SEE http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/353/Protests_and_violence_in_Arab_world.shtmlProtests and violence in Arab world over attacks on Iraq By Jocelyn Noveck, Associated Press, 12/19/98 18:49 CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Throwing stones, burning flags and even breaking into a U.S. ambassador's home, protesters throughout the Arab world joined Saturday in a bitter wave of anger over the airstrikes on Iraq. A common theme of the protests was that all Arabs - not just Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein - were targeted by the U.S. and British attacks, which President Clinton suspended in an announcement Saturday evening in Washington. ``The aggression on Iraq is an aggression on the whole Arab nation,'' said Aziza Fadhel, a university student in the Syrian capital, Damascus. That was exactly the idea Clinton tried to fight in a message offered for broadcast in Arab countries. Saddam ``threatens Muslims and non-Muslims alike,'' Clinton said in the videotaped message. ``We had to act.'' The United Arab Emirates criticized the strikes for taking place during the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan. Before Clinton announced the suspension of the military action, thousands marched through downtown Damascus Saturday in a rare protest in the Syrian capital. About 1,000 people - most of them students - attacked the U.S. Embassy, its nearby residence and the American Cultural Center. Rioters also threw stones at the British Embassy in Damascus and broke into the British Council, where they damaged furniture and scattered library books........<SNIP>
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ABC News reported tonite that US embassy in Syria wasn't under the usual protection. Syria is full of security --usually-- but today it lacked.
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