Workers Party of Bangladesh, an ally of the ruling Awami League, on Thursday demanded an immediate halt to the US-led western military campaign against Libya.
Leaders of the party at a protest rally at Muktangan said that the US-led 'imperialist' forces had invaded Libya in a bid to capture the country's oil resources. The US-led missile and air strikes have killed many civilians in Libya, they said.
The party general secretary Anisur Rahman Mallick said that the 'imperialist America' had become desperate to remove Muammar Gaddafi from power and to establish influence in the country.
'They had also invaded Iraq in a similar way to remove Saddam Hossain and killed thousands of people there in last five years,' Anis said.
Party politburo member Bimal Biswas called on the people to build up resistance against the 'US imperialism'.
He called on the Awami League-led alliance
government to speak out against the invasion of Libya and express solidarity with the people of that country.
Party leaders Nurul Hasan, Mahmudur Rahman Manik and Nur Ahmed Bakul also spoke at the rally.
The rally was followed by a protest procession.
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