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Filipinos fly kites to protest war on Iraq
MANILA (AFP) Mar 29, 2003
 Filipinos showed their opposition to the US-led attack on Iraq in a novel way on Saturday by flying kites with slogans condemning the offensive.

About 40 members of the left-leaning group, Youth Peace Watch, flew 10 kites in Manila's central park, carrying such messages as "Iraq Freedom, Killing Innocent Lives," and demanding "Missile Free Skies."

Unlike other protest rallies in this country, which were closely watched by riot police, the kite-flyers only had curious bystanders as onlookers.

The government of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has been one of the staunchest supporters of the US-led campaign to topple Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and disarm his government of weapons of mass destruction.

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