Group: Beef protests are not anti-U.S.

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Group: Beef protests are not anti-U.S.
By Erik Slavin, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Friday, June 13, 2007

SEOUL — The massive protests against importation of U.S. beef aren’t meant to be anti-American — or anti-U.S. military — in nature, a spokesman for one of the leading civic groups said Wednesday.

But the U.S. "image isn’t very good among protesters," Lee Jae-hee of the Korean Progress Association told Stars and Stripes on Wednesday.

The protests have more to do with anger toward South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and his policies than they do with the United States, he said.

"We have no personal feeling against the American people and soldiers," Lee said.

The civic groups expect another 20,000 to 30,000 people Friday night at Seoul Square to protest the South Korean government’s free trade agreement with the United States. They expect up to 80,000 people over the weekend.


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