Friday - August 19, 2005

In Harm’s Way

Now they’re firing rockets and mortars at US Navy ships from Jordan. Thankfully, no sailors were injured but does anyone still doubt the Muslim extremists would kill all of us if they could ....?

AMMAN, Jordan—Unknown assailants fired at least three missiles from Jordan early Friday, with one narrowly missing a U.S. Navy ship docked at port, an attack that killed a Jordanian soldier. One missile fell close to an airport in neighboring Israel, officials said.

The U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, based in Bahrain, said two American amphibious ships were docked in Aqaba when a mortar was fired toward them. The vessels later sailed out of port as a result of the attacks, U.S. Navy spokesman Lt. Cdr. Charlie Brown told The Associated Press in Bahrain.

Jordanian soldier Ahmed Jamal Saleh was fatally wounded when the mortar sailed over one of the U.S. ships and slammed into a warehouse, a Jordanian security official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. The soldier died in the ambulance taking him to hospital; another Jordanian was also wounded, the official added.

“At approximately 8:44 a.m. local time, a suspected mortar rocket flew over the USS Ashland’s bow and impacted in a warehouse on the pier in the vicinity of the Ashland and USS Kearsage,” Brown said. “The warehouse sustained an approximate 8-foot hole in the roof of the building.” No sailors or Marines were injured in the attack, Brown said.

A Jordanian security official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media, said another missile landed near a Jordanian hospital. The attacks were believed to have been launched from a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Aqaba, a Jordanian Red Sea port 210 miles south of the capital, Amman, officials said.

   Monday - August 15, 2005

Almost A Constitution

It looks like the Iraqis have just about completed the first draft of a Constitution. The draft document is ready to be submitted to Parliament for consideration and to resolve two “minor” issues that have held up completion. The two issues left unresolved are (1) women and (2) kurds ....

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP)- August 15, 2005—Iraqi politicians agreed Monday on a draft constitution but decided to put off two key issues - women’s rights and whether Kurds might someday secede - so the document could be submitted to parliament by a midnight deadline, two Shiite officials said.

Two large explosions hit central Baghdad later Monday and could be heard in the convention center in the heavily guarded Green Zone where meetings were being held on the charter.

Nasar al-Rubaie, a member of the committee drafting the constitution, said the document would be handed over to the 275-member National Assembly late Monday for a decision on the two unresolved issues. He said those issues were women’s rights and self-determination, a Kurdish demand for more autonomy and the right to secede someday.

Jalaldin al-Saghir, a Shiite member of parliament, confirmed agreement had been reached but refused to identify the two remaining issues.

“An agreement has been reached on the constitution and it was signed and it will be handed to parliament,” he said. “There are two points that the National Assembly will have to solve.”

Parliament, meanwhile, delayed a session Monday on whether to approve a new constitution by a midnight deadline. It was not clear when the legislators would begin meeting.

   Friday - August 12, 2005

Finish this sentence

From the WSJ’s ”Best of the Web”

The Scotsman has an explanation for the murder in Iraq of journalist Steven Vincent. See if you can finish this sentence:

An American journalist who was shot dead in Basra last week was executed by Shiite extremists who . . .

. . . had been worn down by grinding poverty?

. . . were angry over Israel’s treatment of Palestinian Arabs?

. . . resented the presence in their country of foreign troops?

. . . sought to avenge the abuses at Abu Ghraib?

If you said any of the above, you’re wrong. Here’s the full sentence:

An American journalist who was shot dead in Basra last week was executed by Shiite extremists who knew he was intending to marry his Muslim interpreter, it has emerged.

That’s right, Steven Vincent was killed to prevent him from intermarrying. Those Westerners who side with the “Iraqi resistance” against America and its allies are defending the equivalent of the murder of Emmett Till.

So, the next time some granola-eating, Birkenstock-wearing, gnat-infested leftie tells you that the reason the Arabs “hate us” is because of [insert grave insult of the day], feel free to kick him in the nuts.

Asshat Of The Day, Part IV

The saga of Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed is now in its sixth day and this radical MOOS-LIM asshat is getting deeper and deeper in Ye Olde Shiite-Hole. The British preacher of radical MOOS-LIM hatred who fled Britain for Lebanon, tried to bluff the British foreign office, was rebuffed and ordered to return has now just about entered the final phase. Britain has now officially banned him from entering the UK and he is under arrest in Lebanon ....

(BBC)—Radical Islamic preacher Omar Bakri Mohammed has been excluded from the UK. The Home Office said Home Secretary Charles Clarke used existing powers to exclude Mr Mohammed as his presence was “not conducive to the public good”. The cleric is being held by the Lebanese authorities in Beirut, it is believed at the request of Syria.

He was seized after a TV interview in which he said he would not return to Britain as a persona non grata, only as a visitor. The preacher left the UK six days ago on what he described as a holiday to see his mother in Beirut. The self-styled “sheikh” ran the radical al-Muhajiroun group from Tottenham, north London, until it was disbanded last year. He is famous for praising the 9/11 hijackers as the “magnificent 19”.

A Home Office spokesman said the decision to bar Mr Mohammed would not affect his family. He has seven children who were born in Britain. They would continue to receive their State benefits, he said, although those paid to the cleric would cease. Since the 1980s Mr Mohammed had had indefinite leave to remain in the UK after gaining political asylum. He is thought to have dual Syrian and Lebanese nationality.

Regarding his arrest in Beirut, a Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman said there was an official request from the Syrian authorities “to surrender him to the security forces in Syria.” “They say he is a Syrian and has been convicted in Syria for many crimes, and that they need him for those crimes.”

The spokesman said he believed the activities for which Syria wished to see Mr Mohammed extradited were not terrorism-related but to do with “past events in Syria in the 1980s”.

The cleric’s spokesman, Anjem Choudray, described the UK move as “completely outrageous” and a “failure” of the principle of free speech. “He has been a great asset for the Muslim community here. “It is going to be a great loss for the British public and the Muslim community, I believe, and I think that this is indicative of the oppressive nature of the Blair regime.”

But Inayat Bunglawala, from the Muslim Council of Britain, said: “Omar Bakri is unlikely to be missed by the vast majority of British Muslims. “He is someone who for 20 years was given shelter by this country and he has spent almost all that time vilifying this country and its values. “With his often very offensive remarks he has contributed towards the demonisation of British Muslims.”

   Wednesday - August 10, 2005

Asshat Of The Day, Part III

We continue the ongoing saga of radical Muslim cleric Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed where we left off yesterday. He left Britain, is currently in Lebanon and yesterday said he would come back to Britain in four to six weeks unless told not to come back. Now the British government has made its move in this chess game of international intrigue, telling Bakri that if he fails to return before the end of the month he will be banned ....

(GUARDIAN - UK)—The Islamist preacher Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed, who left Britain for Lebanon at the weekend after learning he could face incitement charges, will be banned from returning if he fails to come back before the end of the month. Mr Bakri, the former leader of the Islamist group al-Muhajiroun, said yesterday that he was enjoying a holiday with his mother in Beirut and still hoped to return to London to his family.

The deputy prime minister, John Prescott, urged Mr Bakri to stay away. “I just say ‘enjoy your holiday, make it a long one’,” he said, adding that the preacher, who currently has indefinite leave to remain in Britain, had committed no offence by leaving the country.

The lord chancellor, Lord Falconer, made it clear yesterday that Mr Bakri, and two other radicals, are highly unlikely to face treason charges. In a letter in today’s Guardian, the director of public prosecutions, Ken Macdonald QC, said that discussions with the Metropolitan police had taken place concerning “three Muslim clerics” over “possible offences of solicitation to murder and acts relating to the withholding of information under the Terrorism Act 2000”. There had been no discussion about treason.

Although the home secretary, Charles Clarke, cannot stop Mr Bakri coming back under existing legislation, he would be able to block his entry under the plans announced last Friday to exclude or deport those who preach hate or justify violence. Mr Clarke does not need primary legislation to implement the plan to exclude figures such as Mr Bakri. He can introduce the change under existing immigration rules and is expected to do so swiftly once the two-week consultation period is completed.

The home secretary named Mr Bakri in the Commons on July 20 as one of the two principal targets of his new powers, alongside Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi. This means, in practical terms, that Mr Bakri can expect to be banned from re-entering Britain unless he returns within the next three weeks.

   Tuesday - August 09, 2005

Under Suspicion

The British have compiled a ”targeted surveillance list” of radical MOOS-LIM clerics ....

LONDON (AP)—Radical Muslim clerics in Britain could find themselves under threat of being prosecuted or expelled under anti-terror measures proposed by Prime Minister Tony Blair. Clerics being closely watched include:

* OMAR BAKRI MOHAMMED: Came to Britain in 1985 after being deported from Saudi Arabia. Founded the now-disbanded radical Islamic group al-Muhajiroun. The group repeatedly came under scrutiny, particularly after the Sept. 11 attacks, which some members praised. Bakri is from Syria, but his wife’s family is Lebanese and he has citizenship in both Syria and Lebanon. He left for Lebanon last weekend but says he hopes to return to Britain.

* ABU IZZADEEN: Describes himself as the spokesman for the Islamic group al-Ghurabaa. British-born and of Jamaican descent. Reportedly converted to Islam at age 17. Has been quoted as saying Britain’s failure to accept a “cease-fire” from Osama bin Laden led to the July 7 attacks in London. Al-Ghurabaa called on Britons not to vote in the last general election.

* OMAR MAHMOUD ABU OMAR: A Palestinian better known as Abu Qatada. Granted political asylum in Britain in 1993. Sentenced in Jordan in absentia for his alleged involvement in a series of explosions and terror plots. Regarded as Osama bin Laden’s spiritual ambassador in Europe and allegedly an inspiration for Sept. 11 hijacker Mohamed Atta. Spent three years in a high security British prison without being charged, under anti-terror powers introduced after the Sept. 11 attacks. Released in March after Britain’s highest court ruled the legislation breached human rights. Electronically tagged and required to live under a curfew. Likely to be deported to Jordan.

* ABU UZAIR: Reportedly a former member of al-Muhajiroun and believed part of its successor organization, the Saviour Sect. Told BBC “Newsnight” that the Sept. 11 attacks were “magnificent.” Says he is a British citizen.

* ABU HAMZA AL-MASRI: Regarded as one of Britain’s most radical clerics. The Egyptian-born preacher—who has one eye and hooks for hands, which he says were lost fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan—was a cleric at Finsbury Park mosque, long a magnet for extremist Muslims. In custody, awaiting trial on charges that include encouraging the murder of Jews and other non-Muslims and using threatening or abusive language. Has pleaded innocent to all charges.

Asshat Of The Day, Part II

I recently posted about a radical MOOS-LIM cleric in Britain who has been living on the dole for 20 years while he incited his followers to violence and publicly stated his support for the suicide bombers. In an update today, it seems he fled to Lebanon over the weekend but is threatening to return to Britain in “four to six weeks unless the British government tells him he is unwelcome” ....

LONDON (AP)—A fundamentalist Muslim cleric facing possible treason charges said Tuesday that he left Britain over the weekend and was in Lebanon but planned to return within weeks unless the government says he is unwelcome. Sheik Omar Bakri, the founder and spiritual leader of the now-disbanded radical Islamic group al-Muhajiroun, has been identified by British authorities as one of three radical clerics who could face charges if their public remarks are deemed to have incited terrorism.

Al-Muhajiroun’s successor organizations are to be banned in Britain under new anti-terror laws unveiled last week by Prime Minister Tony Blair to root out Islamic extremists following the July 7 bombings and the failed attacks two weeks later. Officials are also considering reviving an old law that makes it possible to charge with treason those who praise acts of terrorism. Bakri said al-Muhajiroun has ceased activities in Britain.

He told British Broadcasting Corp. radio he had left Britain on Saturday to avoid being used by the government to pressure British Muslims with new measures. Bakri, who has lived in Britain for 20 years, said he traveled to Lebanon and was staying with his mother.

“I’m going to return back after six weeks or four weeks, unless the British government (says) ‘You are not welcome,’” the Syrian-born cleric said. Bakri said he had denounced the July 7 attacks, which killed 56 people, including the four bombers. “I did condemn the bombings taking place and killing innocent people in London, the way I condemn the killing of any innocent people around the world.”

But he insisted he would not inform British police if he knew Muslims were planning an attack. “Islam forbids me to report any Muslim ... to the British police,” Bakri said. “My job (is) to stop him, to hold him with my Muslim brothers even if it costs me my life.”

Bakri made similar remarks after the July 7 attacks and reportedly offered support for insurgents who attack troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. A spokeswoman for Britain’s attorney general said Sunday that prosecutors and police would look at Bakri’s remarks to assess whether he could be charged with treason, incitement to treason, solicitation of murder or incitement to withhold information known to be of use to police.

   Sunday - August 07, 2005

Asshat Of The Day Award

Ya gotta hand it to this clown, he has an abundance of chutzpah (even if he ain’t Jewish) ....

(DAILY MAIL - UK)—An extreme Muslim cleric whose family have been living on benefits in Britain for 20 years says it would not be ‘fair’ to deport him. Speaking after the Prime Minister announced his clampdown, father-of-seven Sheik Omar Bakri said: “I have wives, children, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law. It would be hard on my family if I was deported.”

Since Syrian-born Bakri settled in Britain, he and his extended family have raked in benefits amounting to at least £300,000. He is registered disabled because of an injury to his leg during his childhood, and was recently supplied with a £31,000 Ford Galaxy under the Motability scheme. Bakri, who lives in a £200,000 home in North London, tops up his £250-a-week benefit payments with an extra £50 incapacity allowance.

He has praised the September 11 terrorists as ‘magnificent’, called Israel ‘a cancer’ and said homosexuals should be ‘thrown from Big Ben’. In January, he declared that Britain had become a ‘land of war’, and called on Muslims to unite behind Al Qaeda. He has supported suicide bombings and urged his followers to kill non-Muslims ‘ wherever, whenever’. He also claimed he has no wish to stay in Britain, but his family would suffer if he was deported.

“If they want to change the law and say that people who are here must live within the framework of those rules, then that is fine,” said the 45-year-old cleric. “But they cannot punish people by backdating it for 20 years or so. That is not a smart or fair system. Tony Blair should have charged me years ago if that was the case. He did not because I had done nothing wrong.”

   Thursday - August 04, 2005

Status Quo

_{Cox & Forkum}

   Monday - August 01, 2005

Sudan For Dummies

Attention, class! Today’s lesson will be about a country in Africa. The country in question is Sudan. It lies just to the South of Egypt. Sudan is divided along racial and religious lines into three main sections. The Muslims control the North of the country and the capitol of Khartoum (regions 1,5,16,17,18 on the map below). The Christians control the South of the country (regions 19,20,21 on the map below). The Western part of the country is mostly black African tribes (region 7 below) and is called Darfur. You may have heard of Darfur recently. The Muslims in the North, who control the government and the military, have employed militia gangs of Muslim gunmen to practice genocide on the West Sudanese in Darfur. They are killing these people off because their skin is black and they are not Muslims.

The Muslims in the North do not like anyone who is not a Muslim. They have employed every means possible to eradicate the people in the Western part of the country. The United Nations has helped them by doing absolutely nothing and ignoring the mass murders. No one has an accurate count of how many black Africans have been killed in this genocidal war. Estimates are that as many as 2 million have died. Condaleeza Rice visited the Sudanese capitol last week and she and her entourage were roughed up and manhandled by the Sudanese security police but the Sudanese government issued an apology afterward so that makes it alright, right?

What you may not know is that the Muslims in the North engaged in a 21-year civil war against the Christians in the south that only ended last year. The Muslims in the North and the Christians in the South fought to a standstill and declared a truce, offering to share the government. Part of the agreement was that there would be a Muslim President and a Christian Vice President. The office of President was given to Omar el-Bashir, an ugly looking Muslim thug. The office of Vice President was given to John Garang, who had been the leader of the Southern Sudanese Christian rebels fighting the Northern Muslims.

Now we come to the part of our story that the Brits would call a “sticky wicket”. Two days ago, John Garang went missing as he flew by helicopter to his home in the South. It turns out Garang’s helicopter crashed in the mountains, killing all on board. Christians in the South are naturally suspicious and angry at the Muslims, suspecting foul play. I don’t blame them. Muslims cannot be trusted, believed or relied on. Especially in Africa. So it looks like Sudan may be on the verge of another civil war between the North and the South. The Christians and the Muslims. Meanwhile the black Africans in the West continue to starve and be murdered by roving bands of Muslim thugs. Now you know as much as Kofi Annan & the UN as well as Jesse Jackson and all the “African-Americans” know. They are doing nothing to stop this. This murder and genocide of “their people”. Millions more will die this year as Africa spirals back into darkness and the Muslim invaders purge the continent of all non-Muslims ....

KHARTOUM, Sudan—Rioters burned cars and threw stones in Sudan’s capital Monday after a helicopter crash killed the country’s vice president, who until recently was a southern rebel leader. Sudanese leaders appealed for calm and said the nation’s peace process would remain on track. But some southern Sudanese were suspicious about the circumstances of the death of John Garang, who was a key figure in the fledgling peace deal between the predominantly Arab Muslim government and the Christian south.

Anti-riot police were deployed to several areas of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, where crowds pelted passers-by with stones and smashed car windows. At least 10 private and government-owned cars were set on fire. Khartoum’s governor ordered a 6 p.m.-6 a.m. curfew and the city’s streets were empty of people and traffic an hour before the order took effect. Witnesses reported at least two people had been killed during clashes in the capital. There was no official confirmation.

The U.S. Embassy in Khartoum said there were reports of violence in southern Sudan and issued a reminder of its warnings to Americans to avoid nonessential travel to the country. There were no details on the southern violence. The violence and widespread grief surrounding Garang’s death forced most in the capital to lock themselves inside their homes. Shop owners shuttered their stores.

“Murderers! Murderers!” yelled some southern Sudanese protesters who alleged the Sudanese government, which had battled Garang’s rebel force for two decades before this year’s peace deals, might have been behind the crash. “We lost Garang at a time when we needed him the most, but we think that we have made great strides toward peace and we believe that that peace process should continue,” said Garang aide Nihal Deng during an emergency Cabinet meeting.

Garang’s longtime deputy, Silva Kiir, was quickly named to succeed him as head of his Sudan People’s Liberation Army and as president of south Sudan, Garang spokesman Yasser Arman told The Associated Press. Kiir said he called a meeting of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement top decision-making body to assemble for an emergency meeting. The SPLM became part of the national unity government in July, when Garang became vice president.

   Friday - July 29, 2005

NEWS FLASH!

Now this late-breaking news story is really interesting. President Musharref of Pakistan has been cracking down on militant Imams but his government just announced a whole step up in the process of cleaning out the pestholes of radical Islam - they’re sending all foreign “students” of the madrassas home. Personally, I’d feel better if he’d just shut the bloody places down ....

Madrassa Foreigners ‘Must Leave’

(BBC)—Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says all foreign students at madrassas, or religious schools, some 1,400 pupils, must leave the country. “Any [foreigners] in the madrassas - even dual nationality holders - will leave Pakistan,” Gen Musharraf said. This is the latest in a series of measures the president has announced in a renewed clampdown on extremism.

Madrassas have been in the spotlight after one of the London bombers was reported to have studied at one. Gen Musharraf told foreign journalists in Islamabad: “They must leave. We will not issue visas to such people. “We will not allow madrassas to be misused for extremism, hatred being projected in our society.”

He also told journalists that action would be taken against any of the madrassas that did not register with the authorities. Pakistani forces have detained hundreds of clerics and suspected militants since President Musharraf announced a new crackdown on 15 July.

Help Your Sisters

I just finished reading this story in the Washington Post and immediately wondered where are all the feminists in the US? Shouldn’t they be going over to Afghanistan to help women achieve the unprecedented right to have their voices heard in government? Why isn’t N.O.W. (National Organization for Women) issuing a call to members to help their sisters overseas? Instead of running around America in an air-conditioned bus protesting against the war to set these women free, Jane Fonda should go over there and be a human shield for the women who are trying to run for office.  I am issuing a challenge to all the Liberal, bra-burning feminazis out there: go to Afghanistan and help your sisters .... or admit you’re the cowardly hypocrites I think you are ....

(WASHINGTON POST) CHARKH, Afghanistan—The note slipped under Mahmoud Shah’s front gate was written in a tidy, graceful hand. But the message brimmed with venom: “If you don’t stop campaigning for Noorzia Charkhi, your life will be in danger. Also tell Noorzia Charkhi that she should give up her candidacy. Aren’t you ashamed to put up posters of your family’s women in the bazaar?”

Charkhi, 36, is a journalist based in the capital, Kabul, who is campaigning for a seat in Afghanistan’s new parliament. But in this mud-walled village in Logar, the home province she hopes to represent, Charkhi’s candidacy is such a challenge to tradition that she and her relatives, including her cousin Shah, have faced repeated threats.

“I’m not going to quit, because I want to show people that a woman should be able to do these things. But definitely I fear for my life. . . . The people who did this already have blood on their hands,” Charkhi said during a visit to Shah’s home, 50 miles south of Kabul. “I’m even more afraid that they will smear my reputation,” she added. “That would be worse than death.”

Charkhi’s situation underscores both the difficulties facing female candidates running for office in the Sept. 18 parliamentary elections and the determination many have expressed as they embark on an unprecedented bid for political power.

Even though many Afghan families still prohibit wives and daughters from showing their faces in public, 328 women are running for the lower house of parliament, where 68 of 249 seats have been set aside for female representatives. An additional 237 are running for seats on provincial councils that will in turn appoint a third of the upper house. Despite the traditional restrictions on women, the guaranteed quota of legislative seats for them has given political parties, tribal leaders and powerful families an incentive to promote female candidates whom they might otherwise have ignored—or even banned from running.

“There is quite a bit of support for women running in the parliamentary elections—much more than we expected,” noted Rina Amiri, a U.N. political affairs officer who is monitoring the elections. Yet female candidates in provinces across the country have complained of receiving phone calls and letters threatening them with death if they don’t withdraw.

In southern Helmand province, U.N. officials are investigating reports of letters circulating that offer a $4,000 reward for killing female candidates. In southeastern Zabol province, unknown gunmen tried to hijack a car belonging to Zarmina Pathan, a candidate and employee of a local aid organization. Afghan and U.N. officials said they are investigating whether the attack was a routine crime or an attempt to intimidate her.

In Logar, Charkhi is not the only female candidate to face threats. Zobaida Stanekzai, 52, a school supervisor running for parliament, said she has little doubt about the motives of whoever set fire to the door of her mud-walled home several weeks ago. “They were trying to scare me into dropping out,” said Stanekzai, whose home was also attacked with a grenade last year when she took a job registering women to vote in the presidential election. “But my decision to be a candidate is unshakable.”

Backlash In Britain

It has already begun .. the backlash against Muslims in Britain. The number of racial incidents has tripled in recent weeks, especially in Wales. The Muslim community is paying a price for shielding militant Imams and encouraging young men to attack their host country. I’m not saying what is happening is right, just that it should have been expected. The Muslims in Britain have no one to blame but themselves. If the bombings continue, I predict there is a good chance Britain could experience a modern version of “Kristellnacht” (go look that one up in your history book) ....

(BBC)—There has been a significant increase in the number of racial incidents in Wales since the 7 July bombings in London, new police figures have shown. The largest rise came in the North Wales Police area, where there were 64 reported cases from 7-28 July compared to 20 in the same period in 2004. Gwent Police has dealt with 49 cases, up from 30 in 2004, and Dyfed-Powys has had 17 incidents (up from 12). South Wales Police also said there had been an increase in cases in its area.

RACIAL INCIDENTS IN WALES
North Wales Police: 64 incidents (up from 20)
Gwent Police: 49 incidents (up from 30)
Dyfed-Powys Police: 17 incidents (up from 12)

Members of the Muslim community in Wales have expressed worries that the attacks in London would see them targeted. Last week, a rise in incidents of abuse was also recorded by the South East Wales Race Equality Council (Sewrec). It said the rate of abuse had risen from 10 incidents a month to more than 30 in just two weeks, with most happening in Newport. Last week in Cardiff, police investigated after animal parts were left at a mosque which was also targeted with a racist letter.

Members of Newport’s ethnic minority community said they had suffered verbal abuse since the London attacks. One man said: “The other night, I was walking through town and someone started calling me a bomber - a group of white boys. “We’re not bombers though, we’re just normal people.”

Chief Constable of Gwent, Mike Tonge said there had been a rise in tensions. He added: “It’s not really attacks, it’s verbal abuse. But for the Muslim community particularly, this causes them to have fear.

   Tuesday - July 26, 2005

Eye Of The Storm

Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO) has generated a storm of controversy with his comments that we should nuke Mecca if the Islamofascists detonate a nuclear device here in the US. Now Muslims in Colorado are up in arms over his remarks. Joining the MOOS-LIMS in making asses out of themselves are Hispanics. Who gave these dumbasses permission to jump in bed with the Islamofascists? Especially when most of them are in the country illegally anyway. It’s time for a little STFU ....

DENVER—Hispanic and Muslim groups called on Rep. Tom Tancredo to resign Monday, saying he has embarrassed Colorado by suggesting that Americans bomb Islamic holy sites if terrorists launch a nuclear attack on the United States. They also criticized the GOP congressman’s staunch advocacy of tougher immigration controls.

“Enough is enough. We’re here to say ‘Stop,’” Hispanic activist Manolo Gonzalez-Estay told a crowd of about 200 people at the state Capitol. Abdur-Rahim Ali, imam of the Northeast Denver Islamic Center, said Tancredo’s statement that “you could take out” Islamic holy sites in a retaliatory attack was unacceptable.

“What would happen if a prominent Muslim made that statement about Catholic holy places like the Vatican?” asked Ali.

Tancredo’s spokesman, Will Adams, said the four-term congressman would not comment on the rally, but has no intention of apologizing or resigning. “They are a lot more upset about what he stands for, our nation’s security and border policy, than anything else,” Adams said. Leslie Hanks went to the rally with a sign supporting Tancredo for president. “I’m very proud of him,” Hanks said.

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