MIRANSHAH: Thousands of tribesmen rallied against the "illegal military operation", against suspected militants here on Friday and torched effigies of US President George W Bush, witnesses said. About 5,000 people attended the rally, called by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) party to call for an end to the "illegal military operation", they said. "Down with the United States," shouted the protesters in Miranshah, the main town of the tribal North Waziristan region which borders Afghanistan. The rally took place just two days after Pakistan announced the capture of Abu Farraj al-Libbi.