Hundreds of angry tribesmen protested on Tuesday against an air strike on a remote town in South Waziristan, saying the dead were all innocent labourers. Some 600 people gathered in Tank, blocked traffic and chanted slogans against President Pervez Musharraf and George W Bush. “The attack was unjust, it killed innocent people,” tribal leader Dilawar Khan told the rally. He insisted the victims were “local labourers who were cutting trees when the raid was conducted”. He said local tribes were abiding by the terms of a two-year-old peace accord, but the government had violated it “to appease the US”.