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Coimbatore/ Trivandrum/ Kochi, Dec. 31 : Protests continued in several parts of the country over the execution of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. In Coimbatore, Muslims led by Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (TNMMK) took out a protest march against US President George W Bush, saying his greed for oil had made him kill Saddam. "Saddam Hussein was hanged for killing 148 Shia Muslims in Iraq. Even after a strong objection from world leaders and several countries, his execution was carried out. In this situation what is the UNO doing? The main reason for killing Saddam Hussein is only for looting petrol from Iraq. We don't accept this judgement for Saddam. Bush should be hanged for killing thousands of people in Iraq, no Muslims in this world keep quiet until Bush is hanged," said TNNMK spokesperson Syed. Protestors turned violent, burning effigies of Bush and shouting slogans against him, leading to a scuffle with police officials. In Thiruvananthapuram, the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist) -CPI (M)-and opposition Congress Party held demonstrations against Bush and the execution of Saddam. "We are protesting against the killing of Saddam Hussein and the human rights violation by imperialistic forces. We are protesting without causing inconvenience to the general public," said V. Sivankutty, a CPI (M) legislator. The parties also called for a statewide shutdown to mark their protest. Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav also condemned the execution. "The ex-president of Iraq was a friend of India. Rashtriya Janta Dal and the entire country is astonished at the wrong method by which he has been purposely hanged. We strongly condemn it," said Yadav during his visit to Thiruvananthapuram. In Kochi, protestors went on a rampage, attacking an American Bank office. The former Iraqi president, ousted in April 2003 by a US-led invasion, was convicted in November for the killings of 148 Shi'ite villagers from Dujail after a failed assassination bid in 1982. An appeals court upheld the death penalty on Tuesday and the government rushed through the procedures to hang him by the end of the year and before the Eid al-Adha holiday that starts on Saturday, coinciding with the Haj pilgrimage to Mecca.
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