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Thousands Protest Israel's incursion into Gaza
 Thousands of protesters in several Muslim countries took to the streets Friday in reponse to the Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip....Some 100 ...[wow a hundred!] ... Palestinians staged a sit-in outside the U.N. building in downtown Beirut Friday to protest the Israeli incursion into Gaza and demanded world action to protect the Palestinians. In Jordan, some 400 Palestinian worshippers ... [wow that's 500 total] ... marched in the streets of Baqaa refugee camp on the outskirts of Amman. In Syria, some 500 Palestinians marched ... [total now up to 1000 worldwide] ... the Yarmouk refugee camp after prayers in a Hamas-organized protest. "Resisting the Zionists is a national and religious duty," read one banner raised by the protesters as a Hamas member, speaking through a loudspeaker, called for more abductions of Israeli soldiers. Some 24 children clutching a 10-meter Palestinian flag headed the procession. [now 1024] "I'm here to protest the killing and destruction of the Palestinian people," said 32-year-old Maha Jamil. In Turkey, thousands of angry protesters ... [now 3024] ... burned Israeli flags and chanted pro-Hamas slogans. Hundreds of women, ... [now 3224] ... many wearing black chadors or Islamic-style head scarves, carried Palestinian flags and yelled, "Murderer Israel, get out of Palestine!" A man with a loud speaker warned Israel that it was turning Turkey's 70 million Muslims against it. "Inshallah (God willing), all of Turkey will show in coming days that it is behind Palestine!" he said. "Inshallah!" the crowd yelled back.
[5224 on the eve of the holy day worldwide - why that must be at least 0.02% of the population of the middle east, including Turkey,- let's all fear the arab street] Posted by: mhw 2006-06-30 |
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