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Southeast Asia
Thousands hold anti-Israel protests in Indonesia
2005-04-18
Yeah. That makes sense. Not a lot of sense, but sense... Of a sort... Though it seems like they'd have other problems, closer to home, to worry about...
JAKARTA: More than 10,000 members of a conservative Indonesian Muslim party staged peaceful anti-Israel protests in several cities on Sunday, including a major one in Jakarta outside the US embassy. In the capital, 5,000-10,000 protesters from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) shouted anti-American slogans outside the heavily guarded embassy, witnesses said. Many waved Palestinian flags. Speakers lashed out at Israel and demanded Washington stop financial or political support for the Jewish state. Traffic in the centre of the city was disrupted for several hours. Smaller protests by party members were held in at least three other cities across the world's most populous Muslim nation, the official Antara news agency reported.
Posted by:Fred

#5   PKS, as the Rantburg search engine reveals, is definitely an Islamist party that appears to be a bunch of MMA wannabes. Wotta surprise.
Posted by: Dan Darling   2005-04-18 3:57:12 AM  

#4  The photo you are thinking of was photoshopped, and then e-mailed around as a real photo. Sometimes the demonstration is described as being in Syria, other times in Pakistan, and the helpful American is described as belonging to various military services.
Posted by: Paul Moloney   2005-04-18 3:36:08 AM  

#3  SPoD, I am not sure, but I remember a similar pic that was real. Somewhere in Pakistan, a US guy that has been always helpful to locals was asked to translate signs for them for their anti-US demo. He decided for interpretation instead of direct translation and the creative result were signs bearing uncanny resemblance to those on the pic.
Posted by: Sobiesky   2005-04-18 3:23:45 AM  

#2  I love the creative work on the photo.
Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom   2005-04-18 3:07:06 AM  

#1  Though it seems like they’d have other problems, closer to home, to worry about...

What did you expect? It would appear that ingrained stupidity isn't so much an Arab thing as it is a Muslim thing.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-04-18 12:51:21 AM  

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