Updated: 07:05 AM EST
Islamic Groups Decry U.S. After Airstrike in Pakistan
By RIAZ KHAN, AP
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Jan. 16) - Islamic groups vowed Monday to keep up their anti-American protests over a purported CIA airstrike that Pakistan says killed innocent civilians instead of the apparent target -- al-Qaida's No. 2 leader.
For the second straight day, thousands of Pakistanis poured into streets in cities across the country on Sunday chanting "Death to America" and demanding U.S. troops leave Afghanistan.
Protesters believe Friday's attack -- in which missiles struck a Pakistani village near the Afghan border -- was the work of U.S. forces in the neighboring country. The United States has 20,000 troops in Afghanistan searching for Taliban and al-Qaida, and Pakistan says it has not given the Americans permission to pursue their enemies across the border.
"There will be more ... bigger protests," said Shahid Shamsi, spokesman for an alliance of Islamic groups.
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