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4 Dead in Afghan Protests Over Drawings
Afghan police officer beats a protester outside the Danish embassy during a protest demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuseday, Feb.7, 2006. Rioters clashed with police and NATO peacekeepers across Afghanistan on Tuesday in demonstrations against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in mostly Western press, officials and witnesses said. Several people were wounded and detained.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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"Death to the Danish! Death to Americans!" -- protestors
"Give me liberty or give me death!" -- Patrick Henry
#1 - Wed Feb 8, 2006 8:55 AM ESTI think the protesters were misquoted. What they said was "Death to Americans, Death to the Danish, and behead anyone who calls Islam violent!"
"Know thine enemy."
#2 - Wed Feb 8, 2006 9:28 AM ESTWOW! Reading this from the front page, it does not tell me that the story is based in Afghanistan. It just says that 4 protestors were shot dead near a Southern US Military base.
The only thing I could think is that we've got another Kent State!
#3 - Wed Feb 8, 2006 10:26 AM ESTbmvaughn: I found that to be a little misleading, too. Fortunately, the American Muslim community is far more peaceful, in my experience.
#4 - Wed Feb 8, 2006 10:44 AM EST"Islam says it's all right to demonstrate but not to resort to violence. This must stop," said senior cleric Mohammed Usman, a member of the Ulama Council—Afghanistan's top Islamic organization. "We condemn the cartoons but this does not justify violence. These rioters are defaming the name of Islam."
Do you suppose that this will be enough of an answer for conservatives who as why, if Islam is a religion of peace, that its leaders don't condemn terrorism?
#5 - Wed Feb 8, 2006 10:51 AM ESTYou're in Easy Mode. If you prefer, you can use XHTML Mode instead. |
