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| India-Pakistan |
| JUI protests joint military operations |
| 2002-05-11 |
| Workers and supporters of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam staged a protest demonstration against the coalition forces' operations in religious schools in the tribal areas close to Afghan border. Around 300 JUI workers, led by party's District President Maulana Noor Mohammad, gathered outside the central mosque in Quetta after the Jumma prayers and started chanting slogans against President Gen Pervez Musharraf and United States President George Bush. Slogans. That's a good weapon. They were carrying party flags and placards inscribed with the slogans against the US and Pakistan government, including: "Operation against religious schools must stop." The demonstrators tried to march on the main streets of the city but senior police officials present on the occasion did not allow them to take out a procession. Heavy contingent of police and Balochistan Reserve Police cordoned off the whole area while armoured cars and horse-riding police guards were also deployed at the main roads and other places to meet any untoward situation. This isn't squat compared to the riots they were able to come up with when we started taking Afghanistan apart. It looks like Perv's got them on the ropes... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |