English/Nat A group of Muslims in the Philippines held a protest outside the U-S embassy in Manila to denounce the U-S missile attacks in Sudan and Afghanistan in August. Security at the U-S embassy in Manila was stepped up earlier this week after a note was found warning of a bomb attack on the building. The group - called Philippine Muslim Task Force Against U-S Aggression - said the U-S committed barbaric acts and should be condemned for their crimes against humanity. UPSOUND: "Allah O Akbar Members of the Philippine Muslim Task Force Against U-S Aggression chanting "Allah O Akbar" - "God is Great", outside a mosque in Manila on Thursday. The group denounced the U-S missile attacks on Sudan and Afghanistan in August that followed bomb attacks on the U-S embassies in East Africa earlier in that month. The U-S said the missile strikes were an attempt to weaken the terrorist network of Saudi (m) millionaire Osama bin Laden. He is suspected of being the mastermind behind the East Africa bomb attacks on the U-S embassies. The Philippine Muslim Task Force said the U-S attacks were inhumane. SOUNDBITE: (English) "We condemn America for these acts, for these acts were committed not only against the victims, not only against the Afghans and the Sudanese, not only against the Muslims, but against humanity. And we would like to expose the hypocrisy of the United States of America. While it condemns Saddam Hussein, while it condemned Khomeini as terrorists, it is the number one who commits acts of terrorism. The acts of the United States of America in bombing these countries which were repetitions of what it has done in Libya and in the other Muslim countries are condemnable. They are barbaric and they are inhuman." SUPER CAPTION: Sultan Firdausi Y. Abbas, Philippine Muslim Task Force Against US Aggression The group's leader, Sultan Firdausi Abbas also said they will ask the U-N Security Council to investigate the U-S attacks. The group held a protest outside the U-S embassy in Manila on Friday. Security at the U-S embassy in Manila was beefed up earlier this week after a note found in a plane that landed in Kuwait from Dubai, warned of a bomb attack on the building. But the Muslims assured they would hold their protest in peace. Abbas says all they want to do is convey a message to their Muslim brothers that they are not alone in the fight against U-S aggression. SOUNDBITE: (English) "To show not only our sympathy but our oneness with our brothers in Afghanistan and in Sudan. And that what happened to them we feel it. And when those brothers and sisters died, as if part of us died because we are Muslims like them." SUPER CAPTION: Sultan Firdausi Y. Abbas Philippine Muslim Task Force Against U-S Aggression Filipino Muslims are not alone in condemning the United States. About 20 activists also staged a lie down protest outside the U-S embassy on Thursday, momentarily blocking off traffic along Roxas Boulevard, one of Manila's busiest streets. The group is demonstrating against recent agreement between the Philippines and the U-S that will allow the resumption of joint military exercises between American and Filipino troops. They claim the agreement violates Philippine independence and sovereignty. Security was tight throughout the protest, with close circuit television cameras mounted by the embassy gates continuously monitoring the situation around the embassy. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/ffce7e1f415a59fed3418d2eafd2f052 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

• published: 21 Jul 2015
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