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"Harry Hope" |
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01 Mar 2006 10:32:14 AM |
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Tens of Thousands of Indians Protest Bush Visit |
From The Associated Press, 3/1/06:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-india-us-protests,0,1165225.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines
By NIRMALA GEORGE
Associated Press Writer
NEW DELHI --
Tens of thousands of Indians waving black and white flags and chanting
"Death to Bush!" rallied Wednesday in New Delhi to protest a visit by
President Bush.
Surindra Singh Yadav, a senior police officer in charge of crowd
control, said as many as 100,000 people, most of them Muslim, had
gathered in a fairground in central New Delhi ordinarily used for
political rallies.
"Whether Hindu or Muslim, the people of India have gathered here to
show our anger. We have only one message -- killer Bush go home," one
of the speakers, Hindu politician Raj Babbar, told the crowd.
Bush arrives in India later Wednesday for a three-day visit focused on
strengthening the emerging strategic partnership between India and the
United States.
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Try not to mingle with the people, Georgie.
Harry
"Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you."
John Adams
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| Title: "Death to Bush!" |
02 Mar 2006 12:08:08 AM |
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Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
From The Associated Press, 3/1/06:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-india-us-protests,0,1165225.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines
Note something here: The people of the world -- most of them -- note
that it's Bush and his fascist terrorist regime that's the enemy of
the world, NOT the actual American citizens.
By NIRMALA GEORGE
Associated Press Writer
NEW DELHI --
Tens of thousands of Indians waving black and white flags and chanting
"Death to Bush!" rallied Wednesday in New Delhi to protest a visit by
President Bush.
Surindra Singh Yadav, a senior police officer in charge of crowd
control, said as many as 100,000 people, most of them Muslim, had
gathered in a fairground in central New Delhi ordinarily used for
political rallies.
"Whether Hindu or Muslim, the people of India have gathered here to
show our anger. We have only one message -- killer Bush go home," one
of the speakers, Hindu politician Raj Babbar, told the crowd.
Bush arrives in India later Wednesday for a three-day visit focused on
strengthening the emerging strategic partnership between India and the
United States.
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Try not to mingle with the people, Georgie.
Harry
"Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you."
John Adams
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"It sounds like you're the kind of driver who need to
take your keys and drive them up your *****." -- Chuck
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| Title: Re: Tens of Thousands of Indians Protest Bush Visit |
01 Mar 2006 11:32:09 AM |
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Harry Hope wrote:
From The Associated Press, 3/1/06:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-india-us-protests,0,1165225.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines
(cut)
Here's another presentation of the story:- A. McIntire
By Y.P. Rajesh
2 hours, 59 minutes ago
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Muslims and communists took
to the streets across India on Wednesday, protesting against the visit
of U.S. President George W. Bush, hours before his arrival.
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Bush's three-day visit to the world's largest democracy, which is also
Asia's third-largest economy, has raised expectations in India as it
sheds its socialist baggage and turns to the West to help it become a
regional power.
But it has also drawn the ire of leftist and Muslim groups who staged
large protests in several cities across the country against Bush's
policies.
Bush landed at Indira Gandhi international airport early evening after
flying in from a surprise visit to Afghanistan.
About 100,000 Muslim men, many of them wearing prayer caps, gathered in
a public ground in the heart of the Indian capital shouting anti-Bush
slogans.
"Go back, Bush," "Bush is a killer," "Bully Bush, buzz off," "Bush,
stop the ambush," they shouted as hundreds of policemen in riot gear
kept watch.
"The people of the country do not want this killer of innocent men,
women and children to come here," one man said.
In the eastern city of Kolkata, a leftist stronghold, about 25,000
communist supporters converged on the city center to take part in a
public meeting organized by the "Committee Against Bush Visit."
"Under President Bush, the U.S. continues to occupy Iraq and
oppress its people. It threatens Syria and has targeted Iran on
the issue of its nuclear program," the committee said in a statement.
"The Indian government is shamefully succumbing to U.S. imperialist
pressures," it said.
Elsewhere, about 200 student communist activists burned a straw effigy
of Bush in the southern IT hub of Bangalore.
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