PAKISTAN: People protest at what they believe is a U.S. conspiracy against Moslems

Record ID: 214802

  • Title: PAKISTAN: People protest at what they believe is a U.S. conspiracy against Moslems
  • Date: 15th March 1991
  • Summary: KARACHI, PAKISTAN (MARCH 15, 1991)(VISNEWS) RALLY IN PROGRESS, PEOPLE WITH FLAGS AND BANNERS, SHOUTING SLOGANS AGAINST USA, LEADERS ADDRESSING CROWD
  • Embargoed: 30th March 1991 12:00
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  • Location: KARACHI, PAKISTAN
  • Country: Oman
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA748ZVXJAF9X8L0ZM19JBES9T6
  • Story Text: At least 2,000 people rallied in Pakistan's business capital, Karachi, on Friday (March 15), protesting at what they believed was a United States (US) conspiracy against Moslems.

    Organised by the right-wing, Jamat-i-Islami party, the demonstration marked what was called American Condemnation Day.

    Protestors denounced friends of the United States as traitors.

    The Secretary-General of the Islamic Democratic Alliance and deputy leader of Jamat-i-Islami, Professor Ghaffor, told the demonstrators that US military might was the biggest danger to humanity today. He said the Gulf war, with thousands of innocent citizens killed, had proved that.
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