Maimings bolster anti-kite fundamentalists

As he milled around in the park, Ramzan Ali, 16, said he resented being forced to abandon his favorite hobby.

"Why do I have to follow the ban when I never used a metal-coated wire?" he asked.

The ban also puzzled 12-year-old Saeed Anwar, who was suffering from serious kite withdrawal.

"What I must do is fly kites," the 6th grader said. "It gives me a sense of going higher and higher and higher."