The rain and cold weather didn’t stop more than 200 protesters from marching to St. John Arena to protest a possible U.S. attack on Iraq.Groups from around the country joined forces with members of Ohio State’s Muslim Students’ Association and began the protest at the entrance to campus on 15th Avenue and High Street.Protesters led the march by holding banners that read “Don’t Bomb Iraq” and “Middle East Peace.” Marchers chanting “Bombing will not settle the score. Bombing is an act of war,” caught the stares of passing students. Protesters wearing camouflage, face makeup, bandanas chanted “One, two, three, four, we don’t want your racist war. Five, six, seven, eight, we will not participate.””I would like to let the world see that Columbus does not support this war,” said Evan Pickford, a junior majoring in environmental engineering.The majority of people are opposed to an attack on Iraq, but the people who would be allowed to speak at the meeting would be the proponents of the war, Pickford said.Once the protesters arrived at St. John, speeches were given by Gordon Clark, the executive director of the National Peace Action, and Erik Gustafson, a Gulf War veteran. Any others who wanted to speak were also given the chance. “We’re not here to support Saddam. But we are here to say that there is another way,” Clark said, “We will not be silent.”Doug Zimmerman said the town hall meeting is “not a free exchange of ideas and thoughts.”Zimmerman, a senior majoring in food science held a sign that read: “A selected audience, screened questions, why not call it a town hall theatrical.”Jaime Radich, a protester who passed out fliers with pictures of sick children from Iraq said children need to be put first.”We’re so concerned with justice, democracy and freedom and we forget that humanity is what we need to be concerned about,” said Radich, a sophomore majoring in journalism and political science.One unidentified student who was waiting in line for the town meeting said she didn’t agree with the protesters.”We need to support what Albright and Clinton are doing,” she said.Once the town hall meeting began, some of the protesters who did not have tickets went to the Ohio Union Conference Theater to watch the meeting.Shadi Anabtawy, the event coordinator for the Muslim Students’ Association, said it appeared to him from watching on television that many, and perhaps most, of the students don’t support the proposal to attack Iraq.”The whole thing was shifted,” Anabtawy said after the town hall meeting.The purpose of the meeting was to talk about the procedure and why they may attack, said Anabtawy, a sophomore majoring in industrial engineering. The people there shifted the whole thing to the position of bombing Iraq, he said.Ibrahim Abdellah, a member of the Muslim Students’ Association, said Albright knew there were questions they didn’t want to answer.”I didn’t think it was too fair,” said Abdellah, a sophomore majoring in business management. Many people didn’t get the chance to ask questions.Jad Humeidan, the president of the Arabic Student Association, said they are worried about the children in Iraq.”No one is guaranteeing that innocent people aren’t going to get killed,” Humeidan said. A press conference was also held as a response to the meeting at the Ohio Union. The conference was held by the protesting organizations from OSU and other local and national groups.