Anti war demonstrations and protests

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 537.

Only 18 percent of the Americans answered with "yes", when asked whether U.S. policies and American military presence all around the world were the main reasons for the September 11 attacks. In the Middle East, up to 81 percent of the population thought so.

Violent anti-American protests started in several, mostly Muslim, countries after the United States of America and Great Britain launched air strikes against Taliban and al-Qaeda targets in Afghanistan. Mostly young people from Indonesia, Palestine, Bangladesh, Egypt, Sudan, Pakistan, Nigeria and Kenya but also Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines demonstrated on the streets to denounce the U.S. and praise the al-Qaeda network. Many of them called on Arabic and Islamic countries or their governments not to extend assistance to western military forces. Several people died or were arrested by the police. Nevertheless governments in these predominantly Muslim countries expressed cautious support or at least understanding for the air strikes. These governments insisted the protesters represented only a small minority of public opinion. There was a high risk of less stable governments falling had those protests got out of control.

There have either been anti-war demonstrations and denunciations in other parts of the world including Europe and the USA.