Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen. Endriartono Sutarto warned anti-war protesters in the country on Thursday to avoid staging anarchic demonstrations.

"It is the people's right to voice their opinions on war, but they should not express them in anarchic ways," Endriartono told Antara, adding that security officers would protect foreign citizens in Indonesia, whatever their political leanings.

Many Indonesian groups, including interreligious groups, have staged demonstrations to protest the US plan to launch a military strike against Iraq to disarm it of weapons of mass destruction.

Ansor, the youth wing of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the country's largest Muslim organization, has called on Muslims to boycott US products with the strikes on Iraq.

The US launched war on Iraq on Thursday with early morning air strikes on Baghdad, pledging to oust President Saddam Hussein from power.