Solely as in sole protests across the Muslim world, not just Afghanistan, dedicated to this and then coupled with the usual "I hate America" vitriol.
And there still aren't major Muslim protests around the world against the murders and terrorist actions in Iraq (there are against Americans being there) - none in Al Jazeera and none in the New York Times. In fact, if you check out MEMRI which provides Arabic news interpretations, you won't see anything. It's not an issue of coverage.
-Rudey
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Originally posted by RACooper
They where calling for the deaths before the Newsweek story broke... the allegations just gave them more to be upset about.
I wouldn't put it down to "solely" this one thing - major yes, but not "sole". For the most part they where protesting vilently against US polices - whether it involved Gitmo, torture in Afghanistan, or the much despised heavy-handed tactics in hunting the Taliban.
Left-wing doesn't mean that they can't be wrong 
Al Jazerra gives more air time to Iraq in general that "Western" sources - whether it is the violence, the re-construction, or 'people' stories - the network is actually quite informative once you get used to their particular style & slant. [/B]
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