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YEMENIS DEMONSTRATE IN SUPPORT OF IRAQ by 10s of thousands
On January 27, 2003 there were huge demonstrations in the major towns
of Yemen against the U.S. plans for war on Iraq.
[The protests were COMPLETELY blanked out in the
U.S.
media.}
All levels of society, pro-government and opposition, were involved in
the rallies. They condemned America's "colonial moves."
Most significantly, impressive segments of the crowd called on the
government to: "Open the doors of jihad" and
permit the people to fight against the aggressors.
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FIRST ANTI-WAR RALLY IN THE HISTORY OF
CHARLESTON, South Carolina: SMALL
BUT SIGNIFICANT
From our rep. Hamdiyeh Fatimah.
[It's a shame that U.S. Muslims are hiding in
their mosques while the
non-Muslims go out to try and save Iraq. The
writer of this piece was the
only Muslim there, other than 9 members of the
NOI- editor]
The crowd at the Charleston, SC’s protest against
the occupation of Iraq was
small (100 or less) but a very good sample of the
population. The
participants ranged in age from babies in the arm
to approximately 80-90
year olds.
Some protesters were walking, some were limping,
and one was in a
wheelchair. One couple was there with their
great-grand child, young
families were there, and the majority
participants were female college
students.
There was one recognizable orthodox Muslim and
nine members of the Nation of
Islâm (two Sisters and seven Brothers), who were
also the only
Black
Americans in attendance.
The group marched from Marion Square (the site of
the protest) to the
College of Charleston’s campus and back to Marion
Square. Of course, there
were the usual few passers-by who shouted out
their displeasure and a few
cars sped up as the protesters were crossing the
street while returning to
the square.
The only speaker that I heard (I left as Maghrib
was approaching) left no
doubt as to his feelings about
Bush
Jr., Sr., and
Bush Jr.’s warmongering
comrades. The speaker was a Vietnam Vet
(surprise, surprise) and he read
from a script called "Get on the Bus."
I do not remember the exact words of the Vet
Speaker’s script, it was very
long, but I do recall that he covered just about
every point regarding the
fallacy of the War Machine's justification for a
war against the Iraqi
people. The crowd especially loved and cheered
very loudly when the Vietnam
Vet Speaker referred to the Bush Regime as
"megalomaniacs."
The Vietnam Vet also mentioned the fact that all
of the wars from the
beginning of the US were against "People of
Color." The vet did not miss a
point.
There were poster signs regarding the bush
regime’s desire for oil, their
love of war, and the need to seek revenge for
bush’s father ("No war just to
settle a score.").
The Nation of Islâm
passed out cards announcing
the closed-circuit broadcast
of a Farrakhan lecture, which will be held at the
College of Charleston on
February 23, 2003. Several other anti-war,
anti-occupation of foreign
lands, anti-bush groups passed out leaflets.
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