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MASSIVE DEMONSTRATION IN PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN calls for Jihad to Help Iraq

On March 30, at the call of the Islamic coalition, nearly half a million people participated in a rally which was overtly antagonistic to the U.S., U.K and Israel. Speaker after speaker condemned the bombing of Iraq and described the U.S. as a terrorist state. As compared to previous marches, which were basically anti-war, this one rang with thunderous slogans of Al-Jihad, Al-Jihad, and always, from one end of the city to the other: Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar.

Numerous effigies of Bush and Blair, looking very much like real, in suit and tie, were burned. Maulana Noorani compared Iraq today to Kerbala. He also demanded that the U.N. impose ECONOMIC SANCTIONS on the U.S. Qazi Hussain Ahmad hailed the martyrdom operation carried out the same day in Iraq. Hafiz Saeed, leader of the jihad movement known as Jamaat ad-da'wa, called on the nation to take practical steps to take part in jihad.

SOME SPEAKERS URGED OIL PRODUCING COUNTRIES TO CUT OFF OIL SUPPLIES TO THE U.S.

Peshawar is the home turf of openly pro-Taliban leaders like Maulana Sami-ul-Haq and Maulana Fazlur Rahman. These leaders condemned the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan and the attack on Iraq.

Thousands of Saddam Hussain portraits appeared in this march along with thousands of pictures of Osama bin Laden, hearthrob of the Muslim ummah.
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ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATIONS have been going on around the world but the biggest this week were in Peshawar, Pakistan (noted above), followed by, Jakarta, Indonesia (200,000) and Rabat, Morocco (100,000). The Muslim world seems to be waking up.
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GREATEST ISLAMIC SPIRITUALIST'S TOMB HIT IN BOMBING OF IRAQ

According to Pakistan's prestigious Urdu language daily NAWA-e-WAQT, the tomb of SHAIKH ABDUL QADIR JILANI was hit in U.S. bombing of Iraq on March 31. The bomb fragments which hit the tomb are reported to have smashed its windows and destroyed its historic calligraphy.

Shaikh Jilani, known as a spiritual teacher and mystic, has a vast following, particularly among the Muslims of Pakistan, India, Kashmir, and Bangladesh.
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AMERICAN BUSINESS INTERESTS ON DECLINE IN PAKISTAN

In Karachi where tens of thousands demonstrated after Friday prayers against the U.S., U.S.-originating businesses have lost 50% of their customers. Some have closed down, including the McDonald's at Mohammad Ali Society, as well as the one at Zebun Nisa street and the one at I.I. Chundrigar road.
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CIA AGENT MUSHARREF'S GOVERNMENT ON THE RETREAT

Owing to the extreme anger Pakistanis are expressing over the U.S. assault on Iraq, the Musharraf government canceled its March 23 annual parade. Also, his puppet Prime Minister Jamali's visit to USA for March 28 has been canceled till further notice.

The U.S. embassy and U.S. consulates have suspended their activities till further notice.
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A PAKISTANI WOMAN SCIENTIST HAS BEEN ARRESTED by MUSHARRAF and the FBI for al-QAIDA LINKS!
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2003-04-01 Tue 20:22ct