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Hardline Muslims protest Hillary Clinton's Indonesia visit

2012-09-03 45 Dailymotion

In front of the US Embassy in Jakarta, around 300 protesters from a hardline Muslim group demonstrate, ahead of a visit by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.<br/> <br />Protesters from the Hizbut Tahrir group shouted anti-American slogans and carried banners reading: "Say No To Hillary" and "Hillary Brings Colonialism."<br/> <br />The U.S. plans to build a new embassy on its existing location, something the protsers are against because they say the building represents U.S. imperialism.<br/> <br />One protester said the new embassy would be the third largest U.S. embassy in the world after those in Iraq and Pakistan.<br/> <br />An embassy official said construction would begin in December and was scheduled for completion in 2017.<br/> <br />The Hizbut Tahrir group's also protesting a two-year contract extension for a U.S. gold and copper mine in west Papua.

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