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(KHNL) Anti-war protestors are demonstrating outside the Blaisdell Center. There is a health and fitness exposition inside that coincides with the Great Aloha Run.
The protestors are upset the Army has one of its new Stryker assault vehicles on display.
Demonstrators with the organization, "Not In Our Name" are picketing the Army's assualt vehicle saying it is a weapon designed to quell urban unrest.
The Army says the Stryker can be used to rush medical supplies into an area in the event of an emergency.
In a wrtitten press release, Protestors say, "The military is using the Health and Fitness Expo as a display case for the Stryker in an outrageous attempt to manipulate public opinion."
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