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Taliban Claims they Killed Christian Woman in Afghanistan
Catholic Online ^ | 10/22/08

Posted on 10/21/2008 1:45:45 PM PDT by tcg

Christians and aid workers are distraught and filled with dismay over the killing of Gayle Williams, an aid worker with Serve Afghanistan, who was gunned down yesterday as she went to work. The Taliban, which claimed responsibility for the murder, claimed that the woman “was working for an organisation which was preaching Christianity in Afghanistan”. This is not the first time that the Muslim fundamentalists have justified killing on religious grounds, but some Catholics doubt that it is real reason behind the British aid worker’s death.

Gayle Williams, 34, had been in the country for several years, working with the disabled, first in Kandahâr and then in Kabul.Her colleagues in Serve Afghanistan, a Christian-based British organisation, remember her as a person “who truly put others before herself,” always lending a “helping hand to those in need.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; christians; martyrdom; taliban
The Taliban, which claimed responsibility for the murder, claimed that the woman “was working for an organisation which was preaching Christianity”
1 posted on 10/21/2008 1:45:49 PM PDT by tcg
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To: tcg

Damn near had it with those ****ing animals.


2 posted on 10/21/2008 1:48:35 PM PDT by ScottinVA
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To: tcg

The bravery of the taliban fighters is on display again.

Shooting an unarmed woman in the back. VERY manly, guys.


3 posted on 10/21/2008 1:53:32 PM PDT by null and void (Socialism doesn't work because of people./People don't work because of socialism...)
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To: tcg

One of the rare examples of a real martyr in the Muslim world.


4 posted on 10/21/2008 1:54:07 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard
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To: tcg
Prayers going up for the repose of the soul of Gayle Williams.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!
5 posted on 10/21/2008 1:54:34 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN 1969. St. Peregrine, patron saint of cancer patients, pray for us.)
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To: tcg

It’s pointless to try to reform the insane murder cult. You can only quarantine it.


6 posted on 10/21/2008 2:04:18 PM PDT by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
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To: tcg

“This is not the first time that the Muslim fundamentalists have justified killing on religious grounds, but some Catholics doubt that it is real reason behind the British aid worker’s death.”

What? Didn’t they say that’s why?


7 posted on 10/21/2008 2:13:58 PM PDT by ReneeLynn (The heels are on, the gloves are off.~ Sarah Palin)
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To: tcg

bookmark


8 posted on 10/21/2008 2:44:25 PM PDT by pepperdog (The world has gone crazy.)
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