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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-05 11:36 AM
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Security forces (US troops) fire on Afghan protesters
http://www.krqe.com/expanded.asp?ID=9972

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Demonstrators shouting "Death to America" smashed windows and stoned a convoy of US soldiers in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, today. Police and US troops opened fire to control the protesters and two people were killed. More than 50 others have been hurt.


Mobs also attacked the Pakistani consulate and the office of a Swedish relief organization.

Demonstrations began yesterday. They followed a report in Newsweek that interrogators at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp placed copies of the Koran on toilets in order to rattle suspects, and in at least one case "flushed a holy book down the toilet."
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JustJill Donating Member (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-05 11:38 AM
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1. I guess democracy is on the march
we're just the ones holding it back
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DemBeans Donating Member (669 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-05 11:39 AM
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2. why do they hate us for our freedoms?
Edited on Wed May-11-05 11:39 AM by DemBeans
On edit: Afghan mobs read Newsweek?
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