-- --------- Forwarded Message --------- DATE: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 21:38:51 From: Blazing Star <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arab World Protests Bombing of Iraq By Jocelyn Noveck Associated Press Writer Saturday, December 19, 1998; 6:50 p.m. EST CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Throwing stones, burning flags and even breaking into a U.S. ambassador's home, protesters throughout the Arab world joined Saturday in a bitter wave of anger over the airstrikes on Iraq. A common theme of the protests was that all Arabs -- not just Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein -- were targeted by the U.S. and British attacks, which President Clinton suspended in an announcement Saturday evening in Washington. ``The aggression on Iraq is an aggression on the whole Arab nation,=B4=B4 said Aziza Fadhel, a university student in the Syrian capital, Damascus. That was exactly the idea Clinton tried to fight in a message offered for broadcast in Arab countries. Saddam ``threatens Muslims and non-Muslims alike,=B4=B4 Clinton said in the videotaped message. ``We had to act.=B4=B4 The United Arab Emirates criticized the strikes for taking place during the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan. Before Clinton announced the suspension of the military action, thousands marched through downtown Damascus Saturday in a rare protest in the Syrian capital. About 1,000 people -- most of them students -- attacked the U.S. Embassy, its nearby residence and the American Cultural Center. Rioters also threw stones at the British Embassy in Damascus and broke into the British Council, where they damaged furniture and scattered library books. At the U.S. residence, more than 100 people climbed over the wall, broke down the front door and stormed inside, destroying everything in their path -- furniture, windows, the ambassador's private office. They knocked books on the floor, and destroyed kitchen cabinets and bookcases. They also attacked the car of Ambassador Ryan Crocker, shattering the lights and windows. Crocker's wife, Christine, was in the house at the time but was not hurt. At the embassy, U.S. Marine guards fired tear gas from the roof to disperse the stone-throwing crowd. Three protesters managed to enter the compound, climb the walls and haul down and burn the American flag. Syrian security forces dispersed the mobs after about six hours. In Washington Saturday, the State Department advised American citizens not to travel to Syria because the U.S. attack on Iraq could prompt retaliation and put Americans in danger. In Hebron in the West Bank, about 3,000 Palestinians defied a ban from their leadership on pro-Iraq demonstrations, screaming ``Death to Israel! Death to America!=B4=B4 Clashes later with Israeli troops firing rubber bullets left more than 100 Palestinians injured. The unrest was among the most intense in months in the Palestinian lands. In another demonstration in Jenin, about 2,500 Palestinians approached the Jewish settlement of Ginat and threw stones at Israeli troops, who responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. Seven Palestinians were injured. In Egypt, 4,000 students burned U.S. and Israeli flags at Banha University, north of Cairo, as did 200 students at Cairo's Ain Shams University. ``Oh Baghdad, Oh Baghdad, my love, strike Tel Aviv,=B4=B4 they shouted at Ain Shams. ``Iraq=B4s children have no milk for nursing, so now they=B4re sucking on bullets instead.=B4=B4 Protester Ayman Yassin, 20, called America ``the spawn of all evil.=B4=B4 In the Yemeni capital of San`a, more than 15,000 marched. ``Look, look at America, look at the scandal of Monica,=B4=B4 some chanted. In Jordan, more than 1,000 students expressed their anger at Jordanian University, where 200 riot police kept them from leaving the campus. There were also protests in Sudan, where U.S. forces in August bombed a pharmaceuticals plant Washington accused of making components for chemical weapons. In the capital, Khartoum, some students threw Molotov cocktails at the closed U.S. Embassy during a protest by about 2,000 people, witnesses said. =A9 Copyright 1998 The Associated Press ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Global Homeless Network provides current homeless and related news, information and announcements for charitable research and educational purposes pursuant to TITLE 17 USC =A7107: <http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml> HOMELESS COMMUNICATIONS CENTER: <http://forums.delphi.com/m/main.asp?sigdir=3Dhomelessness> HOMELESS POWWOW: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CENTRAL AMERICA RELIEF DRIVE: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AHS-L LISTOWNER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com --------- End Forwarded Message --------- Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com
