和布什同样强调，任何撤军决定都要视乎他们的任务是否取得成功。(关新)

CNN:

160 arrested as thousands march against Iraq war in Washington

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Several thousand protesters marched Saturday from the White House to the Capitol to demand an end to the Iraq war, and at least 160 people were arrested when they jumped a barricade at the foot of the Capitol steps.

Many of the protesters were arrested without a struggle after they jumped over the waist-high barricade. But some grew angry as police attempted to push them back using large shields. At least two people were showered with chemical spray. Protesters responded by throwing signs and chanting: "Shame on you."

The arrests came after protesters initially decided to lie down on the Capitol lawn with signs on top of their bodies to represent soldiers killed in Iraq. When police took no action, some of the protesters climbed the barricade.

Before arriving at the Capitol lawn, the demonstrators marched on Pennsylvania Avenue holding banners and signs and saying, "What do we want? Troops out. When do we want it? Now."

Counterprotesters lined the sidewalks behind metal barricades. There were some heated shouting matches between the two sides.

The protesters gathered earlier Saturday near the White House in Lafayette Park with signs saying "End the war now" and calling for President Bush's impeachment. The rally was organized by the ANSWER Coalition and other groups.

Organizers estimated that more than 100,000 people attended the rally and march. That number could not be confirmed; police did not give their own estimate. But there appeared to be tens of thousands of people in attendance, and the march stretched along multiple blocks of Pennsylvania Avenue

Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan told the crowd it was time to be assertive.

"It's time to lay our bodies on the line and say we've had enough," she said. "It's time to shut this city down."

Army veteran Justin Cliburn, 25, of Lawton, Oklahoma, was among a contingent of Iraq veterans in attendance.

"We're occupying a people who do not want us there," Cliburn said of Iraq. "We're here to show that it isn't just a bunch of old hippies from the '60s who are against this war."

About 13 blocks away, nearly 1,000 counterprotesters gathered near the Washington Monument, frequently erupting in chants of "U-S-A" and waving American flags.

Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Robert "Buzz" Patterson, speaking from a stage to crowds clad in camouflage, American flag bandanas and Harley Davidson jackets, said he wanted to send three messages.

"Congress, quit playing games with our troops. Terrorists, we will find you and kill you," he said. "And to our troops, we're here for you, and we support you."


VOA:
Thousands of Anti-War Protesters March in Washington

Thousands of anti-war activists rallied in Washington Saturday to demand an end to the Iraq war, the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops and the impeachment of President Bush. At least 5,000 people marched from the White House to Capitol Hill, while hundreds of counter-demonstrators lined the route to show their support for the U.S. troops in Iraq. VOA's Michael Lipin reports.

Thousands of anti-war activists rallied in Washington Saturday to demand an end to the Iraq war, the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops and the impeachment of President Bush. At least 5,000 people marched from the White House to Capitol Hill, while hundreds of counter-demonstrators lined the route to show their support for the U.S. troops in Iraq. VOA's Michael Lipin reports.

Anti-war protesters march demanding an end to the war in Iraq, the return of US troops and the impeachment of US President George W. Bush in Washington, DC
The anti-war protest began with Iraq war veterans, military families and other activists gathering in a park outside of the White House.

Speakers condemned the Democratic Party-controlled U.S. Congress for continuing to fund the war, and demanded that war funds be diverted to solve U.S. domestic problems.

Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, one of the keynote speakers, accused the Bush administration of carrying out torture, kidnapping and other human rights abuses. "Nothing is going to stop this machine except the impeachment of George Bush and his gang ... when you remove him for high crimes, then you know the next president will pay attention," he said.

Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in the Iraq war, came out of a self-imposed retirement from the protest movement to address the crowd. "If we don't want to become like Nazi Germany, and you know, these people want us to become like Nazi Germany, it's time for us to stand up and lay down, and it's time for us to do civil disobedience on a massive scale," she said.

She later told VOA that she believes most Iraqi people would let American troops withdraw from their country with honor. "We do have enemies, but the way to deal with those enemies is to use diplomacy, economics, to secure our own country - and not to go and occupy other countries it only increases our enemies," she said.

Iraq war veterans led the thousands of activists on a march from the White House to Capitol Hill. One veteran named Leonard who served in Iraq described his experience there as horrible. "The longer we stay over there, the more people will die for no reason at all. It's genocide, what's going on over there," he said.

About 1,000 counter-demonstrators lined the route of the march, waving American flags and shouting their support for the U.S. military presence in Iraq.

One counter-demonstrator said the anti-war marchers meant well but were misguided. "The hubris they sell in saying that we can end the war simply by leaving Iraq is just stupid. The war is not going to end when we leave Iraq - if we leave, it's just going to go some place else," they said.

Many of the anti-war activists and counter-demonstrators hurled insults at each other, but remained peaceful.

In his weekly radio address to the nation Saturday President Bush said the success of a free Iraq is critical to the security of the United States. "If we were to be driven out of Iraq, extremists of all strains would be emboldened. Al Qaida could find new recruits and new sanctuaries. And a failed Iraq could increase the likelihood that our forces would someday have to return and confront extremists even more entrenched and even more deadly," he said.

The president has announced that 5,700 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of the year. And he intended to reduce the American troops level in Iraq to about 130,000 by next Summer.

The march ended with hundreds of anti-war activists lying down at the foot of the Congress building to symbolize the American troops who have died in Iraq. About 100 anti-war demonstrators were arrested by police as they tried to cross the barricade in front of the U.S. Congress building.