Afghans protest foreign troops after series of raids

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http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/World/2007/09/26/4528213.html

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Angry Afghans took to the street Wednesday chanting "death to Canada" and calling for foreign troops to go home following a series of raids on suspected insurgent homes.

Protesters said international soldiers killed a religious leader and his brother during the raids in Senjaray, a community on the outskirts of Kandahar city. It is in the Zhari district, a hotbed of Taliban activity west of the city.

"Death to Canada," some of the protesters chanted. "Death to foreigners."

However, the United States was the main target of the approximately 500 demonstrators who shut down a main highway out of Kandahar city around 7 a.m. local time.

Two dead bodies were seen at the side of the road as protesters voiced their anger.

"They're killing our young men," one protester told an interpreter for The Canadian Press.

"The day is not far when these innocent civilians will stand against NATO and other foreign troops."