Millions protest Bush in New Dehi

[brettdale]

Our news here showed about 2 million people protesting Bush in New Dehi, did TV stations in America show this.

[neweurope]

1. Two million! Wow. In Germany it was reported there were

"protests all over the country" but whenever they mentioned a specific protest they spoke of "thousands".

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[Bozita]

2. Sales of Canadian maple leaf t-shirts will be rising

Don't leave home without one.

[neweurope]

4. delete

[neweurope]

3. PICTURES

A protestor punches a demonstrator dressed as U.S. President George W. Bush, during a protest against Bush's visit to India, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, March 2, 2006. Thousands of protesters marched through New Delhi on Thursday while other demonstrators gathered in cities across India, decrying the visit by U.S. President Bush who wants to improve ties between the two nations. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)


Muslims shout anti-America slogans as they burn an effigy of the American President George W Bush in New Delhi, India, Friday, Feb. 24, 2006.


Indian protesters rally against U.S. President George W. Bush in New Delhi Wednesday, March 1, 2006. After a surprise stop in Afghanistan, Bush was scheduled to arrive in India Wednesday night to begin a tour of south Asia. The sign held up reads in the Hindi "Those who fight bloody wars are not our guests, they are Satan". (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)


Activists of the Students Federation of India demonstrating against the visit of U.S. President George Bush, at Himachal Pradesh University in Shimla on Monday.


De organisatie van moslimgeestelijken Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind had opgeroepen tot de betoging als een aanklacht tegen de Amerikaanse invasies in Irak en Afghanistan.


Among the speakers was Raj Babbar, a Hindu politician and actor, who said: "Whether Hindu or Muslim, the people of India have gathered here to show our anger. We have only one message, killer Bush go home."


While Bush remains more popular in India than he is in many other countries, some here object to U.S. policies, especially in Iraq and Afghanistan


Aman committee supporters atop a truck protest against US President George W Bush’s visit to India at Azad Maidan
Pic: Sameer Markande


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[malaise]

5. The second photo is from Pakistan

I see several Pakistani flags.

[neweurope]

9. Thanks, I'll take it out.

I just googled "India protest + bush"

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[malaise]

10. Don't tke it out

they're all anti-Bush protests.

[neweurope]

11. Too late :)

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[brettdale]

13. I wish I had a scanner

Our local paper, had an overhead shot of the millions of people, protesting Bush*t.

[Benbow]

6. Where's "here" - you have disabled your user profile? n/t

[Hekate]

7. Wow--Bushie really brings people together, doesn't he?

:wow: And no, I didn't see anything like those numbers on the news here.

Hekate

[neweurope]

8. Good article:

Go back, Bush!
By: Mahmood Farooqui
When Shankar, the father of modern Indian cartooning, drew a cartoon of the Governor of Bombay, Lord Willingdon, in the 1940s, the latter was so impressed that he obtained the original copy and had it framed. Those were days when rulers and their critics could inhabit the same space and share civilized banter.

Today, however, in order to protest George Bush’s visit to India we have to take special permission from the police and carry special badges for our cars. Even then, they would not let us anywhere near him, lest the sight of protesting Indians upset the beloved president and lest he revoke the special side shelter he is to provide us under the American sky.

Nevertheless we went out and marched, even if Bush could not see or hear us. At least those who saw us marching, through Connaught Place, through Ajmeri Gate, through Jantar Mantar, people in their homes and offices, people struck in traffic, probably cursing us, they saw us at least.

The importance of protest lies not merely in achieving your aims but in registering a dissenting voice, particularly before those who are the supposed beneficiaries of this Indo-American entente, the great Indian middle class….

Good article, more here:

http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://ww1.mid-day.com/columns/mahmood_farooqui/2006/march/132155.htm&h=152&w=200&sz=7&tbnid=i56OBd6LCK_SrM:&tbnh=75&tbnw=99&hl=de&start=38&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dindia%2Bprotest%2B%252B%2Bbush%26start%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Dde%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN

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Bush to The Hague!

[leftchick]

12. "several thousand"

was reported briefly on Thursday's msrnc and the newsbunny asked the reporter... "but the fact is the majority of Indians think favorably of the US, right"??? :puke: