Anti-war protesters blockade New York Stock Exchange

(19 Mar 2007) SHOTLIST 1. Various of security in the streets in front of the New York Stock Exchange building 2. Protesters arriving 3. Mid of protesters carrying banners and signs bearing the names of companies including Halliburton and Boeing 4. Protesters confronting police officers 5. Pan from photographers to wide of demonstration 6. Various of demonstrators being arrested and put inside police van 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) James Klicker, protester: "We're protesting the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and this is the fourth anniversary of the invasion. And this year we're trying to highlight the role of the military contractors in the drive to war in this country as well as the dependence of this economy on military expenditures to remain stable and grow." 8. Various of demonstrators holding posters 9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Marigo Farr, protestor: "There's a lot of companies who are making money. It's like the military-industrial complex. Oil companies are making money, companies that produce weaponry and arms. All sorts of them are profiting, and there are so many connections between people and government and those corporations, so, in turn government officials make money, and there's just a lot of corruption in that area." 10. Close-up of photo of dead person on protest poster 11. Protesters holding the poster which reads: "Dividends of War," zoom in to poster 12. Pan from wide of road to security at the scene STORYLINE: A number of anti-war protesters were arrested in front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City on Monday morning after they tried to block the entrance to the historic bourse. Carrying signs that denounced Halliburton, Boeing, Chevron and other companies, a small number of protesters - 50 to 100 according to eyewitnesses - marched to a barricade manned by over 100 police officers near the entrance to the Stock Exchange building. About a dozen sat or lay down on the street at the corner of Broad and Wall streets in New York's financial district. Police, who far outnumbered the protesters, arrested about a dozen after they refused to move. Protesters said 39 people were arrested. A police spokesman could not provide an exact number. The protest was part of scores of anti-war marches and demonstrations held across the country over the weekend and on Monday to mark the fourth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. James Klicker, who has protested against the US war in Iraq regularly for years, said this year's protest especially targeted the companies profiting from war. That was why they were attempting the block the New York Stock Exchange, he said. "This year we're trying to highlight the role of the military contractors in the drive to war in this country as well as the dependence of this economy on military expenditures to remain stable and grow,"said Klicker. Student Marigo Farr said she was there to support the demonstration against the companies that profited from the war, calling the situation a "military-industrial complex". "Oil companies are making money, companies that produce weaponry and arms. All sorts of them are profiting, and there are so many connections between people and government and those corporations, so, in turn government officials make money, and there's just a lot of corruption in that area," said Farr. The protest did not affect Monday's trading on the Stock Exchange floor. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...