Protesters rally against Iraq war, occupation
Worldwide demonstrations mark year of conflict
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Antiwar rallies were being held around the world Saturday, the day after protests in Baghdad marked the anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
In the United States, rallies were held in Los Angeles, California; Fayetteville, North Carolina; and Crawford, Texas, where President Bush has a ranch.
Demonstrators against the Iraq war gathered in England, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and Australia.(Full story)
In Cairo, Egypt, protesters burned a U.S. flag and called Bush a liar, though riot police far outnumbered the protesters.
Thousands of demonstrators braved a downpour in Tokyo, Japan, to express their displeasure with the U.S.-led effort. Some carried signs depicting the Statue of Liberty about to launch a missile.
In Bangkok, Thailand, a man in a mask depicting Bush carried an oil can and led another man -- wearing a mask of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra -- by a leash.
Protesters carried signs in London, England, calling Bush the "world's worst terrorist" and labeling Prime Minister Tony Blair a "Bliar."
Two protesters scaled Big Ben, then stood for hours just beneath the face of the clock tower with a sign reading "Time for Truth."
In Rome, Italy, demonstrators set off colorful smoke flares at the residence of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
In the United States, rallies were also scheduled Saturday for Los Angeles, California; Fayetteville, North Carolina; and Crawford, Texas, where Bush has a ranch.
Thousands of Sunni and Shiite Muslims had come together to rally in Baghdad on Friday, one year after the beginning of the war.
President Bush defended the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq.
Bush's remarks, delivered Saturday during his weekly radio address, echoed a longer speech he gave Friday.
"The liberation of Iraq was good for the Iraqi people, good for America and good for the world," the president said Saturday.
Bush said "violent thugs and murderers" were at work in Iraq, but said the war's result was that "the worst regime in the region was given way to what will soon be among the best."
Bloody week
Car bombs in Baghdad and Basra this week killed at least 10 Iraqis.
And a 1st Infantry Division soldier died Friday from injuries suffered in a Bradley fighting vehicle accident Wednesday, the Coalition Press Information Center said Friday.
The soldier was one of two injured in an accident that killed another soldier. The Bradley overturned near Baji.
Two U.S. Marines from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force were killed Wednesday in Iraq's al Anbar province, the Coalition Press Information Center said Friday.
The two deaths bring to 572 the number of U.S. troops killed in the war's first year, 389 of them from hostile fire.
Since Bush declared the end of major combat operations May 1, 433 troops have been killed, 274 from hostile fire.
CNN's Sally Holland, Jane Arraf, Walter Rodgers and Kianne Sadeq contributed to this report.
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Associated Press contributed to this report.
