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Afghan Police Fire on Muslim Protesters, Kill 4
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=10E1E1A:3919ACA Several other
protesters were injured when police opened fire as demonstrators
protesting cartoon drawings of Prophet Muhammad marched toward US
military base in Qalat





An Afghan police man patrols as Afghani protesters shout slogans as
they march through the streets of Kabul during a demonstration in
Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006

Afghan police have killed four demonstrators during the continuing
protests across the Muslim world against cartoon drawings of the
Prophet Muhammad, some of which show him as a terrorist.

Several other protesters were injured when police opened fire as
demonstrators marched toward a U.S. military base in Qalat.

Denmark, where the drawings of Muhammad were first published, has
urged its nationals to leave Indonesia and Iran. Rioters have attacked
Danish diplomatic offices in Jakarta, Tehran, Beirut and Syria and
protests have erupted across Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

French President Jacques Chirac condemned newspapers for reprinting
the cartoons Wednesday after a French weekly printed the images, as
well as a new cartoon showing the prophet saying "It is hard to be
loved by fools."

Indonesia's foreign minister Hassan Wirajuda says radical groups are
exploiting Muslim anger over the drawings. And the country's second
largest Islamic organization, Muhammadiyah, is calling on Muslims to
forgive the cartoons' publication.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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