'Pakistanis Protest US Supply Line Into Afghanistan', The Associated Press, 18 December 2008
EXCERPT: "More than 10,000 Pakistanis protested Thursday against allowing U.S. forces to ship supplies through Pakistan into Afghanistan in a sign of growing pressure on Islamabad to harden its foreign policy. It was one of the largest rallies against the government since it took office in March. Militants have attacked trucks using the critical Khyber Pass route several times in recent weeks. The protesters — backers of Jamaat-e-Islami, a hard-line Islamist party — also decried U.S. missile strikes targeting al-Qaida and Taliban leaders in Pakistan's lawless tribal areas along the Afghan border and Pakistani military offensives against Islamic insurgents in the area. Banner-toting demonstrators chanted 'Down with America' and 'Jihad is the only solution of America' as they marched along a key road in the main northwestern city of Peshawar, led by national party chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed. Sirajul Haq, Jamaat-e-Islami's provincial chief, threatened to cut off the convoys."
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See also:
'US to supply bulk of additional NATO Afghan troops', Bloomberg, 18 December 2008
'Pakistani protesters rally against US, NATO', VOA News, 18 December 2008
'Rally demands Afghan supplies end', BBC News, 18 December 2008
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