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| Unbelievable: Penn President Poses with 'Suicide Bomber' on Halloween |
| 2006-11-03 |
| Check out the link for Photos and more info.... University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann threw her annual Halloween costume party at her home Tuesday night. Among the guests was Saad Saadi, who came dressed as a suicide bomber, complete with plastic dynamite strapped to his chest and a toy automatic rifle. Worse, Gutmann posed with Saadi! An obvious question: would Gutmann have posed with a guest--or even allowed him into her house--if he'd dressed as Adolf Hitler or a Nazi SS officer? A KKK member? But in modern liberal circles, posing as a Palestinian suicide bomber (see his kefiya) is just fine. After all, he mainly tries to kill innocent Jews. Update: Saad Saadi has a web site, at which he has posted many photographs along with the apology posted below. My friend, Jason, and I express our condolences and sympathy to all affected by our costumes. We wish to make it clear that we do not support terrorism, violence, or anything that is against society. There is no agenda or statement associated with our behavior shown in these pictures. The costumes are meant to portray scary characters much like many other costumes on Halloween. Additionally, we strive for all societies to instill healthy and non-violent values. Update II: I came about these photos because I'm the director of Campus Watch, a project of the Middle East Forum. We monitor Middle East studies in North America, critique them, and do our best to bring attention what's going on in the discipline--all with an eye toward improving the study and teaching of the Middle East. Our site has a huge archive of articles on all manner of Middle East studies, including many that we commissioned. I also maintain a blog at CW, and these photos and commentary are posted there. If this story interests you, so will Campus Watch. |
| Posted by:mcsegeek1 |
| #2 HANNITY & COLMES > COLMES faux pas? = "Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania is running as a SOCIAL - err, SOCIALIST - CONSERVATIVE". Thusly the WOT is about, and only about, TERRORISM??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-11-03 23:48 |
| #1 Ummm, is it bad form to wonder, just wonder, why the suicide-bomber's bomb-belt didn't go off? Next, she'll pose with Ahmed Yassin's left testicle, which the IDF recovered after they blasted him to pieces a few years back. |
| Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-11-03 23:39 |