-Caveat Lector- > Neo-Nazis protest U.S. aid to Israel > > By Denise Barnes and H.J. Brier > > > Some 300 members and sympathizers of a self-described neo-Nazi > organization waved swastika-adorned flags and loudly protested U.S. > support of Israel yesterday as about 1,000 police officers kept the > peace. > > The protesters from the National Alliance rallied for two hours > on > the Capitol grounds near the Reflecting Pool to complain about U.S. > aid > to Israel. They drew hundreds of counter-demonstrators and the > watchful > eyes of what U.S. Capitol Police Chief Terrance W. Gainer said was a > force of 1,000 police officers. > > Alliance members held signs that read "Nuke Israel" and "We > Don't > Care About Your Holohoax," and carried the image of founder William > Luther Pierce, who died last month. They also hoisted the red, black > and > white National Alliance flag. > > Alliance leaders urged the crowd not to taunt > counter-demonstrators, > who chanted, among other things, "Stand up and shout, kick the Nazis > out." > > Park Police charged one onlooker with disorderly conduct early > on > after he threw a large rock at a neo-Nazi, Lt. Tom Neider said. > > Counter-demonstrators also knocked down a barricade that police > put > up to control the crowd during the rally. > > Billy Roper, coordinator of a group called Taxpayers Against > Terrorism, addressed the protesters, most of whom appeared to be men > and > women in their 20s and early 30s. Mr. Roper, 30, wearing a dark suit > in > the sweltering heat, also moved through the crowd and talked with > reporters. > > "The U.S. government in our names gives $6 billion to Israel in > direct aid," Mr. Roper said. "It gives more aid to Israel than any > other > country in the world." > > Someone threw a cobblestone, taken from Columbus Circle, at a > Park > Police officer on a motorcycle. The officer was not struck, but his > motorcycle was damaged. > > "I think we were really lucky. We really missed the blow. I'm > feeling very fortunate," said one officer who helped provide > security. > "There were large groups of anarchists who left behind really huge > book > bags full of baseballs and rocks." > > "It went pretty smoothly," Lt. Neider agreed. > > D.C. police did not arrest anyone in connection with the rally, > spokesman Sgt. Joe Gentile said. > > The rally broke up at 12:15 p.m., when police escorted the > protestors toward Union Station. On the way, Capitol Police > confiscated a > homemade anarchist flag that was on a staff police said was too > large. > > > http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20020825-62912242.htm
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