Afghan Anger at Quran Burning Turns Deadly

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Mobs Kill at Least Seven Foreigners After Storming U.N. Base Following Destruction of Holy Book by Florida Pastor
By Dion Nissenbaum And Maria Abi-Habib
APRIL 2, 2011

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424...lenews_wsj

KABUL—A frenzied mob incensed by a Quran-burning ceremony in Florida overran the United Nations office in northern Afghanistan's largest city on Friday, killing at least seven foreigners and several Afghans, U.N. and Afghan officials said.

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The Afghan tumult erupted days after President Hamid Karzai condemned as "disrespectful and abhorrent" the March 20 burning of Islam's holy book by the church of Florida pastor Terry Jones. Also in reaction to the Quran burning, two Christians were killed March 25 in Hyderabad, Pakistan, when protesters attacked a church.

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the killings as "outrageous and cowardly." The attack ranks among the deadliest ever for the U.N., behind the 2003 bombing of its headquarters in Baghdad and the 2007 assault on its offices in Algiers.

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Rev. Jones scuttled his widely publicized plan for an "International Burn a Quran Day" last autumn. The event had been condemned by U.S. politicians and military commanders, with U.S. Gen. David Petraeus, the head of coalition forces in Afghanistan, warning it could jeopardize American soldiers and provide extremists with inflammatory anti-Western fodder.

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[NJMaverick]

Terry Jones belongs in jail

[There Is No Spoon]

(04-02-2011 06:53 AM)NJMaverick Wrote:  Terry Jones belongs in jail

True, but murdering people in cold blood because someone not worthy of polishing your shoes burned a book is insanity as well.

This episode should be condemned in no uncertain terms by religious people the world over. It makes religion look bad no matter how you slice it.

[RoyGBiv]

(04-02-2011 07:18 AM)There Is No Spoon Wrote:  

(04-02-2011 06:53 AM)NJMaverick Wrote:  Terry Jones belongs in jail

True, but murdering people in cold blood because someone not worthy of polishing your shoes burned a book is insanity as well.

This episode should be condemned in no uncertain terms by religious people the world over. It makes religion look bad no matter how you slice it.

I think sometimes we get so caught up in condemning the insanity of one group fundamentalist zealots that we sorta forget that that group is freaking out about another group of fundamentalist zealots.

Frankly, they both need to be taken to a padded room and forced to watch Mr. Roger's Neighborhood continuously until they understand it.

[There Is No Spoon]

(04-02-2011 07:33 AM)RoyGBiv Wrote:  Frankly, they both need to be taken to a padded room and forced to watch Mr. Roger's Neighborhood continuously until they understand it.

Uhhh, won't that just make them even more insane?

[RoyGBiv]

(04-02-2011 07:38 AM)There Is No Spoon Wrote:  

(04-02-2011 07:33 AM)RoyGBiv Wrote:  Frankly, they both need to be taken to a padded room and forced to watch Mr. Roger's Neighborhood continuously until they understand it.

Uhhh, won't that just make them even more insane?

They're both in the room at the same time, you see.

[There Is No Spoon]

(04-02-2011 07:39 AM)RoyGBiv Wrote:  

(04-02-2011 07:38 AM)There Is No Spoon Wrote:  

(04-02-2011 07:33 AM)RoyGBiv Wrote:  Frankly, they both need to be taken to a padded room and forced to watch Mr. Roger's Neighborhood continuously until they understand it.

Uhhh, won't that just make them even more insane?

They're both in the room at the same time, you see.

Ahhh, they would be forming a coalition in no time flat

[SemiCharmedQuark]

(04-02-2011 07:18 AM)There Is No Spoon Wrote:  

(04-02-2011 06:53 AM)NJMaverick Wrote:  Terry Jones belongs in jail

True, but murdering people in cold blood because someone not worthy of polishing your shoes burned a book is insanity as well.

This episode should be condemned in no uncertain terms by religious people the world over. It makes religion look bad no matter how you slice it.

Right on, TINS. Burning a book is disrespectful but murdering innoccent people is a whole different kettle of fish.

[Cha]

That's typical of the altogether "ungodly" actions of hypocrital so-called "Christians" in the USA. Fred Phelps "God is Hate" stands out for his hypocrisy but this Terry Jones has done the ultimate in hating and his actions have resulted in innocent people getting killed.

This is why he was talked out of it before..there are extremists in "religion" who don't mind killing to make a point.

[NoPasaran]

With all the cruise missiles we've been firing at Goughdaphi, it sure would be a shame if one of them were to go astray and hit this Jones fellow.