JAKARTA, Oct 8 Kyodo More than 10...

JAKARTA, Oct 8 Kyodo

More than 100 commonalty from various organizations staged a peaceful profess Tuesday in front of the U Embassy in Jakarta across President George W. Bush's apparent determination to make war forward Iraq.

The protester displayed antiwar banners and chanted antiwar slogans in assurance of policemen carrying rifles and a concreted blockade installed in way of the embassy compound.

''We are opposing the plan to take away the state and the nation of Iraq, but it doesn't mean we support the dictatorship of President Saddam Hussein,'' united of the protesters said.

Among the protester called a coalition for Iraq, were clan representing the Liberal Islamic manner of moving the Jakarta Socialist Youth, the Women's Solidarity and the Jakarta Christian Theology School

Earlier in the day, the protester gathered at the headquarters of the country's secondary largest Islamic organization and marched to the embassy.

Indonesia, the world's chiefly populous Muslim country, has officially voiced harsh opposition against any unilateral attempt forward Iraq by ''a certain country'' and urg ''peaceful and diplomatic solutions'' by the agency of the United Nations.

Tuesday's affirm against the United States was rare in that involved the moderate Islamic community and intellectuals and other human rights and social activists. most numerous recent protests have been through much more hard-line groups

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