Plenty to Be Angry About: Iraq War Protest on the Common

Judging by the looks of it, the Bush Administration wishes that the nation would just forget that American soldiers are fighting and dying in Iraq.

But they haven't forgotten in Boston. After several years of war, yesterday's protest on Boston Common drew what the Globe estimated to be several hundred people. The Globe also reported that the "turnout at today's event was better than expected."

The war has been hitting Massachusetts directly. Keith Callahan, a sergeant from Woburn just died in Iraq, and another sergeant from Boston, Gregroy Wright, was buried yesterday at Arlington National Cemetery.

According to the Herald, Wright was the 47th Massachusetts soldier to die in Iraq. Callahan makes 48. And let's not think of only ourselves here. Every day we're seeing headlines of mass murder in Iraq as bombs explode at markets. Yesterday's headline "Car Bombs Kill 15 in Baghdad Shopping Area" is only one version of the same story that shows no sign of ending.

As for other -ists, SFist covers the protest from every angle and even catches sight of local celebrity and man-about-town, Frank Chu.

Image of a young Jedi for peace - and many others who want peace - from Flickr user backseatpilot. You can see more images from the protest and great photos of other subjects at his photostream.