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| Afghanistan |
| Afghans sign up to fight Israeli troops in Gaza |
| 2009-01-08 |
| More than a thousand Afghans signed up on Thursday to say they wanted to go and fight Israel in the Gaza Strip, many of them blaming the United States which has some 30,000 troops in Afghanistan, for supporting the Jewish state. Scores of young men crowded into the library of Kabul's Milad ul-Nabi mosque, lined with banners reading "Death to Israel" and "Death to America", to sign up to fight Israel. "More than a thousand brave Afghans registered their names here to fight Israeli troops in Gaza," said Habibullah Assam, the imam of the mosque and organiser of the campaign. "Several hundred Afghans, including doctors and teachers, have also volunteered to give blood to help the miserable people of Palestine," he said. "The acts of Israel against the innocent Muslims of Gaza are barbaric and inhumane and widely helped by the Americans," Assam said, adding that nearly 10,000 people across Afghanistan had so far volunteered to fight in Gaza. One Afghan at the mosque said he fought in Chechnya in the 1990s after being trained by the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba Islamist militant group which India says is behind the Mumbai attacks. "I have the military training and I will do whatever possible to go to Gaza to at least fire one bullet towards Israel," Mohammad Ayaas said. "I will be the luckiest person to die beside my Muslim brothers fighting for an honourable cause." The 13-day Israeli operation against Hamas in Gaza led to protests in Afghanistan last week. While reaching Gaza from Afghanistan is all-but impossible, many of the volunteers said they would take revenge on U.S. troops inside Afghanistan instead. "Infidels are killing Muslims everyday and the United States is saying Israel's offensive is just," said Mohammad Akram, a shopkeeper. "If we can't reach Gaza, we should seek revenge on Israel's allies in our own country like the Taliban do." |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 surprise, surprise! Going from Kabul to Fabulous(!) Gaza City isn't a step up. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-01-08 20:18 |
| #3 They may well find it is just as suicidal to fight the Israelis. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-01-08 19:59 |
| #2 C'mon, they always wanted to see the world ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-01-08 13:42 |
| #1 Scores of young men crowded into the library of Kabul's Milad ul-Nabi mosque, lined with banners reading "Death to Israel" and "Death to America", to sign up to fight Israel. Suuuuuure ya will, boys. So why not fight the Americans? I mean, it'll save you a bus ticket, seeing how they're probably right down the street. Could it be because you're the typical crew of Brave Jihadi Pussies? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-01-08 13:22 |