W A R B E G E T S W A R
Asia Rising
28 March 2003
What I am condemning is that one power, with a president who has no foresight, who cannot think properly, is now wanting to plunge the world into a holocaust. - Nelson Mandela, February 28, 2003

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A young boy with anti-war slogans painted on his body stands on the shoulders of an adult as he flashes a peace sign during a rally Friday, March 28, 2003 in Manila, Philippines. Muslims, Christians and leftist groups marched through the street of the country's financial distict calling for an end to the U.S.-led war on Iraq and demanding that Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo stop her support for the Americans. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)

An Iranian boy on a relatives shoulders looks at an anti-war placard, during an anti-war demonstration in Tehran, Iran Friday March 28, 2003. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A Filipino anti-war protester displays a sticker calling U.S. President George W. Bush a terrorist during a rally at the Makati's financial district of Manila, March 28, 2003. The protester was against the U.S.-led war on Iraq. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

South Korean riot police are crushed as anti-WTO (World Trade Organization) protesters rally in Seoul, March 28, 2003. Thousands of students took to the streets protesting the WTO's demand that South Korea open up its education system. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

Indonesian children raise their fists during an anti-US rally in Solo. Anti-war demonstration continue across Indonesia to condemned US-led attacks on Iraq.(AFP/File/Susilo Hadi)

An Indian Muslim woman holds an anti-war placard during a demonstration, after Friday prayers in Allahabad, India, Friday, March 28, 2003, against U.S.-led attack on Iraq. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A Jordanian holds up the Koran as several hundred supporters of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein shout anti-war slogans in the streets of Amman March 28, 2003, following Friday prayers. The demonstration was stopped by Jordan riot police after some of the protesters began throwing stones. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

A Chinese man walks past an anti-war graffiti in Beijing March 28, 2003. China, opposed to the war in Iraq but intent on preventing large-scale anti-U.S. protests, has given a group of foreigners permission to hold an anti-war rally this Sunday but has yet to give Chinese permission to follow suit. REUTERS/Guang Niu

A Kashmiri Muslim protester holds a 'Stop War' sign during an anti-war demonstration outside the shrine of Abdul Qa'adir Jilani in Baghdad, Friday, March 28, 2003 in Srinagar, India. Muslims in Kashmir have a religious connection with Iraq, where Jilani, the most revered of Muslim mystics, is buried. Most Muslims in Kashmir are followers of the mystical order--the Qadiriyah--founded by Jilani in the 12th century. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Indian Muslims shout anti-war slogans while burning a U.S. flags during a protest against the ongoing U.S.-led war on Iraq in Bombay, India, Friday, March 28, 2003. (AP Photo/Rajesh Nirgude)

A Muslim woman adjusts her veil while another woman displays an anti-war placard, outside the famous Haji Ali Mosque in Bombay March 28, 2003. The 25 Muslim women demanded that the U.S.-led forces vacate Iraq. REUTERS/Sherwin Crasto

Thousands of Egyptian demonstrators shout anti- U.S and British slogans as they hold Iraqi flags during a protest against the U.S.-led war against Iraq following Friday prayers outside al-Azhar mosque in Cairo Friday, March 28, 2003. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) Tens of thousands of demonstrators protested the U.S.-led war against Iraq.

Anti-war demonstrator Susan Marcus from New York carries a sign in French that reads 'Americans against the war in Iraq' during a march through the center of Dakar, Senegal, Friday, March 28, 2003. About a thousand people marched through the Senegalese capital to protest war in Iraq. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Bangladeshi Muslims shout anti-U.S. slogans while carrying a portrait of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein during a demonstration in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, March 28, 2003, against the U.S.-led war on Iraq. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman) Some 50,000 Muslims participated in the protest on Friday against the U.S.-led war on Iraq.

Anti-war demonstrators stage protests in Palestine against the US led invasion in Iraq.Around 30,000 Palestinians marched in Gaza and West Bank after Muslim weekly prayers in Friday.(AFP/File/Jamal Aruri)

As they wave an Iraqi flag, green flags of the Islamic group Hamas and a portrait of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, Palestinians burn a mock coffin representing some Arab leaders which they believe have betrayed Iraq during an anti-war demonstration in the West Bank town of Hebron Friday, March 28, 2003. Tens of thousands of Palestinians rallied in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Friday in their biggest show of support ever for Iraq. The names written on the coffin are, in Arabic, from left to right, Saudi King Fahd, Syrian President Assad, Yemeni President Abdullah Saleh, Libyan President Ghadafi, Egyptian President Mubarak and Jordan's King Abdullah.(AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

Waving an Iraqi flag, Indonesian protesters burn an effigy of President Bush during an anti-war demonstration in front of the U.S Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 28, 2003. Protests continued in the world's most populous Muslim country against the U.S.-led war in Iraq. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Anti-war protesters tear down a mock U.S. flag during a rally Friday, March 28, 2003 in Manila, Philippines. Muslims, Christians and leftist groups marched through the street of the country's financial distict calling for an end to the U.S.-led war on Iraq and demanding that Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo stop her support for the Americans. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)

Indian Muslim devotees carry anti-U.S. banner after Friday prayers at the Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) in New Delhi March 28, 2003. After fiery anti-war sermons in Friday prayers, thousands of Muslims poured out of mosques across Asia to rally against the war in mostly muted and peaceful demonstrations. (B Mathur/Reuters)

Pakistani students of religious schools raise their hands to show their willingness to fight alongside Iraqi soldiers against U.S.-led forces during an anti-war rally Friday, March 28, 2003, in Peshawar, Pakistan. (AP Photo/M.Sajjad)

Pakistani Muslims shout anti-war slogans during demonstration in Rawalpindi on the outskirts of Islamabad, March 28, 2003. After fiery anti-war sermons in Friday prayers, thousands of Muslims poured out of mosques across Asia to rally against the war in mostly muted and peaceful demonstrations. Pakistan urged Islamic countries Thursday to help bring an end to the U.S.-led war on Iraq. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski

Radical Pakistani religious leaders greet the crowd from atop a truck during an anti-war demonstration in Rawalpindi, March 28, 2003. After fiery anti-war sermons in Friday prayers, thousands of Muslims poured out of mosques across Asia to rally against the war in mostly muted and peaceful demonstrations. Pakistan urged Islamic countries Thursday to help bring an end to the U.S.-led war on Iraq. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski

A riot policeman, right, is attacked by anti-war protesters at a demonstration outside the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea Friday March 28, 2003. Scuffles broke out as protesters attempted to march on the National Assembly where lawmakers were scheduled to vote on a bill authorizing the dispatch of 700 non-combat military personnel to the Gulf. The lawmakers later postponed the vote for a second time. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)

A riot policeman, center, is attacked by anti-war protesters at a demonstration outside the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea Friday March 28, 2003. Scuffles broke out as protesters attempted to march on the National Assembly where lawmakers were scheduled to vote on a bill authorizing the dispatch of 700 non-combat military personnel to the Gulf. The lawmakers later postponed the vote for a second time. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)

South Korean anti-war protesters clash with police after they were blocked from reaching the National Assembly in Seoul March 28, 2003. South Korean political parties decided on Friday to postpone until next week a contentious parliament vote on the government's plan to contribute noncombatants to the U.S. led war in Iraq. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

Shouting anti-U.S. and British slogans, Iranian protesters, burn a British flag during an anti-war demonstration in Tehran, Iran, Friday March 28, 2003. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian women attend an anti-war demonstration after their Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran Friday, March 28, 2003. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

An Iranian policeman stands in front of a British embassy sign in Tehran which was hit by a tomato during an anti-war protest March 28, 2003. Tens of thousands of people, chanting 'Death to America' and 'Death to Saddam' took part in the government-organized demo -- the first major anti-war protest in Iran since war started in its western neighbor. After the rally about 300 people converged on the British embassy in Tehran and broke several windows with stones thrown from the street. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl

A car is covered with caricatures of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and U.S. President George W. Bush along with anti-war slogans in Xian, the capital of Shaanxi province, March 28, 2003. China, opposed to the war in Iraq but intent on preventing large-scale anti-U.S. protests, has not allowed any anti-war demonstrations. REUTERS/China Photo

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