news worldnews al-qaeda 8492149 ----- # US flag burned at Osama bin Laden memorial ## A prayer session held in honour of Osama bin Laden descends into an anti- American protest in Multan, Pakistan. 560 315 TelegraphPlayer-8492149 12:22PM BST 04 May 2011 Follow the latest news with Osama bin Laden killed: live More than one hundred people held special prayers for [Osama bin Laden][1] in the central [Pakistan][2] city after he was killed by [United States][3] forces in northwestern garrison town of Abbottabad on Monday. During the service, Hafiz Abdul Ghaffar, a local cleric, praised the deceased leader of the [al-Qaeda][1] network. He preached: "He fought a jihad against the Soviets in Afghanistan where he crushed communism. Then he fought against America that calls itself the only super power of the world. Osama's sacrifice is a milestone." After the funeral prayers the participants, mainly ordinary Pakistani citizens, started to chant anti-US slogans and burned an American flag. 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