アメリカ国会議事堂前でイラク反戦闘争がはじまった！２

ユメウツツです。

９月１５日の米国ワシントンDCでの大規模反戦行動　報告その２です。
以下、C-SPAN（米国の非営利政治専門ケーブルテレビ・チャンネル）の報道を邦訳しました。（転載は歓迎です。）

↓以下、C-SPANの記事↓
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イラク戦争に反対して１０万人（推計）がワシントンDCをデモ行進
大規模ダイ・インで２００名の逮捕劇
(http://answer.pephost.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ANS_homepage)

昨日９月１５日、反戦イラク退役軍人、軍人家族らを先頭に、「イラク侵略を今すぐやめろ」とうったえて約１０万人がホワイトハウスから国会議事堂までをデモ行進した。
デモは、国会議事堂を包囲する５０００人の感動的な「ダイ・イン」で締めくくられた。
反戦メッセージを国会の議場内に届けようとする人々を警察が妨げにはいり、約２００人が逮捕された。

民衆は、肩を合わせて８車線のペンシルバニア通りを行進し、ひしめきあいながらデモ隊は１０ブロック（区画）以上にふくらんだ。

この行動は反戦運動の歴史的な前進となった。



抗議者は国会議事堂の南側階段に押し寄せ、警察の規制線と対峙した。

そこで、イラク退役軍人の主催でイラク戦争でなくなった米兵とイラク民衆を悼んで厳かに儀式が執り行われた。
その場で行った５０００人を越える民衆の「ダイ・イン」は、この数年で最大の市民不服従の行動となった。

退役軍人や反戦活動家をはじめとする１９７名が、反戦メッセージを国会に届けようとして警察に阻まれ逮捕された。
逮捕者にはAdam Kokesh（訳者註：戦争に反対するイラク退役軍人会の代表的存在）、
Liam Madden, Jeff Millard, and Garrett Reppenhagen（左３名とも同会会員）、Brian Becker（アンサー連合の全国責任者）、（以下訳省略）Ann Wright, former U.S. Army Colonel; Michael Prysner, Iraq war veteran and ANSWER activist in Florida; union president Gloria La Riva; and Eugene Puryear, Howard University student and National Coordinator of Youth & Student ANSWER.

警察は警告もなく、化学スプレーをデモ参加者に散布した。

この大規模反戦行動は、イラク戦争継続・増派をとなえるペトラウス報告（※）が議会に提出される日にあわせて開始された。

（※）訳者注：ブッシュ大統領は、ペトラウス陸軍大将が「イラクの武装勢力がベトナム戦争のテト攻勢のような攻撃を行う可能性がある」としたレポートを9月15日の議会報告にて行うことを公約していた。「テト攻勢」とは、1968年に北ベトナム軍がおこなった一斉攻撃のこと。

この間、戦争は激化し、イラクは破壊されている。
２００３年３月のイラク侵攻から、約４０００人の米軍兵士と最大１００万人といわれるイラク
民衆が亡くなった。

この行動の主な主催団体と個人は次のとおり。（訳省略）
the ANSWER Coalition; Ramsey Clark; Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation; Mounzer Sleiman, Vice Chair, National Council of Arab Americans; Cindy Sheehan; Camp Casey Peace Institute; Cynthia McKinney; Veterans for Peace (National); Garett Reppenhagen, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Chair of Board of Directors; Tina Richards, CEO of Grassroots America; Rev. Lenox Yearwood, CEO of Hip Hop Caucus; Code Pink; Father Roy Bourgeois and Eric LeCompte, School of Americas Watch; Al-Awda, The Palestine Right of Return Coalition; Kevin Zeese, Democracy Rising; Navy Petty Officer Jonathan Hutto, co-founder Appeal for Redress; Liam Madden, Pres., Boston Chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War and co-founder of Appeal for Redress; Malik Rahim, founder of Common Ground Collective, New Orleans; Howard Zinn, Author and Historian; Carlos & Melida Arredondo, Gold Star Families for Peace and hundreds of other organizations and individuals.

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↑訳文はここまで↑

Original english text is below.
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C-SPAN to broadcast ANSWER rally at 10:30 AM, EST
100,000 March Against Iraq War in Washington
200 Arrested in Dramatic Mass Die-In

Yesterday, nearly 100,000 people -- led by anti-war Iraq veterans, military families and others -- marched from the White House to the Capitol in Washington, D.C. to demand an immediate end to the occupation of Iraq. The march concluded with a dramatic "die-in" of 5,000 people surrounding the Capitol. Almost 200 people were arrested when police prevented them taking an anti-war message to Congress.

People marched shoulder-to-shoulder on eight-lane-wide Pennsylvania Avenue, with the densely packed march stretching more than 10 blocks. It was a historic action and a step forward for the anti-war movement.

Protesters surged onto the Capitol's south lawn and up the steps where they were met by a police line. There, Iraq veterans conducted a solemn ceremony to memorialize the U.S. soldiers and Iraqis killed in the war. Over 5,000 people then laid down in a symbolic "die-in" -- one of the largest acts of civil disobedience in recent years.

One hundred ninety-seven people, including dozens of veterans and activists, were arrested when they tried to deliver their anti-war message to Congress and were stopped by the police. Among the arrested were Adam Kokesh, Liam Madden, Jeff Millard, and Garrett Reppenhagen of Iraq Veterans Against the War; Brian Becker, National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism); Ann Wright, former U.S. Army Colonel; Michael Prysner, Iraq war veteran and ANSWER activist in Florida; union president Gloria La Riva; and Eugene Puryear, Howard University student and National Coordinator of Youth & Student ANSWER. Police pepper-sprayed demonstrators without provocation.

This mass action came on the heels of the pro-war Petraeus report to Congress and Bush's wholehearted endorsement of the report. Meanwhile, the war rages on, destroying Iraqi society. Nearly 4,000 U.S. solidiers and up to 1 million Iraqis have died since the U.S. invasion in March 2003.

Many organizations and individuals joined together to sponsor the protest in Washington, D.C. timed to coincide with the Petraeus report on the "surge" in Iraq, including the ANSWER Coalition; Ramsey Clark; Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation; Mounzer Sleiman, Vice Chair, National Council of Arab Americans; Cindy Sheehan; Camp Casey Peace Institute; Cynthia McKinney; Veterans for Peace (National); Garett Reppenhagen, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Chair of Board of Directors; Tina Richards, CEO of Grassroots America; Rev. Lenox Yearwood, CEO of Hip Hop Caucus; Code Pink; Father Roy Bourgeois and Eric LeCompte, School of Americas Watch; Al-Awda, The Palestine Right of Return Coalition; Kevin Zeese, Democracy Rising; Navy Petty Officer Jonathan Hutto, co-founder Appeal for Redress; Liam Madden, Pres., Boston Chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War and co-founder of Appeal for Redress; Malik Rahim, founder of Common Ground Collective, New Orleans; Howard Zinn, Author and Historian; Carlos & Melida Arredondo, Gold Star Families for Peace and hundreds of other organizations and individuals.

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