Michael Netzer Online

WASHINGTON — They started turning out before daybreak in the bitter cold. The antiwar demonstrators amassed on the north side of the Lincoln Memorial chanting demands for peace now. The counterprotesters, fewer in number but no less vocal, gathered on the east side of the Vietnam Wall and shouted political taunts — many laced with obscenities.

On the fourth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, as many as 20,000 people spilled into the heart of the nation's capital in a sometimes tense demonstration.

This one was notable for its angrier tone as protesters and counterprotesters faced off around noon amid an odd mix of chants for peace and shouts of profanity. One man held a sign that read: "Peace Sucks."

The antiwar demonstrators started across the landmark Memorial Bridge toward Arlington National Cemetery and the Pentagon. They were greeted at the far end with a homemade banner that said: "Go to hell traitors."

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