A little late to the party, what with work, but, here you go
Stirred up by a trio of angry mullahs who urged them to avenge the burning of a Koran at a Florida church, thousands of protesters overran the compound of the United Nations in this northern Afghan city, killing at least 12 people, Afghan and United Nations officials said.
The dead included at least seven United Nations workers — four Nepalese guards and three Europeans from Romania, Sweden and Norway — according to United Nations officials in New York. One was a woman. Early reports, later denied by Afghan officials, said that at least two of the dead had been beheaded. Five Afghans were also killed.
Friday’s episode began when three mullahs, addressing worshipers at Friday Prayer inside the Blue Mosque here, one of Afghanistan’s holiest places, urged people to take to the streets to agitate for the arrest of Terry Jones, the Florida pastor who oversaw the burning of a Koran on March 20.
Over at The Jawa Report, Rusty catches the Taliban wondering what would happen if they responded by burning a Bible. Rusty has an answer for them.
Obviously, this occurance has the Normal Liberal Players blaming…..anyone by the Muslim animals. The Right Sphere lists some. Here’s Hullabaloo
There is no excuse for Afghan religious extremists to kill UN aid workers because some other religious extremist in Florida decided to burn a book. On the other hand, there is no excuse for a major faction of one of the political parties in America to fan the flames of religious extremist in Florida for cheap political gain — they bear some share of the blame for this too. They created the public space for this bigotry with their stupid mosque protests and congressional hearings and there’s a price to be paid when that kind of ignorance and intolerance is given credibility by major players in our political system. Those UN workers paid that price today.
Got that? It’s the fault of the American Right, not the fault of people who practice a murderous and backwards religion founded by an illiterate and pedophile. And Firedoglake
Aside from actions having consequences, this is a powerful example of the dangers of foreign occupation. Provocations can lead the local populations to turn on not only the occupiers, but the NGOs and UN officials trying to keep the peace and help the villagers. The entire mission needs to be rethought in this context.
It’s the fault of 1st world workers trying to bring these 3rd world shitholes into the 20th Century (yes, I meant 20th. Heck, lucky if we can drag them into the 19th). Think Progress
It’s important to note that several prominent members of the far right — many of them leaders of the anti-Park 51 movement — bashed Petraues for his warnings. Blogger Robert Spencer said he opposed Jones’ plan but called Petraeus’ remarks “a recipe for surrender.†Frank Gaffney criticized Petraues’ “deeply troubling†remarks, and said “[t]he risk is that, were one to take statements like General Petraeus’ to their logical conclusion, any objection to the Quran-derived program of shariah could be deemed an endangerment to our troops overseas. The result of such a practice would inevitably be to put at risk here at home both the American people and their Constitution.†And hate blogger Pamela Gellar wondered “[i]f we stop doing things they dislike, where will we draw the line?â€
Blaming everyone but the Islamic savages. And remember when Charles Johnson would aim his venom at the Muslims? Yeah, not so much anymore. Now he simply blames Jones. Surely, Excitable Chucky will get around to blame the Right Wing soon. But not the Islamists.
