Lebanese and Palestinian protestors set a makeshift Israeli flag on fire during a demonstration in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli in solidarity with the Gaza Strip. From Egypt to Iraq, demonstrators took to the streets across the Arab world on Sunday in noisy protests against Israel's deadly bombardment of the Gaza Strip. (AFP)From The Danger Room/Wired News:
The Washington Post's Pam Constable has an excellent piece about the knock-on effects of the Israeli ground campaign -- in Afghanistan.
The Gaza offensive has sparked protests throughout the Arab world; in Britain, protesters threw shoes outside the gates of the Prime Minister's residence. In Afghanistan, Constable finds, Israel's war against Hamas "has become conflated in the minds of some Afghans with U.S. motives and actions in Afghanistan."
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