Anti-war activists continued their protest against U.S. invasion of Iraq for the second day Sunday in New York as several hundred demonstrators took to the street and rallied at Times Square to ask for a stop of the Iraq war.

Carrying posters with pictures of crying Iraqi women and children and slogans such as "Let Iraq live," "No more war," "U.S. out of Iraq now," protestors marched along the Fifth Avenue in Manhattan to a military recruiting station at Times Square.

In a written statement, the War Resistance League, organizer of Sunday's event, said that on the third anniversary of U.S. war on Iraq, the group walk to challenge Americans to see the faces of the victims, and see through the lie that they are America's enemy.

By staging protest near the military recruiting station at Times Square, where young Americans are lured into a grim career of killing, "We will try to quiet the bustle, traffic and commerce of New York City so that the names of some of those Iraqis killed by U.S. bombs and bullets can be heard and honored," the statement said.

Holding a poster that read "No more blood for oil," a Vietnam veteran told reporter that all wars are criminal, and he would not allow the tragedy of Vietnam to go on in Iraq for ever.

Another protester said three years after U.S. invaded Iraq, the world has become an even less safe place, with military and civilian deaths mounting each day on both sides.

"We must end this war of evil," said still another.

Protestors clashed with police when the procession reached Times Square and a dozen of protestors were arrested. When police put plastic handcuffs on the detainees and pushed them into a waiting police van, protestors shouted "Shame! Stop the war! Stop the killing!"

Some anti-war groups in the city are also planning other activities over the weekend and into the next week to mark the third anniversary of the Iraq war to enhance people's awareness and urge the government and congress to end the war.

Source: Xinhua