Anti-Bush protests in Rome
罗马发生抗议布什的示威活动

☆ protest 反对，抗议

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Wednesday, June 2, 2004 Posted: 1341 GMT (2141 HKT)

ROME, Italy (Reuters) -- Opponents of the war in Iraq unfurled peace flags from Rome's bridges, put hoods on statues and chanted "Bush Go Home" two days before the president makes a controversial visit to Italy.
意大利，罗马----在距布什总统访问意大利2天前，反对伊拉克战争的示威者在罗马大桥上挂上和平旗帜，给雕像戴头罩，并高呼“布什，滚回美国去。”

☆ opponent 反对者

The demonstrations took place in various parts of the Italian capital Wednesday as political leaders attended the annual Republic Day military parade under tight security.
周三，意大利首都多个地方发生了示威活动。当时，多名政治首脑正在严格的安全保护下，参加共和国日的军事阅兵。

☆ parade  阅兵

The demonstrators, who have dubbed themselves "The Disobedient," held their own march nearby but police in riot gear were on hand to keep them away from the parade route.
声称反对派的示威者在附近进行了游行活动，但是，在场的防暴警察从阅兵线路驱散。

Protesters, including some leftist parliamentarians, chanted "Peace Now!," "Troops Out of Iraq!" and "Italy hates war."
包括一些左翼国会议员的反对者高呼，“我们现在要和平!”“从伊拉克撤军!”“意大利讨厌战争。”

☆ parliamentarian 国会议员

Bush told Italian state television he valued freedom of speech and was not afraid of protests during his Rome visit.
布什对意大利国家电视台称，他尊重言论自由，也不怕在访问期间遇到反对示威。

"I have no problem with people who say they don't agree. I think it (demonstrating) is a healthy thing," he said.
他说：“我一向能够正视反对者，我认为示威是件很正常的事。”

Some 25 people were detained in Rome after minor scuffles with military police.

☆ detain 拘留

Further north in Bologna, violence escalated as police wielding batons beat back protesters who broke through barricades at an anti-war demonstration.

This year's Rome parade, in which military, police and volunteer units marched as planes flew overhead, has taken on added controversy because of the war in Iraq.

Italy is braced for violence over Bush's visit and Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu has said he was "concerned but not frightened" by what he called serious threats during the 36-hour visit that starts Thursday night.

Most Italians opposed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq last year and there have been many calls for Rome to withdraw its some 2,700 troops, the third-biggest contingent to U.S.-led occupation forces in Iraq after the United States and Britain.

"It is shameful, a provocation, for Bush to come here. Italy does not want him, he is a friend of the Italian government, not the Italian people," said Margarita Gaetani, a 57-year-old architect who wrapped herself in a rainbow peace flag.

She pledged to return Friday to protest against Bush.

Plumed soldiers marched on Via dei Fori Imperiali (Way of the Imperial Forums), the broad boulevard that wartime dictator Benito Mussolini built over ancient ruins to review troops.