Anti-war rallies across the US: "No war as part of Trump's re-election strategy"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Hwang Yoon-joo] As tensions between the US and Iran escalated to a critical point in the Middle East following the US elimination of a key Iranian military figure, protests against the war erupted across the United States.

US media reported that on January 3-4 (local time), protests criticizing the Trump administration's operation to eliminate the Iranian military leader and opposing war were held in over 70 locations nationwide, including Washington DC, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, Phoenix, and Los Angeles.

After Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was killed in a targeted US airstrike, the Trump administration decided to rapidly deploy 3,000 US troops to the Middle East, which sharply heightened public concern about the possibility of war, according to USA Today.

Walter Molleck, spokesperson for the anti-war coalition 'Act Now to Stop War and End Racism,' which led the protests, raised his voice demanding the withdrawal of US troops stationed in Iraq and an end to the 'war against Iran.'

About 200 protesters gathered in front of Trump Tower in Chicago held signs reading "Stop bombing Iraq," "Withdraw US troops from Iraq," and "War is not a re-election strategy," chanting slogans such as "Neither justice nor peace" and "America, get out of the Middle East."

Meanwhile, the US Congress submitted a resolution opposing war with Iran. The resolution reportedly includes provisions requiring any hostile actions against Iran to undergo a specific approval process by Congress for declarations of war or the use of military force.

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