Police fire water cannon at Bush protesters

By Paul Wiseman, USA TODAY

SEOUL — South Korean police fired water cannons at thousands of demonstrators protesting President Bush's arrival here Tuesday.

Some 18,300 police were on high alert with riot gear and bomb-sniffing dogs to maintain order during the American president's less-than-24-hour visit to the country, the National Police Agency said.

Police unleashed the water cannons after the protesters tried to march onto the main central downtown boulevard in Seoul, telling the crowd that the liquid contained markers that could be used to later identify them as having attended at the demonstration.

Earlier Bush had received a warmer reception: a 21-gun salute and prayers from 30,000 South Korean well wishers who turned out from the Seoul city hall to welcome him. Despite occasional protests — like Tuesday night's — polls show that a large majority of South Koreans have a favorable view of the United States.

The Pew Global Attitudes Project earlier this year indicated that South Koreans have a 70% approval rating of the United States.

Article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-08-05-bush-asia_N.htm

Always say they are protesting America.....they are not, they are protesting fukwad Bush...

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about right for South Korean politics. I lived in Osan for 5 years and I used to see water cannons all the time. When South Koreans protest they don't mess around.