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NAME: WOR MIDEAST2 20081229I TAPE: EF08/1302 IN_TIME: 10:38:29:13 DURATION: 00:04:00:00 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION/IRIB/TELESUR DATELINE: Various, 28/29 Dec 2008 RESTRICTIONS: Check shotlist for details SHOTLIST: Telesur - No access Venezuela/CNN Caracas, Venezuela - 28 December 2008 1. Various of protesters chanting UPSOUND: (Spanish) "Zionists, killers of the Palestinian people," outside Israeli embassy in Caracas 2. Various of protesters holding Palestinian flag 3. Men holding a banner reading: (Spanish) "Holocaust in Gaza." 4. Close of shoe with protesters in background 5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Basem Tajeldine, Protester: "This is the best proof, or maybe not the best, but it is the continued demonstration that Israel does not want peace in the region. They (referring to Israel) have said in the past, in the present and will continue saying in the future what they are looking for and what their interests are. Israel is a factor of instability in the region." 6. Man carrying a banner reading: (in Spanish) "I promise not to forgive or forget." AP Television Baghdad, Iraq - 29 December 2008 1. Wide of demonstration 2. Various of protesters waving Iraqi and Palestinian flags 3. Various of protesters burning Israeli flag bearing the picture of US President George W Bush 3. Imam Abdul al-Mohamadamdawi addressing crowd 4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Imam Abdul al-Mohamadamdawi, Aide to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr: "We are demonstrating against the attacks in Gaza. No to Israel, stop the attacks on Gaza and no to the occupation." 5. Wide of demonstration IRIB - No Access Iran Tehran, Iran - 28 December 2008 6. Pan right of Iranian Government cabinet meeting 7. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian President: "You should take swift action and send a complaint against Israeli leaders. You should file a complaint for them inside the country and also with the International Police saying that you (the Israeli leaders) are war criminals and have killed the people." 8. Mid of Sadegh Mahsouli, Iranian Interior Minister AP Television Jakarta, Indonesia - 29 December 2008 15. Various of protesters waving flags 16. Various of protesters chanting pro-Palestinian slogans 17. Various of women protesters 18. SOUNDBITE (Indonesian) Sukmadewi Megawati, protester: "Now Israel can be glorious with their military but one day Israel will be defeated and Islam will win. If Islam is united, we will win, and it will be happening soon. With the rise of Iran and Indonesian, we will win. Israel should prepare to be defeated." 19. Various of scuffles between police and protesters STORYLINE: Protesters took to the streets in several countries, protesting Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, and showing their support for the Palestinian people. In Venezuela, about 30 people gathered outside the Israeli embassy in Caracas. Protesters chanted slogans and displayed banners one of which read "I promise not to forgive or forget." Meanwhile in eastern Baghdad, around a thousand demonstrators protested on Monday. Waving Palestinian and Iraqi flags, the protesters - supporters of anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr - chanted "No, no to Israel." A senior aide to al-Sadr, Imam Abdul Hadi al-Mohammadamdawi, spoke of what he described as "the bloody history of Israel" and the "horrible crime" they are committing in Gaza. Separately in Iraq on Monday, the party of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki issued a statement condemning the Israeli attacks, calling on Islamic countries to cut relations with Israel and end all "secret and public talks" with it. Meanwhile Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed a session of the Iranian cabinet in Tehran on Sunday evening. At the meeting, President Ahmadinejad denounced Israeli actions in the Gaza Strip. Ahmadinejad also urged the Iranian cabinet to file an international complaint against Israeli leaders including President Shimon Perez and Defence Minister Ehud Barak, calling them "war criminals" and "wolves". The Iranian Government has also decided to send envoys to Arab countries, to convey messages from President Ahmadinejad about the Israeli-Palestinian situation. In Indonesia on Monday, students staged a pro-Palestinian rally in Jakarta. Several hundred demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and chanted slogans at the downtown Hotel Indonesia traffic circle. The Indonesian Health Ministry has pledged 200-thousand US dollars in medical supplies for the victims.