One killed as Muslim anti-Bush protest turns violent in India

[maddezmom]

NEW DELHI (AFP) - One person was killed and dozens injured during demonstrations by Muslims in northern India against President George W. Bush that turned violent hours before the US leader was to wind up his maiden trip to India.

Police in Lucknow, capital of Uttar Pradesh state, used teargas and truncheons to break up clashes between Muslims and Hindus when the protests degenerated into fierce street riots, said city police chief Ashutoch Pandey.

"Muslims after offering prayers went around ordering shops to down their shutters to protest President Bush's visit to India which sparked off the clashes because the Hindus objected," Pandey said.

"One person was killed in the exchange of fire between the two communities," he said. "Dozens of people were injured in the clashes."

Protests by Muslims also turned violent in southern Hyderabad city during a four-hour visit by Bush to the hi-tech hub, police said. Five people were injured in clashes between riot police and protestors, they said.


more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060303/ts_afp/indiausbush_060303144803;_

[Canuckistanian]

1. Death seems to follow that man around

It's almost like his constant companion.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

2. It makes him grin.

[seriousstan]

3. Just don't draw a cartoon about this.

We can't afford the additional deaths.

[maddezmom]

4. updated link: Three killed in riots sparked by Bush India visit

LUCKNOW, India (AFP) - Three people were killed and several injured when protests in northern India against US President George W. Bush's visit turned into street riots between Hindus and Muslims.

Police used teargas and truncheons to break up violent clashes between Hindus and Muslims in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state, police told AFP.

"Two of those killed are Hindus and one is a Muslim," said local government official Ghulam Abbas.

Two of the victims were shot dead, one of them a 15-year-old girl, while the a third man died in hospital after sustaining a gunshot wound, Abbas said.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060303/ts_afp/indiausbushprotest_060303162604

[IsItJustMe]

5. Three Killed at Indian Anti-Bush Protests

By NIRMALA GEORGE, Associated Press


Violence erupted in the city of Lucknow when dozens of armed Muslims tried to force Hindu shop owners to shut their stores to protest Bush's visit, said Senior Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Pandey. The two sides argued, exchanged blows, and finally shot at each other, killing a Muslim teenager, Pandey said.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060303/ap_on_re_as/india_bush_protest_3

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7. They will die to oppose Bush. Why won't WE? nt

[Virginia Dare]

8. The body count continues to mount...

How many people have died because of his wanton ignorance, stupidity, ambivalence and/or stubbornness? 10's of thousands, 100's of thousands?

[rodeodance]

9. India topped a global survey on positive attitudes to the U.S. --

....Still, India topped a global survey on positive attitudes to the U.S. last year carried out by the U.S.-based Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, with 71 percent of Indians reporting a favorable perception of America.

While there have been numerous protests this week across India against Bush's three-day visit, with the crowds at some totaling tens of thousands of people, the numbers fell far short of the millions that organizers had threatened to bring to the streets ahead of the visit.

In Hyderabad, protesters waving red and black banners marched three kilometers (two miles) to a rally where they burned an effigy of Bush and conducted a mock funeral. Some carried posters of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

"We are protesting against
George Bush because he is a warmonger. We are demanding the evacuation of American troops from Iraq," said B.V. Raghavulu, a senior leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

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10. Four deaths in clashes in Lucknow

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4771396.stm

Four people have been killed in clashes between Hindus and Muslims in the city of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, the state government says.
Violence started after Muslims protesting at President Bush's Indian visit tried to force Hindu traders to shut their shops, police say...

..."Muslims after offering prayers went around ordering shops to down their shutters to protest President Bush's visit to India which sparked off the clashes because the Hindus objected," police chief Ashutoch Pandey told the AFP news agency.

Three of the dead are reported to have been shot. It is not clear how many of the dead are Muslims or Hindus...