JAKARTA: Millions of Muslims gathered throughout the region yesterday to observe Aidiladha beneath a heavy veil of security prompted by rising tensions over Iraq.
Bomb squads and army detachments were mobilised and police were put on high alert in cities from Afghanistan to Indonesia as governments prepared for violent anti-US or sectarian uprisings.
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