Posted on 07/08/2005 7:25:14 AM PDT by phoenix_004
Most newspapers fear possible reprisals against Muslim communities in West after 'disgraceful' London bombings.
DUBAI - The London bombings were a disgraceful act utterly condemned by Muslims, said most newspapers in Gulf Arab countries Friday, with some blaming the US "unilateral" policies for instigating violence.
They also expressed fears of possible reprisals against Muslim communities in the West in reacting go the attacks that killed 37 in the London transport network Thursday.
"Bloody 'earthquake' horrifies London" said the United Arab Emirates' Al-Khaleej newspaper on its front page, adding that "what happened in London is disgraceful."
But the daily's editorial did not shy away from blaming the US decision to go to war in Iraq for partly contributing to inciting violence.
"Arab leaders, as well as European peoples and some Western leaders had said that the war in Iraq was unjustifiable, and that it would open the bag of snakes ... but the war's mobbish platform won in the end ... and it proceeds afoot in its wrong policies, with blood drawing blood," it said.
"In our prayers today, we curse those who distorted the image of Islam and Arabs on one hand, and those who drove the world into war and the killing of innocents, on the other," it added.
The English daily Gulf News said: "The 'war on terror' cannot be won by rhetoric, but by marginalising the fanatics and removing the underlying reasons that attract idealistic young people to their wicked cause."
Kuwait's Al-Rai Al-Aam strongly lashed out at what it branded a "darkness ideology" behind the blasts, targeting "innocent civilians" and using "blood as a method to send messages."
Al-Watan said "Terrorism assassinates London's joy," in reference to the Olympic 2012 bid London won this week.
In Saudi Arabia, "London Bombed," said the banner headline of Saudi Gazette, which added in its editorial that the London attacks "can hardly come as any great surprise".
The English-language daily also feared for reprisals against Muslim community in Britain from "fanatic" nationalists.
"It seems inevitable that the UK's Muslim community will be the objects of such hostility. The fanatics that perpetrated the London attacks, (assuming they are Al-Qaeda) are doing their religion a disservice, but then they have been doing so ever since 9/11."
Saudi-owned Asharq al-Awsat said "Fingerprints (appear) of Al-Qaeda in London's bloody morning," above a full-page image of a burnt survivor being ushered out of an underground station.
"The ugly face of terrorism descended upon London, while the British capital was dragged into a mood that reminded of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and the March 2004 attacks in Madrid," the London-based daily added.
Qatar's Al-Sharq also feared for the "reprisal" against Arab and Muslim communities in the West to avenge "the acts of a gang which does not represent a nation or a religion."
But it said the "awful attacks by Al-Qaeda" cannot be separated from the "power imbalance" in the world.
"When a superpower like the United States invades peaceful countries and maintains occupation ... that contributes effectively to feeding the extremist ideology," it said.
How utterly predictable. Who's writing their copy; Dick Durbin ?
"Palestine" is not their excuse anymore?
Well, that one has served them well with the leftist-Western press for 25 years.
And wet streets cause rain, too. Oh brother, what a bunch of maggots.
Of course some blame the U.S. That is as predictable as the sun coming up in the morning and going down in the evening.
They also expressed fears of possible reprisals against Muslim communities in the West in reacting go the attacks that killed 37 in the London transport network Thursday.
Those who express such fears are projecting: that is what their people would do. However, I predict that the press will have to look very far and wide (and they will) to find reprisals against Muslims in Europe or North America.
Dear Gulf State Folks: If you're afraid of reprisals, stay the Hell out of Europe.
"How utterly predictable. Who's writing their copy; Dick Durbin ?"
Durbin is a islamist copperhead.
The Great Satan has managed to do it again! We force people to murder innnocent men, women and children.
I guess that any murderous act can be blamed on America now a days.
Lots of our own fellow countrymen do it, why wouldn't anyone else?
All these media seem to want to ignore the attack on the USS Cole, the embassy bombings, the 1993 attack on the WTC, etc., that were all happening well before Iraq. They blamed all that on US support of Israel. It's becoming more clear than ever that the corrupt leadership of the Middle East, and their media, have been, and continue to be, dedicated to playing the blame game in response to every problem they have or action they take, in order to manipulate the masses and hold onto power. Bush's policy of winning this war through establishing democratic governments (and thereby minimizing the power of the fanatics) is emerging as the only, albeit very long term, solution to the problems emerging from that region.
I was wondering how long it would be before someone blamed the US for the London bombings....
Apparently, not long.
This come as no surprise to me. Expect the next few days the Arab,British,European,American and Canadian press to blame Blair sending troops for the Iraq war for the terrorist attacks. Socialist George Galloway got the ball rolling.
Idealistic young people? The "idealists" are bred into a hateful society, fed hatred of non-muslims (and different muslims) from day one, immersed in a "religion" that preaches nothing but hate, intolerance, and murder, and they are still "idealistic".
Bullfeathers.
ping
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