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AP. 28 February 2003. 5,000 demonstrators curse America, Israel during Bahrain anti-war rally. MANAMA -- An estimated 5,000 protesters marched through Bahrain's capital Friday, burning U.S. flags, blocking traffic and demanding Washington cancels its plans to invade Iraq. Following Friday prayers, the protesters marched about 1 1/2 kilometers (2/3 miles) from Manama's Ras Rumman mosque to United Nations offices in the capital chanting "death to America, death to Israel." Some demonstrators also carried placards accusing Washington of wanting to invade Iraq to seize its oil reserves and support Israel, while others urged Bahrain's government to close the U.S. Navy base on this Gulf island and expel the U.S. ambassador if attacks Iraq. "(U.S. President George W.) Bush is the carbon copy of Hitler who is planning a genocide against the Iraqi people," activist Fadheela al-Mahroos said as other marchers burned U.S. and Israeli flags and carried a makeshift coffin with "Bush" scrawled on one end. Bahrain is home to the U.S. 5th Fleet and hosts more than 4,000 American military personnel. The government has long rejected public calls for the U.S. military to leave. "I don't think Bush will be satisfied until he drinks the blood of the Iraqi people," said Mohammed Khaled Ebrahim, one of about 20 lawmakers who joined the demonstration, Anti-U.S. demonstrations in Bahrain have increased during the past year as U.S. war rhetoric has intensified against Iraq. Friday's demonstration was Bahrain's biggest since November when some 9,000 people marched. Friday's peaceful demonstration was organized by a Bahraini activist group, the National Committee for the Support of the Iraqi People, and was backed by influential religious leaders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ProletarianNews http://www.utopia2000.org with photo --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bdn7KI.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^================================================================
