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Kevin | 05.04.2003 22:39
They chanted "Bush is a dog" and "Blair is a dog"
On Sunday, an MMA-sponsored rally in the north western city of Peshawar drew up to 100,000 people, the biggest protest so far in Pakistan since the war started two weeks ago.
Pakistanis protest, call for holy war over Iraq
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By Mian Khursheed
QUETTA, Pakistan, April 2 (Reuters) - About 25,000 Pakistani Muslims called on Wednesday for a holy war against Washington and its allies as they protested against the U.S.-led military action on Iraq.
The turnout in the rally in the southwestern city of Quetta was lower than in some other recent protests in predominately Muslim Pakistan, even though the right wing religious parties that called it are in the regional government.
The protesters gathered in response to calls from the Islamic Muttahida Majles-e-Amal (MMA) alliance and directed their anger against U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
They chanted "Bush is a dog" and "Blair is a dog" and "Long live Osama (bin Laden)" and "Long live Saddam (Hussein)", referring to leaders of the Al Qaeda network and Iraq.
Participants called for jihad, or holy war, against the United States and its allies and ripped up effigies of Bush and Blair.
Qazi Hussain Ahmed, leader of the right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami party, Pakistan's largest Islamic group, urged people to be ready for a holy war and to become human shields in Iraq.
"Are you ready to be become fidayeen (suicide attackers)?" Ahmed asked the crowd, and many hands were raised enthusiastically. "Are you ready to become human shields in Iraq?" Ahmed asked to the same response.
Earlier, in Pakistan's first parliamentary reaction to the Iraq war, the Senate, or upper house, passed a unanimous resolution deploring the war and calling for its immediate end.
"This Senate expresses its shock and dismay over the attack by the U.S., British and allied forces on Iraq...in clear violation of U.N. Charter," said the resolution approved by both government and opposition representatives.
On Sunday, an MMA-sponsored rally in the north western city of Peshawar drew up to 100,000 people, the biggest protest so far in Pakistan since the war started two weeks ago.
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has been a strong ally of the United States in its war against terror despite strong opposition from Islamic groups.
However, he has kept a distance on the Iraq war, with the government saying it deplores the use of military force there.
Small rallies against the war have been held daily throughout Pakistan. So far, all the protests have been peaceful.
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By Mian Khursheed
QUETTA, Pakistan, April 2 (Reuters) - About 25,000 Pakistani Muslims called on Wednesday for a holy war against Washington and its allies as they protested against the U.S.-led military action on Iraq.
The turnout in the rally in the southwestern city of Quetta was lower than in some other recent protests in predominately Muslim Pakistan, even though the right wing religious parties that called it are in the regional government.
The protesters gathered in response to calls from the Islamic Muttahida Majles-e-Amal (MMA) alliance and directed their anger against U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
They chanted "Bush is a dog" and "Blair is a dog" and "Long live Osama (bin Laden)" and "Long live Saddam (Hussein)", referring to leaders of the Al Qaeda network and Iraq.
Participants called for jihad, or holy war, against the United States and its allies and ripped up effigies of Bush and Blair.
Qazi Hussain Ahmed, leader of the right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami party, Pakistan's largest Islamic group, urged people to be ready for a holy war and to become human shields in Iraq.
"Are you ready to be become fidayeen (suicide attackers)?" Ahmed asked the crowd, and many hands were raised enthusiastically. "Are you ready to become human shields in Iraq?" Ahmed asked to the same response.
Earlier, in Pakistan's first parliamentary reaction to the Iraq war, the Senate, or upper house, passed a unanimous resolution deploring the war and calling for its immediate end.
"This Senate expresses its shock and dismay over the attack by the U.S., British and allied forces on Iraq...in clear violation of U.N. Charter," said the resolution approved by both government and opposition representatives.
On Sunday, an MMA-sponsored rally in the north western city of Peshawar drew up to 100,000 people, the biggest protest so far in Pakistan since the war started two weeks ago.
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has been a strong ally of the United States in its war against terror despite strong opposition from Islamic groups.
However, he has kept a distance on the Iraq war, with the government saying it deplores the use of military force there.
Small rallies against the war have been held daily throughout Pakistan. So far, all the protests have been peaceful.
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Kevin