Nude women protest against war in Iraq

London - Around 750 women have taken off their clothes and formed a heart shape around the words "No War" on an Australian hillside.

The nude women held their pose for an aerial photo shoot in northern New South Wales state, says a local police spokesman.

It was an attempt to send an anti-war message to the Australian government, police add.

The spokesman says the women, along with several children, staged the protest on private property in the hills behind Byron Bay, 435 miles north of Sydney.

They wanted to send Prime Minister John Howard a message to recall Australian troops from the Middle East, he says.

Australia has joined the US and Britain as the only countries to send military personnel to the Gulf in advance of a possible war with Iraq. -- Annanova News

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