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Campus Protests Absent Despite Possible Strike on Iraq
Friday, September 27, 2002
By Sara Zaidi
Contributing Writer

Some said the absence of protests may indicate that more UC Berkeley students support U.S. military intervention in Iraq. "There's a good possibility that more people are in favor of getting rid of Saddam Hussein," said Bret Manley, president of the Berkeley College Republicans. "People are realizing that he isn't good for the Iraqi people."

As President Bush pushes for military intervention in Iraq, the nation moves closer to striking abroad. But unlike last year, no protesters have marched on Sproul Plaza decrying a potential war.

Last year, only 10 days after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2,500 protesters marched through Sproul Plaza. On Oct. 9, the day after the United States began its bombing of Afghanistan, 600 protesters rallied on Sproul Plaza to speak out against the war.

This year, however, Sproul Plaza remains void of any mass organized protests against the possible war in Iraq.

Snehal Shingavi, a member of the International Socialist Organization, said the lack of protests do not indicate UC Berkeley students are not opposed to the U.S. involvement with Iraq. Rather, he said, they have found alternative methods of expressing dissent.
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