Security was tight amid reports that al Qaida-linked militants could try to disrupt Bush’s six-hour visit to the sleepy city of Bogor, just south of the capital, Jakarta, with thousands of rifle-toting soldiers patrolling the streets, mobile phone signals jammed, and water cannons deployed.
Demonstrations by Islamic hard-liners, students, housewives and taxi drivers have been staged every day this month and nearly 10,000 turned out to meet the US president today, some holding banners that said “Bush is a terrorist!” and “Go to Hell.”
Others called him a war criminal and chanted “Allah Akbar” or “God is great.”
Students in at least two cities tried to seal off American-owned restaurants, sometimes clashing with police.
DOOFUS calls all this "a good sign of a healthy society."
So I guess we've still got a long way to go.
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