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backing the president withdrawing american troops there were some protesters a small group of kurdish to jasra saying that they feel that the united states has abandoned the kurdish fighters that supported the effort to defeat eisel and worked alongside u.s. soldiers for 5 years there were more than 11000 killed and that is a concern of many in the u.s. congress as well in fact some of the top democrats in the house of representatives in the u.s. senate promising bipartisan legislation to put in place new sanctions against turkey there are also some members of the president's own republican party that are warning that this is an agreement that turkey may not abide by there's also the concern about abandoning the kurds mitt romney a former presidential candidate now a u.s. senator saying that what we have done that to the kurds will stand as a blood stain on american history. now anger at new tax plans and an ailing economy has brought crowds out across lebanon and some of the biggest protests in years thousands gathered outside parliament blocking heroes and lighting fires alexia brian reports