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Stolen from an Yet Another SFGate article detailing the anti-war protests on April 3rd, 2003:

San Francisco police said a couple dozen protesters showed up in the city's shopping district this morning to fulfill -- symbolically -- a promise to break windows to dramatize their opposition to the Iraq war.

A police spokesman said the demonstrators apparently brought computer discs with them, along with photos of Iraqi children, to the to deliver their message. The 10 a.m. protest took place at the intersection of Powell and Market streets, and there were no arrests.

"We smashed Microsoft Windows discs,'' explained Jeff Grubler of a small anti-war group calling itself "Think Different Anti-Censorship Collective.'' He said the affinity group, which is linked to a much larger network called Direct Action to Stop the War, has been working for years to bring greater public awareness to the suffering of Iraqis due to the Persian Gulf War and subsequent international sanctions.