Australians
Strip to Protest Iraq War
BYRON BAY,
Australia (AP) -- About 750 women took off their clothes and formed a
heart shape around the words "No War" on an Australian hillside
Saturday, in an attempt to send an anti-war message to the Australian
government, police said.
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The nude women held their pose for an aerial photo shoot in northern New
South Wales state, said a local police spokesman on condition of
anonymity.
He said the women, along with several children, staged the protest on
private property in the hills behind Byron Bay, 435 miles north of Sydney.
They wanted to send Prime Minister John Howard a message to recall
Australian troops from the Middle East, he said.
Australia has joined the United States and Britain as the only countries
to send military personnel to the Persian Gulf ahead of a possible war
with Iraq.
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