Students burn fake draft cards to protest war
Published: Thu, Feb. 21, 2008 01:28PM
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closeCHAPEL HILL -- UNC-Chapel Hill students burned fake draft cards symbolizing their opposition to the war in Iraq during an anti-war rally today in the Pit on campus.
Students participating in the rally, sponsored by the UNC Chapter of Students for a Democratic Society, called for an immediate, unconditional withdrawal of U.S. troops in Iraq.
Jason Hurd, president of the Asheville chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War, and Dahlia Wasfi, an Iraqi-American who opposes the war, spoke to a crowd of about 30 students and spectators about their experiences in Iraq and the need for an immediate withdrawal of American troops.
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Hurd and Wasfi will also speak tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Dey Hall.
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