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| Arabs just hate that bombing |
| 2001-10-09 |
Arabs across the Middle East on Monday angrily criticized the U.S.-led strikes on Afghanistan and two protesters were shot dead in Gaza at a rally supporting Osama bin Laden. Witnesses said Palestinian police killed the demonstrators, but police said masked gunmen killed the 21- and 13-year-olds at the protest in Palestinian-ruled Gaza City. A third protestor was clinically dead on life support in hospital. In Egypt, security sources said 20,000 students protested at universities across the country, some calling the attacks a ''war against Islam.'' ``U.S. go to hell, Afghanis will prevail,'' students shouted at Alexandria University. ``Bush Bush, you mean man, the blood of Muslims is not cheap,'' chanted others. In the conservative Gulf Arab state of Oman, college students marched in the capital Muscat protesting the strikes. Arab governments that spoke out were divided. Iraq slammed the attacks as unlawful. Lebanon said the U.S. campaign was doomed as long as the Arab-Israeli crisis was unsolved. Sudan said it opposed all forms of violence and the cabinet expressed concern that the attacks targeted ``Muslim people.'' |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |