Amid protests, Rice meets Muslims

Ray · 04-02-2006, 05:03 AM

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Amid protests, Rice meets Muslims

Protesters dressed as Guantanamo Bay inmates carry a coffin during a demonstration in Liverpool. (AFP)

Blackburn (England), April 1 (Reuters): US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice met Muslim leaders in northwest England today in a trip during which protesters expressed anger that an architect of the Iraq war was on their home turf.

About 300 protesters chanted slogans such as “Condoleezza Rice Go Home” and “No War” while Rice and British foreign secretary Jack Straw spoke with Muslim leaders at the town hall. The protesters’ noisy cries were clearly audible at a news conference after the meeting.

Rice waved at supporters and protesters alike on her arrival and seemed undeterred by the demonstrators, who were kept behind barriers by dozens of police, some on horseback. “They (protesters) have their freedom of speech and I’m glad they did it,” said mayor Yusef Janvirmani, who shook hands with protesters before formally welcoming Rice.

The mayor, who opposes the war in Iraq, said Rice was welcome in his town and her visit would be good for the region's economy.

Any publicity was good publicity, he said. Rice said she thought she had been “very warmly welcomed” to Blackburn and had enjoyed her visit.

Straw, asked if he was embarrassed by all the protests, said he hoped journalists would also notice the “strength of positive feeling and affection” for his American guest.

Rice, invited to Straw’s constituency after he visited her home state of Alabama last year, has particularly irked Blackburn’s Muslims in a visit that produced more photos of angry protesters than the positive pictures Rice’s image-makers were hoping for.

Muslims make up around 20 per cent of the former cotton town’s population and many were clearly angered by Straw’s invitation to America’s top diplomat.

Rice had been due to visit a mosque in Blackburn until its governors withdrew their invitation out of fear the occasion would be hijacked by demonstrators.

Both Straw and Rice said the meeting with Blackburn’s Muslim leaders had gone well and focused on US and British policy towards the Palestinians, Iraq, Israel and Iran.

“We hope that the message she takes back from the Muslim community in Blackburn is that we want to see change in Palestine, in Iraq, in Afghanistan,” said Kam Kothia, a member of the Muslim community who met Rice.

Most Muslim anger has been directed at Rice over her involvement in the Iraq war. Rice was US national security adviser at the time of the March 2003 invasion.

Cartoons lampooned the visit with The Independent carrying one showing a sign at a Blackburn Indian restaurant: “We regret we do not serve Rice.”

http://www.telegraphindia.com/106040...ry_6046812.asp

It is a great way to deflate the protesters - “They (protesters) have their freedom of speech and I’m glad they did it,”

I presume that would take away all the publicity that the protestors tried to garnish.

Round One to Dr Rice.

BTW, most of the Indian restaurants are Bangaldeshi owned!

Nice way to cash onto the otherwise demonised Big Brother, India

It is a matter of convenience to berate and then cash on!

Good for them, the Bangladeshis.

667medic · 04-02-2006, 08:44 AM

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Nice way to cash onto the otherwise demonised Big Brother, India

It is a matter of convenience to berate and then cash on!

Good for them, the Bangladeshis.

Bloody haramis...
I saw something similar in Singapore. The restaurant said it serves Indian food. During the 2002 standoff they actaually displayed a Pak flag at the cash counter. Needless to saw it was boycotted by most of the Indian immigrants. After a week the boss took down the flag, loser

indianguy4u · 04-02-2006, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by 667medic

Bloody haramis...
I saw something similar in Singapore. The restaurant said it serves Indian food. During the 2002 standoff they actaually displayed a Pak flag at the cash counter. Needless to saw it was boycotted by most of the Indian immigrants. After a week the boss took down the flag, loser

They do have forgotten 1971 & how tall & fair pakjabis treated them.

Gautam · 04-02-2006, 13:25 PM

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Originally Posted by 667medic

Bloody haramis...
I saw something similar in Singapore. The restaurant said it serves Indian food. During the 2002 standoff they actaually displayed a Pak flag at the cash counter. Needless to saw it was boycotted by most of the Indian immigrants. After a week the boss took down the flag, loser

On this note, I am yet to see a Pakistani Take Away in the UK

platinum786 · 04-05-2006, 07:34 AM

Gautam....you do live in the UK don't you?
I hope you go out from time to time...you haven't seen a pakistani takeaway...
....what next no Pakistani cabbies?

lol

Confed999 · 04-05-2006, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by platinum786

you haven't seen a pakistani takeaway...

No Pak food here. What is it?

Ray · 04-05-2006, 11:46 AM

Confed,

In the US there is the Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean restaurants.

Are you sure there are no other subcontinental country cuisine, say Sri Lankan or Pakistani etc?

**Shek** · 04-05-2006, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Ray

Confed,

In the US there is the Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean restaurants.

Are you sure there are no other subcontinental country cuisine, say Sri Lankan or Pakistani etc?

Sir,
You name the ethnicity, then a restaurant can be found who serves that food (depending on where you live). Now, you may not be able to find dog or cat in the Asian restaurants, but that is another story. Of course, you will find the same phenomenom as above - when I lived in Washington state, almost all of the teriyaki chicken (a Japanese meal) places were owned by Koreans. LOL!

Confed999 · 04-05-2006, 13:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Ray

Confed,

In the US there is the Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean restaurants.

Are you sure there are no other subcontinental country cuisine, say Sri Lankan or Pakistani etc?

I'm sure there's tons of every type in the US, just none here in town. We have all of the rest of those, though only 2 decent Indian places. I was just curious what those fellas ate, simply because I've never seen any.

Ray · 04-05-2006, 13:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Confed999

I'm sure there's tons of every type in the US, just none here in town. We have all of the rest of those, though only 2 decent Indian places. I was just curious what those fellas ate, simply because I've never seen any.

Gautam · 04-05-2006, 15:21 PM

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Originally Posted by platinum786

Gautam....you do live in the UK don't you?
I hope you go out from time to time...you haven't seen a pakistani takeaway...
....what next no Pakistani cabbies?

lol

Man u never seem to amaze me. I just happened to take you off from my ignore list & here you are still moaning & fighting lost causes.

I do not wish to hijack this thread with another India-Pakistan tirade but given it is you the one "The only one" I can't resist the temptation.

Surely there must be a limit to Pakistani hypocricy. U literally despise Indians, yet dance to Indian music, watch Indian movies with enthusiasm.

How amazing that you even name your restaurants as Indian Takeaways regardless of their ownership.

The closest I came to see a Pakistani takeaway was labelled "Lahori Karahi" somewhere in Tooing in South London.

Jeez man wake up, why don't u do me a favour, next time you see a Pakistani takeaway, take a picture and upload it here.

If u can't find one then zip it

Gautam · 04-05-2006, 15:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Confed999

No Pak food here. What is it?

Haha Platinum, I would love to see you fight for another lost cause. U will not try to prove something that doesn't even exist. A Pakistani Takeaway, LMFAO

platinum786 · 04-06-2006, 09:28 AM

travel....that's all i can say.

go north....or your block in london.

platinum786 · 04-06-2006, 09:30 AM

there is no way you can live in the UK, absolutely no way whtsoever...

it's like saying you can't see a black cab in london....

platinum786 · 04-06-2006, 09:40 AM

this one is my best friends dads restaurant....

http://www.the-grill.biz/

email them if u want...nice plaace

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platinum786 Banished Join Date: 06-14-04 Posts: 1,986	Gautam....you do live in the UK don't you? I hope you go out from time to time...you haven't seen a pakistani takeaway... ....what next no Pakistani cabbies? lol

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Ray Postmaster General *Military Professional* Join Date: 08-20-03 Posts: 27,195 Country:	Confed, In the US there is the Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean restaurants. Are you sure there are no other subcontinental country cuisine, say Sri Lankan or Pakistani etc?

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platinum786 Banished Join Date: 06-14-04 Posts: 1,986	travel....that's all i can say. go north....or your block in london.

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platinum786 Banished Join Date: 06-14-04 Posts: 1,986	this one is my best friends dads restaurant.... http://www.the-grill.biz/ email them if u want...nice plaace

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