Anti-Israel riots sweep Middle East
Special to World Tribune.com
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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