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"I can't comment on the protests because I don't know what they are upset about," [Clinton] said. Wow, how clueless can you get? Old Slick Willie's never had to worry about having HIS home bulldozed! Miroslav Antic wrote: > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------- > > Protest over Clinton speech > > http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,3413213%255E1702,00.html > > >From AP > 11dec01 > > GLASGOW: Former US president Bill Clinton was the target of > pro-Palestinian demonstrators as he prepared to begin a speaking tour > organised by a Jewish charity. > > About 300 protesters gathered outside the Hilton Hotel in Glasgow and > shouted and jeered at guests arriving for the centenary fundraising > dinner, hosted by the Jewish National Fund. > > About a dozen demonstrators dumped a burning effigy of Clinton near the > entrance to the hotel, forcing security staff to put out the flames with > fire extinguishers. > > Many chanted "shame" and "Palestine" and waved banners which read "Stop > Israel's War Crimes" and "Justice Through Peace." > > The British-based charity was founded in 1901 to raise money to purchase > land throughout Palestine in the hope that a state of Israel would one > day be established. > > Joint vice-president Stanley Lovatt said Clinton's three fundraising > dinners had been organised to raise money for a reservoir project in the > Negev region of Israel. > > "The Israeli problem is only going to form a small part of Mr Clinton's > speech, the rest will be taken up with thoughts about US and British > relations and his thoughts as a former world leader," Lovatt said. > > Clinton, who flew into Scotland earlier in the day and played golf at > Turnberry on the west coast, arrived at the hotel before most of the > demonstrators began to gather. > > He told reporters he would be talking about the campaign in Afghanistan > and the war on terrorism, but refused to comment on the protests against > his visit. > > "I can't comment on the protests because I don't know what they are > upset about," he said. > > MP Tommy Sheridan, who is a Scottish Socialist Party member in the > Scottish parliament, said he was attending the demonstration to "stand > up against the injustice of an illegal occupation of Palestine, > supported and financed by the United States of America, both past > presidents and present". > > About 750 guests have paid L125 ($350) a head to hear the former > president speak in Glasgow, followed by a question and answer session > with the audience. > > Clinton will address another fundraising dinner in Manchester, northern > England, tomorrow and a third in London the next day. > ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
