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3,000 anti-US protesters rally in Surabaya

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Associated Press - November 2, 2001

Surabaya – Around 3,000 Muslims Friday demonstrated against US-led attacks on Afghanistan in Indonesia's second largest city.

The peaceful rally in the city of Surabaya, some 800 kilometers, was the latest in a series of anti-US protests in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation.

The protesters from the Muslim-based Justice Party marched through the industrial city after midday prayers chanting "God is Great."

On Thursday, Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri called on Washington to halt the military campaign during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which starts in mid-November.

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