With the government's alliance in the U.S.-led war on international terror groups already unpopular in this Muslim country, the deaths of at least 17 people in Friday's attack have stoked widespread anger.
Some 10,000 people demonstrated in Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city, chanting "Death to America" and "Stop bombing against innocent people." Hundreds also rallied in Islamabad, Lahore, Multan and Peshawar, burning U.S. flags.
Protesters demanded an end to the U.S. presence in Afghanistan, where loyalists of the ousted Taliban regime and other militants are battling an Afghan government supported by American and other foreign troops. Many insurgents are believed to use Pakistan's border region as a haven.
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Pakistanis Rail Against Deadly Strike
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- by boflaadeWed Jan 18, 2006 4:48 amIt appears the Pakistani Government gave the token outburst to the USA prior to having tea with Bush. How can any government condone a foreign country to enter theirs and kill any of their people. If any criminal resided in a country, it should be that countries obligation to deal with them. It appears that this action would be okay if the target by the USA was whom they thought. Realy! Imagine the reaction if the same had happened to a Western country. By all standards it would be an act of war.
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