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By Our Special Correspondent
Protesters raising slogans against the U.S. war on Iraq at the Congress-sponsored rally in Bangalore on Thursday.
Addressing the rally in front of Gandhi statue on Mahatma Gandhi Road, Mr. Poojary condemned the U.S. President, George W. Bush, and the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, for embarking on the war in violation of the U.N. Charter. The Anglo-American forces had launched an "illegal and unjust war" and the Iraqi people have been subjected to a barbaric attack through air bombardment, he said. The loss of life and property was increasing everyday as the allied forces marched towards Baghdad. India had close and friendly ties with Iraq and the Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein, had helped India when the country faced a crisis in the early Eighties. The then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, had held talks with Mr. Hussein and owing to the oil supply from Iraq, India had come out of a crisis, Mr. Poojary said. C.K. Jaffer Sharief, MP, said it was unfortunate that the Vajpayee Government at the Centre had not "strongly condemned" the aggression against Iraq. he Union Government had adopted a "middle path" which was against the opinion of the Indian people. The U.S. had declared a war against Iraq by blatantly violating the U.N. conventions and international laws. Despite people around the world opposing the war, the U.S. forces were marching towards Baghdad and destroying property. After the long Iran-Iraq war, Mr. Hussein had built his nation. But now it was again being destroyed by "new colonial" forces, Mr. Sharief said. If Mr. Bush did not take steps to immediately stop the war, people all over the world would stand up against the U.S. "The British and American forces must quit Iraq to maintain peace and save humanity," he said. The Urban Development Minister, D.K. Shivakumar, also condemned the "imperialistic attitude" of the U.S.
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