Gaza protests target US consulate in Pakistan
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A protest in the Belgian capital that drew 30,000 turned violent as well, with demonstrators overturning cars and smashing shop windows. And in Manila, Philippines, policemen used shields to disperse students protesting outside the U.S. Embassy.
Israel launched its campaign in Gaza on Dec. 27 to stop rocket fire from the militant Palestinian group Hamas. Gaza health officials say nearly 870 Palestinians have been killed, roughly half of them civilians. Thirteen Israelis have also died.
Some 2,000 protesters in the Pakistani port city of Karachi burned U.S. flags and chanted anti-Israel slogans, and several hundred of them marched on the U.S. Consulate, senior police official Ameer Sheikh said.
"They were in a mood to attack," Sheikh said. "They were carrying bricks, stones and clubs."
A U.S. Embassy spokesman in Islamabad, Lou Fintor, said the protesters did not get close to the consulate, which was closed Sunday.
Washington provides a large amount of foreign aid to Israel as well as military and weapons assistance. Israeli military action is often perceived in the Muslim world as being financed and supported by the U.S. While Pakistan's government is a U.S. ally, anti-American sentiment is pervasive in the Muslim majority country.
In Spain, as many as 100,000 attended rallies in Madrid and the southwestern city of Seville, urging Israel to "stop the massacre in Gaza" and calling for peace initiatives. Spain's Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos will tour the Middle East starting Monday to promote solutions to the conflict.
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gaiusfurius
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Their Chimps.
- 3 years ago
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gaiusfurius
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clownpuncher
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Now why would they want to go and do a thing like that?
- 3 years ago
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clownpuncher
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mqz4
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so lemme get this straight. pakistan is an ally of us, it gets aid from the US. it gets weapons from the US to counter terrorism but instead uses them against US. furthermore majority of the population harbor a strong anti US sentiment. if israel uses weapons to counter a terrorist group they have a problem and now they attack the consulate of an ally. coming from a nation with such credential does in fact make you wonder who's an ally!! i wouldn't be surprised if such attack become a common thing in pakistan.. oh wait they already are!!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/magazine/07pakistan-t.html?pagewanted=1&n=.../Reference/Times%20Topics/People/B/Bin%20Laden,%20Osama&_r=1
- 3 years ago
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mqz4
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hydrokat
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mqz4:
Oh Yeah! And They are the Good Guys..
- 3 years ago
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hydrokat
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gaiusfurius
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More likely dead protesters.
- 3 years ago
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gaiusfurius
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hydrokat
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Yeah...It won't be long before We got Marshall Law in the Streets because of all this.
- 3 years ago
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hydrokat
