Tens of thousands of protesters stage anti-Bush rally in Jakarta

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2006-11-19 18:11:18

JAKARTA, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Tens of Thousands of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) members here on Sunday staged a rally opposing the upcoming visit of U.S. President George W. Bush to Indonesia.

PKS President Tifatul Sembiring in his speech during the gathering in Al-Azhar Mosque, South Jakarta, said the U.S. president's foreign policy was responsible for the deaths of around 650,000 Iraqi people since the U.S. invasion in 2003.

"Let's fight, don't let Indonesia as a sovereign country be dictated by the US," he said.

The protesters carried banners and posters showing texts reading among other things "Stop Bush Now".

The party's chief also officially saw off around 2,000 PKS members who were about to leave for Bogor to join a huge rally expected to be held in Bogor during the visit of President Bush on Monday.

Another rally was held here on Sunday with at least 5,000 people grouped in a 'Coalition to Crush Bush', which consisted of tens of Muslim organizations.

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[Alamom]

1. CNN has been showing the protesters every few minutes...

There's a short video here.


http://today.reuters.com/tv/videoStory.aspx?isSummitStory=False&storyId=5ac036c8012e03ac1c85f704ff65c597e486ee76&WTmodLoc=NewsArt-L2-RelatedVideo-3




Anti-Bush protest in Indonesia

Nov. 18 - Hundreds of demonstrators gathere in the Indonesian capital to protest against U.S. President George Bush ahead of his visit next week.

Bush meets Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhyono on Monday (November 20) in Bogor, 50 km (30 miles) south of Jakarta.

Carrying banners saying "Say No To Bush" and "Stop Bush Now", hundreds protested outside the US embassy in Jakarta.




He is not WELCOME there....at all.

[WinkyDink]

2. It'll be spun as the terrorists are protesting Bush, so hooray for him.

[DesertRat]

3. Exactly. They'll say the terrorists cheered Clinton.

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