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| Bombers of Christian Churches Are Not Muslims! |
| 2004-08-02 |
| From The Los Angeles Times ... Attackers [of five Christian churches in Mosul] timed some of the blasts for maximum effect, during evening services that attracted hundreds of faithful. Bloodied and dazed, churchgoers spilled onto streets littered with shards of stained glass and splinters of wood as smoke billowed above them. ... The Iraqi Ministry of Health said early today that 11 people had died and 52 were injured. In perhaps the deadliest of the attacks, twin blasts struck the Chaldean Patriarchate in southern Baghdad, killing a child and at least four other people as churchgoers began arriving for Mass around sunset. Witnesses said they saw two men pull up in separate cars, park them near the church, then casually walk away before the vehicles exploded, hurling debris as far as 100 yards. The church served as a bomb shelter during last year's U.S. invasion, and local residents, Muslims and Christians alike, banded together to protect it from looters. ... In addition to Sunday's bombings — which elicited a condemnation from the Vatican — recent weeks have seen a nationwide rise in attacks on liquor and record stores, whose owners are often Christians and whose wares are forbidden by strict Muslims. .... |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |
| #9 If Al Queda was hoping to provoke a reaction from the Pope they're dealing with the wrong Pope. They could blow up the Vatican and he'd probably make excuses in defense of Islam. It's amazing he showed so much courage against the Soviets, but then he was Polish and it was personal. |
| Posted by: yank 2004-08-02 5:54:59 PM |
| #8 Lol, tu! You're on a roll, today! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-08-02 11:43:39 AM |
| #7 Moonies, Druids, Rastafarians... it's a long list. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-08-02 11:27:04 AM |
| #6 #$@%^#E Buddhist terrorists. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-08-02 10:50:22 AM |
| #5 Actually, the LA Times article doesn't really venture a guess as to the religious affiliation of whoever bombed the churches. Given the nature of what's happening in Iraq and the players involved, it's highly unlikely that a Christian terrorist group would be responsible for the bombings... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-08-02 10:49:32 AM |
| #4 Each time an AQ terrorists kills muslims or non-muslims you would bomb a mosque?? Why would the muslims Iraqis, who are now sovereign in their own country, and fighting the terrorists and deadenders, do that? You guys are missing the point. AQ routinely justifies attacks on muslims by saying that the people who oppose them are really apostates, and thus kuffir - Sadat, Perv, etc are all non-muslims just as much as Jews and Christians. The guy quoted above was, from the gut, flipping this - AQ are the ones who ARE kufirs, in his view. That hardly means he would accept bombing muslims. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-08-02 10:16:07 AM |
| #3 They’re not Muslims Not bad. Month after month of Islamist terror and they can still be in denial. |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-08-02 10:03:54 AM |
| #2 There sure are a lot of non-Muslims bombing and beheading non-Muslims and Muslims alike. Maybe the solution lies in seeing a bunch of Mosques go up in flames and a dust cloud each time a non-Muslim pulls one of these attacks. I suggest we start with Falluja and Ramadi, then get to work on those pious Saudis. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-08-02 9:21:33 AM |
| #1 They may have been muslims, but were they Shias? Sistani has denounced the attacks, and the Iraqi govt says it was Zarqawis gang. The guy making the statment quoted in the title doesnt seem to be accusing the Mossad, or the CIA, or whatever. More of a statement from the gut, these Zarqi terrorists are NOT true followers of my faith. A good sign, I think. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-08-02 9:14:07 AM |