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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49000)	9/2/2005 11:30:09 AM
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Hardline Islamic parties in Pakistan protested Friday over the first formal talks with Israel, burning American and Israeli flags and calling for the ouster of US ally President Pervez Musharraf. Hundreds of supporters of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), an alliance of six religious parties that leads Pakistan's opposition, took to the streets outside mosques after Friday prayers. There were no reports of clashes with police but security was increased for the protests and officers stood by without intervening. "You have to overthrow the Musharraf government, which is given the country's sovereignty in the US hands," the alliance's chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed told a rally in the northwestern city of Peshawar. The alliance rules the government of North West Frontier Province, of which Peshawar is the capital. "Stand up against Musharraf who is protecting American interests," Qazi told a gathering of some 300 people shouting slogans outside a mosque, witnesses said. Musharraf has defended Thursday's talks between Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri and his Israeli counterpart Silvan Shalom in Turkey, the first official diplomatic contact after nearly 60 years of hostility.