Many Die at Anti-American Protests

May 13, 2005

Source: Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghan13may13,1,1490338.story?coll=la-headlines-world

On May 13, 2005 the Los Angeles Times reported, "Three people were killed and dozens were wounded in anti-American demonstrations Thursday, the third day of protests that followed reports of interrogators desecrating copies of Islam's holy book at the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Thursday's rallies were by far the biggest anti-American protests in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001. Officials said two people were killed in the Khogyani district of Nangarhar province when police tried to disperse protesters and keep them from marching to Jalalabad, where four people were killed in similar demonstrations Wednesday."