PAKISTAN: PROTESTS CONTINUE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AGAINST U.S.-LED ATTACKS ON AFGHANISTAN

Record ID: 322962

  • Title: PAKISTAN: PROTESTS CONTINUE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AGAINST U.S.-LED ATTACKS ON AFGHANISTAN
  • Date: 15th October 2001
  • Summary: (U5)QUETTA, PAKISTAN (OCTOBER 15, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. LV: HUGE CROWDS OF ANTI-U.S., PRO-TALIBAN DEMONSTRATORS WITH FLAGS AND BANNERS ENTERING AYUB STADIUM FOR JAMIAT ULMA ISLAAMI (JUI) RALLY 0.07 2. SCU: JUI SUPPORTER MASKED WITH PALESTINIAN SCARF AND WAVING A STICK WITH JUI BLACK AND WHITE COLOURS AND HOLDING POSTER OF OSAMA BIN LADEN
  • Embargoed: 30th October 2001 12:00
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  • Location: PESHAWAR, QUETTA AND KARACHI, PAKISTAN
  • Country: Pakistan
  • Reuters ID: LVACXO60C2TMM5XDOOW6474VB6A4
  • Story Text: Protests have continued across Pakistan against
    U.S.-led strikes on Afghanistan.

    The violence broke out amid continuing opposition to
    U.S.-led strikes on Afghanistan in retaliation for the ruling
    Taliban's refusal to hand over Osama bin Laden, the prime
    suspect behind the September 11 attacks.

    In Quetta, more than 3,000 anti-US protesters rallied
    noisily. Protesters marched through the streets of Peshawar,
    and in Karachi protesters set fire to a railway station and
    other buildings.



    Most shops in Quetta, in Pakistan's Baluchistan region
    which borders Afghanistan, were closed on Monday (October 15),
    following a strike call by the country's biggest Islamist
    party the Jamiat ulma Islaami Party (JIU) in a show of protest
    against U.S. attacks on Afghanistan.

    JUI supporters chanted anti-U.S., pro-Taliban slogans and
    held up colourful anti-U.S., pro-Taliban posters as they
    marched to the Ayub cricket stadium where they listened to an
    address by JUI General Secretary Maulana Ghafoor Haidri.

    Several U.S. and British flags were set alight and
    effigies of U.S. President George Bush burned.

    Several hundred protesters gathered in Peshawar to chant
    slogans in support of Osama bin Laden, the prime suspect in
    the September 11 attacks on the United States. They demanded
    an end to the subsequent U.S. attacks on Afghanistan, where
    the ruling Taliban have been sheltering bin Laden.

    In Karachi, police fired teargas to disperse
    stone-throwing demonstrators.

    "Down with America, down with Bush," the protesters
    chanted. "America is the enemy of Islam, Bush is a master
    terrorist."
    Later anti-U.S. protesters in Karachi set fire to a
    number of buildings, including a railway station near the port
    area. Police arrested several demonstrators.



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