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Attack by U.S. flayed

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NEW DELHI APRIL 10. The Delhi Union of Journalists criticised the United States of America and its allies for barbaric attacks on civilians and killing of journalists in Iraq at a protest meeting held here today.

Organised by DUJ and Journalists Against War, the meeting in which several journalists work black bands and carried placards condemning the war, also witnessed raising of slogans against the United States and its President, George W. Bush.

The protesters decried "U.S. Imperialism'' and said Saddam was only an excuse for U.S. for grabbing the oil resources of Iraq. The meeting also observed a minute's silence in memory of the mediapersons killed in the war and expressed "shock and horror'' at the targeting of journalists anf offices of media organisation in Iraq.

Calling for an immediate halt to bombing, the meeting also criticised "merciless bombing'' of civilian areas and called upon the U.S. to provide evidence that Pan-Arab television station Al-Jazeera and Palestime Hotel in Baghdad were not deliberately fired at by its forces. In these two incidents, three journalists had lost their lives.

Aggression condemned

Condemning the U.S. attack on Iraq, the Jamia Teachers' Association today stated that the American aggression had exposed the fact that the sovereignty and integrity of countries was not safe.

``This aggression has created a culture of might is right. These powers have made a mockery of international law, democratic values and human rights,'' the resolution adopted by the Association of Jamia Millia Islamia teachers stated.

The Association also criticised the U.N. and accused the Secretary General, Kofi Annan, of being unable to take a neutral stand on the issue, and sought his resignation. "Iraqis have won the war morally, ethically and diplomatically by winning over the people of world to their side,'' the resolution stated.

The Association also extended its sympathy to the family members of media persons killed in the war.

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