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| Major Anti-War March Planned in Pakistan |
| 2003-02-20 |
| Pakistan's Islamic hard-liners are promising to fill the streets with over 1 million demonstrators to show their "fury and anger" at a possible American attack on Iraq — and to warn the government not to support such a war. "Fury and anger" are to Islamists as heartburn is to occasional chili eaters... Anything approaching that kind of turnout in protests scheduled for March 2 and March 9 would send a chill through the halls of power here, and produce anxiety for the Bush administration, which counts a stable Pakistan as a vital ally in the war on terror. He said "stable" and "Pakistan" in the same sentence and his lips fell off... "The fury and anger of the people will turn on the government if they back the U.S. war," said Qazi Hussein Ahmad, head of the Qazi, being a Soddy stooge, is determined they won't vote with the U.S... Up until now, anti-war protests have failed to draw large numbers of people in Pakistan, and some have petered out with just a few dozen demonstrators. Protests before the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan also attracted less support than expected, in part because of a fierce campaign by the government of President Pervez Musharraf to blunt the movement. Ahmad says this time will be different, because anti-American sentiment is at an all-time high in the country. As proof, he pointed to the strong showing of the religious coalition, called the Mutahida Majlis-e-Amal, in October elections. And nobody's worked harder to make Pakland anti-American than Qazi and his boyz... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 Take that fury and head into Afghanistan to restore the Taliban. Stop hiding in Pakistan and come out and fight you cowardly crapheads. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-02-20 16:29:03 |