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Thousands Protest Israel's incursion into Gaza | |
2006-06-30 | |
Thousands of protesters in several Muslim countries took to the streets Friday in reponse to the Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip....Some 100 ... [wow a hundred!] ... Palestinians staged a sit-in outside the U.N. building in downtown Beirut Friday to protest the Israeli incursion into Gaza and demanded world action to protect the Palestinians. In Jordan, some 400 Palestinian worshippers ... [wow that's 500 total] ... marched in the streets of Baqaa refugee camp on the outskirts of Amman. In Syria, some 500 Palestinians marched ... [total now up to 1000 worldwide] ... the Yarmouk refugee camp after prayers in a Hamas-organized protest. "Resisting the Zionists is a national and religious duty," read one banner raised by the protesters as a Hamas member, speaking through a loudspeaker, called for more abductions of Israeli soldiers. Some 24 children clutching a 10-meter Palestinian flag headed the procession. [now 1024] "I'm here to protest the killing and destruction of the Palestinian people," said 32-year-old Maha Jamil. In Turkey, thousands of angry protesters ... [now 3024] ... burned Israeli flags and chanted pro-Hamas slogans. Hundreds of women, ... [now 3224] ... many wearing black chadors or Islamic-style head scarves, carried Palestinian flags and yelled, "Murderer Israel, get out of Palestine!" A man with a loud speaker warned Israel that it was turning Turkey's 70 million Muslims against it. "Inshallah (God willing), all of Turkey will show in coming days that it is behind Palestine!" he said. "Inshallah!" the crowd yelled back.
[5224 on the eve of the holy day worldwide - why that must be at least 0.02% of the population of the middle east, including Turkey,- let's all fear the arab street] | |
Posted by:mhw |
#14 Who cares. Mission forward. We got 1.5 billion covered quite nicely, thank you. |
Posted by: Beau 2006-06-30 21:35 |
#13 wound up like lemmings (clockwork on Friday afternoons). Assholes |
Posted by: Frank G 2006-06-30 19:35 |
#12 Killer graphic, Fred. ROFL! ;-p |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-06-30 19:15 |
#11 Turks. Behind. Palestine. |
Posted by: gromgoru 2006-06-30 19:14 |
#10 And how does the number of protesters compare to the number of people quietly sitting at home eating popcorn and rooting for the Israelis? |
Posted by: SteveS 2006-06-30 18:36 |
#9 "I guess only leftist/pro-islamist causes get coverage, eh?" How astute of you to notice, #2 mjh. |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-06-30 18:27 |
#8 ..called for more abductions of Israeli soldiers. Fast learners! |
Posted by: Inspector Clueso 2006-06-30 18:10 |
#7 "Inshallah (God willing), all of Turkey will show in coming days that it is behind Palestine!" Them Turkies seem to be pretty smart folks. Notice they did not offer to get in front of Palestine???? |
Posted by: kelly 2006-06-30 17:58 |
#6 on friday afternoon the chief mosque sermon is made I probably should have said "on the eve after the holy day" |
Posted by: mhw 2006-06-30 17:53 |
#5 "on the eve of the holy day worldwide" Is it time for another hajj? Ramadan (sp?)? |
Posted by: Angomoper Hupoluth6228 2006-06-30 17:50 |
#4 TW: The ones with the guns tend to win these things. |
Posted by: Scott R 2006-06-30 17:44 |
#3 If the Turkish peepul are anti-Israel, but the Turkish Army remains pro-Israel, who wins? |
Posted by: trailing wife 2006-06-30 16:45 |
#2 Of course, no major news stories about the protest of 100,000 in Bolivia against Evo and for Santa Cruz autonomy: http://www.publiuspundit.com/?p=2756 I guess only leftist/pro-islamist causes get coverage, eh? |
Posted by: mjh 2006-06-30 16:24 |
#1 "Somebody ask for your stupid opinion?" |
Posted by: mojo 2006-06-30 16:14 |