(5 Jun 1999) English/Nat

About 3-thousand people gathered for an anti-NATO protest in Washington on Saturday.

The protesters marched from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to the Pentagon carrying signs branding President Clinton a war criminal.

Many marchers wore T-shirts or signs printed with a bulls-eye - the same symbol Serbs in Belgrade have sported in black humour during more than 10 weeks of NATO bombing.

Protesters said they felt bound to turn out for Saturday's march even though peace may be at hand.

The American role in the bombing is still wrong, no matter the war's outcome, several speakers said.

NATO forces are an "army of occupation," in Yugoslavia, said Sara Flounders, a coordinator of the event.

Groups including the International Action Center, a New York-based organization, and Peace Action, based in Washington, led the protest rally.

SOUNDBITE: (English)
"I was born In Kosovo. They killed my brother and my sister and my nephew. America takes, America does that about my family. I was born right there. And Kosovo will beat Serbia. Don't think about America. They are going to take Kosovo to give it to the terrorists."
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