ENGLAND: MOSLEMS IN LONDON DEMONSTRATE OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY AGAINST AIR STRIKES TARGETING SUDAN AND AFGNANISTAN

Record ID: 337709

  • Title: ENGLAND: MOSLEMS IN LONDON DEMONSTRATE OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY AGAINST AIR STRIKES TARGETING SUDAN AND AFGNANISTAN
  • Date: 21st August 1998
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (AUGUST 21, 1998)(RTV-ACCESS ALL) 1. SV FLAG ON UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN LONDON 0.04 2. SV PLACARD AND MOSLEM PROTESTERS 0.09 3. SV DEMONSTRATORS CHANTING 0.13 4. SV WOMEN CHANTING 0.18 5. SV/SLV DEMONSTRATORS WITH PLACKARDS CHANTING (3 SHOTS) 0.40 6. CU MAN CHANTING 0.47 7. LV DEMONSTRATION 0.50 8. MCU MAN SAYING "WE ARE HERE TODAY TO DEMONSTRATE AGAINST OPPRESSION, TYRANNY AND BARBARISM OF THE UNITED STATES - WE ARE HERE TODAY TO SHOW THE MOSLEMS IN SUDAN AND AFGHANISTAN THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO REMAIN SILENT WHEN THEY ARE BOMBED WHEN INNOCENT WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE BOMBED OVER THERE WE WILL HIGHLIGHT THE ISSUE AND WE WILL SUPPORT THEM. OUR ENEMY IS ONE, OUR LAND IS ONE, AND WE WANT TO PASS THAT MESSAGE TO AMERICANS AND MOSLEMS AROUND THE WORLD." (ENGLISH) 1.14 9. SV/CU AMERICAN FLAG BEING BURNT BY CROWD (2 SHOTS) 1.22 10. SV CROWD STAMPING ON FLAG 1.28 11. MCU "ABDULLAH" THE MOSLEM UMMAA IS WAKING UP THE MOSLEM 'UMMAA'(MOSLEM POPULATION/GROUPING) IS NOT GOING TO SLEEP, WE ARE GOING TO WAKE UP AND THE MORE ATTACKS AMERICA DOES AGAINST MOSLEMS THE MORE ATTACKS WILL BE DONE AGAINST AMERICA, THE MORE MOSLEMS WILL WAKE UP AND AMERICA WILL NOT GAIN ANYTHING FROM THIS. BY THIS THEY ARE GAINING MORE ENEMIES AND IT HAS GAINED MORE HATRED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD." (ENGLISH) 1.45 12. SLV DEMONSTRATORS 1.49 13. MCU SUDANESE DEMONSTRATOR CHANTING "BILL CLINTON TERRORIST" 1.53 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVAEGRPGFZ6DN8V81ONZ0HOS4B25
  • Story Text: As anger reverberated around the Moslem world at the retaliatory U.S.air strikes against Sudanese and Afghan targets, Moslems in London demonstrated outside the United States embassy.

    Over a hundred demonstrators burned an American flag in London on Friday (August 21) to protest against a U.S.

    missile attack that destroyed a pharmaceutical plant.

    "Down, down USA, Bill Clinton is a terrorist", shouted some of the protesters in the heart of the English capital.

    U.S President Bill Clinton ordered cruise missile strikes on "terrorist" bases in Afghanistan and Sudan on Thursday (August 20) in retribution for bombings at U.S.embassies in Africa and to thwart plans for new attacks.

    Clinton said the military action was aimed at dissident Saudi millionaire Osama Bin Laden and his followers, whom he said were behind the attacks on U.S.embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.He blamed them for carrying out other attacks and planning more around the world.Thursday night's raid on the outskirts of Khartoum sparked a mob attack on the temporarily closed U.S.embassy.

    However, one man in the crowd, wishing only to be known as 'Abudullah' predicted a backlash and further violence in what is know and escalating series of disasters.


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