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FFs threaten to join Iraq war

STAFF CORRESPONDENT
Thousands of people, including freedom fighters, demonstrated against Anglo-American invasion of Iraq in Dhaka and elsewhere yesterday when the war veterans threatened to stand by the Iraqi people as guerrilla fighters.
The demonstrators who included pensioners to schoolchildren and political activists to painters, staged anti-war rallies, processions, human chains and cultural shows to heap scorn on brash Anglo-American jingoism and killing of innocent non-combatants in Iraq.
Demanding an immediate end to the war, Bangladesh Freedom Fighters' Union (BFFU) at a rally said otherwise about 10,000 freedom fighters would go to Iraq to fight a guerrilla war against
foreign occupiers.
They also brought out a procession shouting slogans such as 'Freedom Fighters will go to Iraq'. The procession paraded through different city streets before terminating at Central Shaheed Minar where BFFU Chairman Abdul Ahad Chowdhury said the war was not only against Iraq, but also against Islam.
The processionists burnt the effigies of US President George Bush at the end of the rally.
Hundreds of students, teachers and staff of the Business Studies Faculty (BSF) of Dhaka University brought out a procession protesting the Anglo-American aggression.
The protesters led by Prof. Sirajul Islam, dean of BSF, demanded the
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resignation of United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan as 'he failed to stop the US-led aggression'.
They also demanded immediate withdraw of the Anglo-American coalition forces from Iraq.
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) staged a peace rally on the Dhaka University campus in protest against the war.
Hundreds of JCD activists from different units took part in the rally demanding an immediate halt to the invasion.
The JCD leaders demanded withdrawal of the Anglo-American occupiers from Iraq.
JCD leaders Shafiul Bari Babu, Farhad Hossain Ajad, Abdul Kader Jewel, Amirul Islam Khan Alim and Hasan Mamun addressed the rally.
Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalist (BFUJ) demanded an immediate halt to the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq, branding the war as 'an attack on humanity and civilisation'.
BFUJ leaders said the Western media were dishing out dirt, exposing their 'information terrorism' to people across the world.
They said the so-called 'free media' were backing the imperialist Anglo-American alliance and demanded an immediate end to the propaganda campaign.
Demanding immediate halt to the Iraq war, People's Health Movement (PHM), Bangladesh Circle, launched a 15-day programme, 'Health Movement Platform for Anti-War People'. PHM will organise an anti-war rally at the Ganoshastha Kendra today.
Bangladesh Human Rights Commission (BHRC) will form a human chain against the war on Iraq in front of the National Eidgah premises today.
Ganotantrik Biplobi Jote (JBJ) demanded trial of the Bush-Blair pair as war criminals and closure of the US
embassy and UK high commission in Bangladesh and cancellation of all the unequal treaties with the US.
Bangladesh Human Rights Monitoring and Development Organisation (BHRMDO) formed a human chain and demanded immediate halt to the illogical war.
BHRMDO also demanded immediate withdrawal of the Anglo-American coalition forces from Iraq.
Bangladesh Christian Association (BCA) expressed deep concern about the killing of innocent people, including women and children in Iraq.
BCA will organise a peace march protesting the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq tomorrow.
Bangladesh Charushilpi Sangsad (BCS) will display anti-war drawings tomorrow in protest against the war. BCS will also organise a rally.
Ganosanghati Andalon will hold a two-day anti-war cartoon, poster and painting show bringing works by Bangladeshi artists together.
GA will also organise a demonstration, a cultural programme and movie show to protest the US-led war.
Workers Party of Bangladesh (WPB) requested the President Dr Iajuddin Ahmed to summon a parliament session to pass a proposal demanding an end to Anglo-American invasion of Iraq.
Bangladesh Mahila Awami League will demonstrate in front its party office to protest the killings of innocent civilians, including women and children, in Iraq.
At a protest rally, Sylhet Division Development Young Action Council sentenced Bush and Blair to death by hanging as war criminals in a mock trial.
Our Dinajpur correspondent adds, hundreds of school and college students organised a rally in the town in protest against Anglo-American invasion of Iraq.
The burnt the effigies of the Bush-Blair pair.