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Thousands rally against Pakistan's Al-Qaeda hunt MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, Saturday (AFP) Thousands of pro-Taliban tribesmen rallied against Pakistan's hunt for Al-Qaeda-linked militants here on Friday and torched effigies of US President George W. Bush, witnesses said. About 5,000 people attended the rally, called by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) party to call for an end to the "illegal military operation", they said. "Down with the United States," shouted the protestors in Miranshah, the main town of the tribal North Waziristan region which border Afghanistan. The rally took place just two days after Pakistan announced the capture of reputed Al-Qaeda number three Abu Faraj al-Libbi. Pakistan has sent thousands of troops into its unruly northwestern tribal districts bordering Afghanistan to hunt Al-Qaeda-linked militants who sneaked across the frontier after the US-led ousting of the Taliban in late 2001. US officials believe Osama bin Laden and other key militants may be sheltering somewhere along the mountainous border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. |
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