Activists of Pakistan's hardline Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami hold placards and party flags as they gather during an anti-US protest in Peshawar December 18, 2008. Pakistani Islamists called on Thursday for the government to block vital supply routes for Western forces in Afghanistan in response to U.S. missile strikes on al Qaeda and Taliban targets in Pakistan. The placard reads: "Respond to U.S. bombing in a befitting manner". Reuters Pictures 11 months ago

Activists of Pakistan's hardline Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami hold placards and party flags as they gather during an anti-US protest in Peshawar December 18, 2008. Pakistani Islamists called on Thursday for the government to block vital supply routes for Western forces in Afghanistan in response to U.S. missile strikes on al Qaeda and Taliban targets in Pakistan. The placard reads: "Respond to U.S. bombing in a befitting manner".

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