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Leftists Supporting the Troops

Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 5:26:23 pm

Discovered by a reader at Indymedia, this was the scene yesterday in Portland, Oregon, as “anti-war” demonstrators burned not only a US flag, but a US soldier in effigy.

The anti-war activist who took these photos demanded that I remove them for copyright reasons, so I have. You can still see them here, where Rachael Palinkas apparently licensed them: Burning a soldier in effigy.

UPDATE at 3/19/07 6:42:26 pm:

Another one from Portland:

UPDATE at 10/15/11 6:23:01 pm

Almost five years later, an update: Wingnuts Circulate 2007 Anti-War Photo to Smear Occupy Wall Street.