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The Anti-Iraq War Protests began in 2002 against the [invasion of
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Iraq](Iraq_War_\(2003\) "wikilink"), held in 3,000 cities and towns the
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protests
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## Beginning in 2002, and continuing after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, large-scale **protests against the Iraq War** were held in many cities worldwide, often coordinated to occur simultaneously around the world.
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In the harsh words of [Peter Gelderloos](Peter_Gelderloos "wikilink"):
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"The movement accomplished nothing. It did not stop or limit the war, it
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didlts not end the occupation, and if it made any real difference in its
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participants' lives, it did so without a trace, since they so promptly
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abandoned it."\[1\]
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1. [Peter Gelderloos](Peter_Gelderloos "wikilink") (2015) - [The
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Failure of Nonviolence](The_Failure_of_Nonviolence "wikilink") |