WEST BANK: HAMAS PROTEST AGAINST RUSSIAN/CHECHEN CONFLICT (24 January 2000)

Hundreds of supporters of the Islamic organisation Hamas have been demonstrating in the West Bank town of Nablus, against Russian military involvement in Chechnya.

The Hamas supporters were marching in support of our Muslim brothers in Chechnya who have been fighting against federal forces.

Students paraded anti-Russian placards and burned pictures of acting Russian president, Vladimir Putin.