Thousands rally against U.S. airstrike in 2nd week of Pakistan protests

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Attack by predator drone based in Afghanistan launched into Pakistan without permission.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

7:54 a.m. January 22, 2006

INAYAT QALA, Pakistan – Thousands of angry Pakistanis protested Sunday against a U.S. airstrike that killed civilians, chanting "Long live Osama bin Laden!" as anti-American rallies in the country entered their second week.


"America is the biggest terrorist in the world," said Maulana Mohammed Sadiq, a lawmaker in the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party that helped organize the protest. "America bombed innocent people inside their homes."


On Saturday, Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf told visiting U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns that the United States cannot repeat such attacks, a Foreign Ministry official said. Foreign Minister Khursheed Kasuri called the assault "counterproductive" given the "prevailing public sentiment."


They were Musharraf's first publicized comments on the attack, as the leader tried to soothe mounting disapproval of his backing of the U.S.-led war on terror.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20060122-0754-pakistan-al-qaidaattack.html


related:


Pakistan, world have no clue as to location of bin Laden, Zawahiri -- Aziz

WASHINGTON -- Pakistan's Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz disputed reports that Zawarhiri and other key Qaeda members were having a dinner meeting in Damadola, and said such reports were "bizarre. These people do not get together like that." However, if any Qaeda members were hit in the strike, Pakistan will find out and share this information with the world, he added.

Pakistan understands that it will work with the United States to fight terrorists, but such incidents as the strike in Damadola "should not recur," Aziz said. "There is no reason we should not communicate." Aziz dismissed "totally" reports that some elements of the Pakistani government and military support al Qaeda, saying that Pakistan has a very effective security and intelligence apparatus that delivers results through joint operations with U.S. forces.

"These people (al Qaeda) are no friends of anyone," he added.

article: http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=807358

[bpilgrim]

1. please post pics if you find them

tia :toast:

peace

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5. .

Pakistani religious students chant anti U.S. slogans during a protest to condemn the Jan. 13th U.S. airstrikes on the village of Damadola, near the border, which killed 13 civilians and possibly several top al-Qaida operatives, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2006. Thousands of angry Pakistanis protested chanting 'Long live Osama bin Laden!' as anti-American rallies in the country entered their second week. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
AP - Jan 22 7:24 AM




Activists of Pakistani hardline Islamic groups, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) chant anti-US slogans during a protest in Peshawar, 20 January. 18 civilians were killed in a US air strike, drawing large street demonstrations in Pakistan and an official protest from Islamabad but no apology from Washington(AFP/File/Tariq Mahmood)
AFP/File - Jan 22 7:05 AM

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8. another

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10. added to the gallery

thanks for sharing :toast:

peace

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2. Out of the thousands of protesters, how many today and not a

month ago, would consider doing whatever in order to achieve revenge/justice in his or her own eyes??? Dear Rummy.... are we creating terrorists faster than we are killing them?? He actually uttered this statement once, perhaps while under duress from realizing that the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray.....

Interpreting that slip further... in Rumsfeld's own words... OUR ACTIONS CREATE TERRORISTS... go figure.

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7. We may be witnessing yet another US host govt. forced out by Bush's war

and the overtaking of the region's political future by more anti-American factions there.

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3. Great President of my Parents' Country

Allows foreigners to bomb his country at will..

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4. they allow bush's toy to dictate their country.

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9. PM Aziz told CNN's Late Edition that "we have not found one body

Pakistan's Prime Minister Aziz told CNN's Late Edition that "we have not found one body or one shred of evidence that these people were there," referring to suspected terrorists.

Aziz also "totally" dismissed the notion that a secret U.S. attack was prompted by the view that some in the Pakistani military and intelligence community might sympathize with al-Qaeda.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-01-22-pakistan-aziz_x.htm

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6. Uh-oh. Looks like instead of "fighting" terrorists, we are creating them.

This 'war on terror' is so f*** up.

Thousands of angry Pakistanis protested Sunday against a U.S. airstrike that killed civilians, chanting "Long live Osama bin Laden!" as anti-American rallies in the country entered their second week.