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Anti-Israel riots sweep Middle East

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MIDDLE EAST NEWSLINE
Friday, October 6, 2000

CAIRO — Violent demonstrations erupted throughout much of the Middle East as hundreds of thousands of Arabs demanded revenge against Israel in its mini-war with the Palestinians.

The demonstrations were reported on Friday in most Arab capitals as the Arab League agreed to an emergency summit on Oct. 21 in Cairo.

Clashes erupted in Cairo, Beirut, Amman, Damascus and other major cities as demonstrators fought with police. The Arabs called for a holy war against Israel.

In Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, militants vowed to carry out suicide attacks against Israel.

In Damascus, demonstrators tried to storm the U.S. embassy. They clashed with Syrian police in the second such confrontation in a week.

In Amman, riot police fought demonstrators who tried to storm the Israeli embassy. It was the sixth straight day of protests, the last three of which have turned into clashes with Jordanian police.

In Doha, violent protests erupted as demonstrators burned the Israeli flag and chanted anti-Israeli and anti-American slogans. A similar scene was reported in Manama, the capital of Bahrain.

Bahrain television broadcast a Muslim cleric who told a rally "Jews must be killed wherever they are."

Demonstrations were also reported in the Egyptian capital of Cairo and in Alexandria.

Friday, October 6, 2000


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