Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- Tuesday August 7, 11:45 PM Turkey detains anti-Israeli protestors on eve of Sharon visit ISTANBUL, Aug 7 (AFP) - Turkish police on Tuesday detained some 15 Islamist protestors in Istanbul on the eve of a one-day visit by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the Anatolia news agency reported. The protestors were demonstrating against Israel's hardline policies on the Palestinians, the agency said. Officers in full riot gear detained 10 women dressed in chadors as the protestors gathered in front of a high school in the Beyoglu district in the European quarter of the city, the report said. Police detained another five people when a group of demonstrators started shouting slogans such as "Damn Israel", and scuffles broke out as the protestors resisted arrest, Anatolia said. Later Tuesday, some 150 protestors gathered in front of the same high school for a second anti-Israeli demonstration under close police scrutiny, an AFP correspondent said. "Israel is a murderer," chanted the protestors, brandishing placards which read "Israel: blood, tears and massacre" and "Ariel Sharon = Adolf Hitler". Sharon "is responsible for the massacres in Palestinian territories and he is still pursuing the harsh crackdown," one of the protestors, a 40-year-old jobless shopkeer, told AFP. The protest ended peacefully when the demonstrators agreed to police orders to leave the area. A heavy police presence was deployed in Beyoglu early Tuesday after a tipoff that an anti-Israel demonstration would be held in the area. Predominantly Muslim but strictly secular Turkey has been Israel's main regional ally since 1996 when the two signed a military cooperation accord, much to the anger of most Arab countries and Iran. But Turkey, which also backs the Palestinians' demands for statehood and maintains full-fledged diplomatic relations with them, has lashed out several times recently at Israel for using excessive force against the Palestinians. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------------------------- This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9spWA Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [email protected] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
