Hundreds of enraged Paks erupted into the streets across the country Sunday, burning an effigy of President Barack We're gonna punish our enemies and we're gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to usObama and setting fire to US flags after 24 soldiers died in NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
air strikes.
The rallies were organised by opposition and right-wing Islamist groups in major cities of the nuclear-armed country of 167 million people, where opposition to the government's US alliance is rampant.
In Bloody Karachi, the port city used by the United States to ship supplies to troops fighting in Afghanistan, more than 700 people gathered outside the US consulate, an AFP photographer said.
They shouted: "down with America, stay away Americans, Pakistain is ours, we stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our army", while Pak riot police were deployed near the consulate.
Outside the press club in Bloody Karachi, dozens of political activists burnt an effigy of President B.O., an AFP photographer added.
In the central city of Multan, more than 300 activists loyal to the former prime minister
Nawaz Sharif... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
, as well as local traders erupted into the streets, burning US and NATO flags.
They carried placards and banners, and shouted: "down with America," "down with NATO," "Yankees go back", "vacate Afghanistan and Pakistain" and "stop drone attacks" -- a reference to a CIA drone war against Islamist beturbanned goons.