1,000 rally against US attacks in Pakistan

Chanting ‘Death to America’, more than 1,000 supporters of an Islamic group rallied today through two crowded bazaars to condemn a US airstrike on a Pakistani border town.

Last Friday’s attack killed at least 18 local people, but Pakistani authorities have said at least four foreign militants were also killed, possibly including an al-Qaida explosives and chemical weapons expert and a relative of the terror network’s number-two leader, Ayman al-Zawahri.

The latest rally followed larger protests over the weekend in which more than 10,000 took to the streets to protest against the attack and denounce the United States, as well as Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf for co-operating with Washington.