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Sa May 14 -

AFGHAN KORAN PROTESTS -

*Angry mobs ransacked government offices and relief agencies and clashed with police in several provinces Friday in a fourth day of growing anti-American demonstrations...

...the Newsweek report has gained currency here since being fueled by broadcasts on Taliban radio and stoked by clerics who used Friday prayer sessions to call the demonstrations justified...

U.S. officials were still trying to determine whether the demonstrations were spontaneous or coordinated.*

:: Afghan Protests Spread ::
-- N.C. Aizenman and Robin Wright --
-- WashPost: Reg Req'd --

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