Anti-American protesters rally in four Indonesian cities

Anti-American protesters rally in four Indonesian cities

Hundreds of people demonstrated on Wednesday in four Indonesian cities against possible U.S. attacks on Afghanistan.

Protesters burned U.S. flags and chanted anti-American slogans in the capital Jakarta, and the cities of Palangkaraya, Jambi and Medan, officials said.

In the past two weeks, there been daily protests in Indonesia by Muslims opposed to threatened U.S. military action in retaliation for terrorist attacks on New York and Washington on Sept. 11.

The State Department has warned Americans not to travel to Indonesia. It also authorized the evacuation of all nonessential personnel at the embassy in Jakarta.