Action against the US-owned brands Pepsi and Coca-Cola continued over the weekend as an anti-war response to United States’ involvement in Iraq.


In India suspected communist rebels smashed thousands of bottles of Pepsi when they attacked a PepsiCo warehouse in the southern region of the country.


Indian press reports said that around 10 armed rebels entered the warehouse in Peduguralla in the state of Andhra Pradesh, firing shots to scare away locals, on Sunday night.


Meanwhile, also on Sunday, a hand grenade was found near a Coke plant in Sarejevo in Bosnia. According to reports the grenade had an anti-American message on it.


The grenade was removed by police and a Coca-Cola Beverages spokeswoman declined any further comment.


However a Reuters report quoted an unnamed Coke source saying: “A hand grenade was found hidden in a bush outside the plant during today’s spring cleaning. The message on it read: To U.S.A. from pure Jihad.”

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Though Bosnian Muslims are generally supportive of the US following the 1995 Dayton peace deal that ended the war there, there are radical Islamic groups established there.

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