Israel protest targets US consulate in Pakistan

[IsItJustMe]

Source: By ASHRAF KHAN, Associated Press Writer

Pakistan – Security forces used tear gas and batons to repel anti-Israel protesters who tried to attack a U.S. consulate in Pakistan on Sunday, as tens of thousands in cities across Europe, the Middle East and Asia demonstrated against Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip.

A protest in the Belgian capital that drew 30,000 turned violent as well, with demonstrators overturning cars and smashing shop windows. And in Manila, Philippines, policemen used shields to disperse students protesting outside the U.S. Embassy.

Israel launched its campaign in Gaza on Dec. 27 to stop rocket fire from the militant Palestinian group Hamas. Gaza health officials say nearly 870 Palestinians have been killed, roughly half of them civilians. Thirteen Israelis have also died.

Some 2,000 protesters in the Pakistani port city of Karachi burned U.S. flags and chanted anti-Israel slogans, and several hundred of them marched on the U.S. Consulate, senior police official Ameer Sheikh said.

"They were in a mood to attack," Sheikh said. "They were carrying bricks, stones and clubs."...



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Sounds like poeple all over the world are protesting this. In America, not so much.

[ixion]

1. People protest here in the US, too

it's just very difficult with all the ferocious, borderline psychotic, AIPAC supporters shouting down any attempt to discuss the situation.

[McCamy Taylor]

2. W. is hoping for violence so he can nuke Iran. He is praying some American will die.

[davidthegnome]

3. It's past time

to cut Israel loose. Let them manage their own affairs. Of course they never could have done this shit without US support, and everyone is well aware of that. So it comes as no surprise that the world is pissed off at us. Had we told Israel not to do it, they would not have done it.