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One Year Marked Off - War In Iraq Continues 20.03.04 (BBCNews24) close X Demo to mark Iraq war anniversary Thousands of anti-war protesters have taken to the streets of London to mark the anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq. Two protesters breached security at the Houses of Parliament and scaled Big Ben sparking concerns about policing around the government. Madrid and New York are among cities around the world where demonstrations are also being held against the war. Police said some 25,000 people joined London's march to Trafalgar Square. However, organisers estimated three times that amount of protesters were involved. The event has been backed by the Stop the War Coalition, CND and Muslim Association of Britain. An anti-war protest that saw two Greenpeace members scale Big Ben was a huge breach of security, a defence analyst has said. Greenpeace said its members scaled two security fences around the Houses of Parliament in order to climb Big Ben at 0615 GMT on Saturday. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said officers reacted immediately after an alarm went off when the pair climbed the fence next to the tower. "We are confident that at no stage were the protesters in a position that they could have gained access to the inside of any building within the Palace of Westminster," he said. But Humphrey Cram Ewing, a defence and security analyst who regularly attends the Palace of Westminster, told BBC News Online: "Big Ben is a high profile target which you would expect terrorists to go for. "It really means security is not good enough - even with considerable barriers, controls and police patrols. "If two seemingly innocent people can get up there to hang a banner, then terrorists could plant a mobile phone and set this to blow up Big Ben."

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