Protests grow as U.S. assault intensifies
1991Jeff Mackler 1991-01Read it in the scan (PDF at ETOL), page 1 →
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The United States' invasion of begun.
In the most massive bombing raid in the history of humanity, President George Bush launched Operation Desert Storm against the people of Iraq on Jan. 16 in the darkness of night.
Because of military news censorship, the first casualty of this war is the truth. Nevertheless, the picture as far as it can be pieced together from various news sources and the U.S. government is that wave after wave"of U.S., British, French, Saudi, and Kuwaiti fighter-bombers dropped tons of highly destructive bombs on Baghdad and other Iraqi cities. According to the Pentagon, in 14 hours over 1000 sorties were flown to destroy Iraqi defenses.
The U.S.-led forces have over 1800 war planes. It is expected that an average of 1300 sorties per day will be flown. At the height The meaning of SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17-As soon as the news got out that the United States had launched a full-scale war on Iraq, mass protests erupted throughout the United States and cities and towns throughout the world.
In San Francisco, tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets for several days and nights, blocking much of the downtown automobile traffic.
The late-night Jan. 16 demonstration in San Francisco was remarkably disciplined. Some angry protesters lit fires and placed obstacles in the streets along the march. The majority of the marchers, however, quickly put the fires out, cleared the streets and