ANTARA, August 9, 2006
50 volunteers ready to leave for Palestine, Lebanon
Ambon (ANTARA News) - Some 50 Muslim volunteers in the eastern Indonesian
province of Maluku have registered with the Islamic Youth Movement (GPI) command
post to leave for war-torn Palestine and Lebanon to assist their brothers who have
fallen victim to the Israeli military aggression.
"We have begun the registration of mujahedin who are prepared to leave for the Middle
East. We hope that the Maluku governor and the Ambon mayor will assist us in
despatching them," chief of the movement's branch in Maluku, Luaib Sailatua, said
during a rally here on Wednesday.
Tens of people who claimed to be GPI members took part in the rally aimed at
condemning the Israeli attacks on Palestine and Lebanon and denouncing the US
stand to let violence continue in the Middle East.
The demonstrators also called for a boycott of the US products in protest against
Washington's support for the Israeli attacks.
They also urged the UN to issue a resolution on a ceasefire in the Middle East and
press Israel to halt its strikes that have claimed the lives of more than 800 civilians.(*)
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