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| 2006-09-17 | ||
UNIDENTIFIED gunmen shot and killed an elderly Italian nun at a hospital in the Islamist-controlled Somali capital, witnesses and medical workers said. The attackers entered the Austrian-funded SOS Hospital in southern Mogadishu's Huriwa District and opened fire, killing the nun before escaping in the ensuing confusion, they said.
The nun, believed to be in her 70s, was one the longest-serving foreign members of the Catholic church in Somalia, a former Italian colony, officials said. Details of the incident were sketchy and there was no immediate indication of a possible motive for the attack but it came amid fury among Somalia's powerful Islamist movement over comments made by Pope Benedict XVI deemed insulting to Islam.
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| Posted by:tipper |
| #18 peel back the Islamic world's Foreskin Of Ignorance and apply briskly the Wire Brush Of Enlightenment I've been laughing so hard it took me five minutes to type this! Thanks, Dave! :-) |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-09-17 18:29 |
| #17 peel back the Islamic world's Foreskin Of Ignorance and apply briskly the Wire Brush Of Enlightenment Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Eff all, I needed a good laugh. Thank you, David D.. And yes, sadly I, too, do not foresee even Pope Benedict's murder as enough to galvanize the outside world into action against Islam. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-17 15:33 |
| #16 "They've just pissed off every Catholic in the world, and most Christians not Catholic as well, any attack on the Pope, whether successful or not, will cause an uprising you'd never believe until you see it." I doubt it. Although you'd think that would be the perfect occasion to peel back the Islamic world's Foreskin Of Ignorance and apply briskly the Wire Brush Of Enlightenment, I doubt it'd happen: most of Christendom seems to have sunk into passivity, self-blame, and a burning desire to avoid being offensive. It'd take a LOT more than that to light much of a fire under their butts. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2006-09-17 14:56 |
| #15 My pleasure, mcsegeek1. Just send me a copy when you're done. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-17 14:34 |
| #14 "burnish the sands of Islam with stellar fire" A new slogan for my t-shirt. Thx, Zen. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-09-17 14:23 |
| #13 They've just pissed off every Catholic in the world, and most Christians not Catholic as well, any attack on the Pope, whether successful or not, will cause an uprising you'd never believe until you see it. They'll be bodies in the street twice to three times the worst day in Baghdad all around the world. The difference this time is that 95% will be dead Muslims. It now occurs to me that Pope Benedict knew quite well that Christians around the world were already being martyred by Muslims. Three Indonesian schoolgirls spring to mind. He also knew that many more would fall before the swords of Islam before this is over. I can only imagine this is why he has placed himself in the line of fire with the Regensburg speech. In the same way that all Christians were purified by the blood of their crucified Christ, so will this world once again be purified by Christian blood. Just as Christians progressed in moral stature by learning to shed their own blood instead of that of others', so has their sphere of industry and technological endeavor expanded too. The tent they have erected has room for all and not just the chosen few. This broad canopy has sheltered some of history's greatest minds that rewarded them with tools beyond the comprehension of many on this earth. Islam, on the other hand, continues to revel in the feckless taking of life. In its insular and xenophobic, hidebound shell all advancement and the pursuit of enlightenment has ground to a The powerful tools put into the hands of Western Christian nations are there for a reason. The monumental restraint shown by those who control them is being eroded on a daily basis. It is quite possible that Pope Benedict may well lose his life by having faced down all Islam from his bully pulpit. While such a mournful loss may not represent the penultimate tipping point, it cannot but help shift the fulcrum towards that precarious center. Perhaps some other travesty will be required to counterweight the lever and pull it over. Perhaps not. What is guaranteed is that Islam will continue to add impetus and mass to that lever until it tips. Only then will the powerful tools that so many free minds delivered into the hands of Western Christianity be brought forward. And brought forward they will be to burnish the sands of Islam with stellar fire. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-17 13:06 |
| #12 My patience is just about all gone now.... |
| Posted by: Thoth 2006-09-17 12:50 |
| #11 Get westerners out of these infected areas. Dearborn, MI? |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2006-09-17 11:56 |
| #10 They choose war. Get westerners out of these infected areas. This woman had probably been there for years providing aid. This is her thanks. Make certain the target zones are clear. Then let's begin taking them out. These acts, murder, burning churches , rioting over cartoons and what have you, are finally getting attention of those who previously paid no attention. This changing of minds is necessary before we can proceed in the proper manner. When we do strike and take out hundreds of thousands, no one will have misgivings or second thoughts. Keep it up you mad dogs, and we are forced to put you rabid bastards out of your misery. |
| Posted by: SOP35/Rat 2006-09-17 11:14 |
| #9 A second, serious comment, we even date our calender from the time of Christ, Christians have been around 2006 plus years, but Mohammed only showed up 600 odd years later. They don't have a clue what they've started here. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2006-09-17 10:40 |
| #8 No Mark, this is the first reported killings by muslims as they prove the Pope's words. Who knows what might be being held back by the MSM in order to protect their masters... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-09-17 10:34 |
| #7 Reading the headlines I think the whole of Islam just stomped on their own dick. They've just pissed off every Catholic in the world, and most Christians not Catholic as well, any attack on the Pope, whether successful or not, will cause an uprising you'd never believe until you see it. They'll be bodies in the street twice to three times the worst day in Baghdad all around the world. The difference this time is that 95% will be dead Muslims. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2006-09-17 10:31 |
| #6 Sorta like the liberals who donÂ’t want a wind farm to spoil their view pontificate how American dependency upon foreign energy creates the Middle East problem? |
| Posted by: Omoth Ebboper5461 2006-09-17 10:28 |
| #5 The death of this poor old nun is on the Pope's hands! Or at least that's how most of our 'liberal' colleagues see it, I'm sure. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2006-09-17 09:31 |
| #4 is everything that you do or someone else does or says a reason too murder in this religion? |
| Posted by: sinse 2006-09-17 09:19 |
| #3 Can anyone say they're surprised to read this sad story? As best I can tell, this is the first confirmed death of a Christian murdered by the hands of muslims since news of the pope's speech broke. Hers will not be the last death connected to the story. |
| Posted by: Mark Z 2006-09-17 08:51 |
| #2 Those mighty and brave warriors of Islam attacked an old nun. I assume that no children or pregnant woman were in the vicinity they could have targeted |
| Posted by: Joe of the Jungle 2006-09-17 08:44 |
| #1 The Lions of Islam® strike again. Their cowardous killing of elderly unarmed women are earning them a richly deserved place in history. My shoe is too good to slap them upside the face. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2006-09-17 08:33 |