> >STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.COM > > >South Korean police quash anti-U.S. protest >Agence France-Presse >SEOUL (May 21, 2000 7:39 a.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - South >Korean riot police scuffled with hundreds of radical students near the >U.S. embasssy Sunday after blocking their protest demanding the >withdrawal of American soldiers. >The melee erupted after about 500 college students chanting "Yankee go >home" reached a wall of 1,000 riot police guarding the embassy with >truncheons and shields, witnesses said. >The protestors urged the United States to pull out some 37,000 American >soldiers stationed in South Korea under a mutual defense pact which has >been in force since the end of the three-year Korean War in 1953. >There were no injuries or arrests during the one-hour-long protest. >Anti-U.S. protests increased this month as South Korea marked the 20th >anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising in 1980 that left at least 200 >people killed by South Korean troops. >Radical students here have accused Washington of condoning the Kwangju >massacre. > > >______________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >______________________________________________________________________ >Advertisement: >15% off Ashford Collection jewelry for Mother's Day! Mom will love >these gorgeous pieces handpicked by our expert jewelry buyers - now >15% off and shipped FedEx overnight FREE! Spoiled as a child? Return >the favor - get her gift at Ashford.com. >http://on.linkexchange.com/?ATID=27&AID=1231 > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
