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Two Christian journalists killed
afp ^ | April 27, 2010

Posted on 04/27/2010 7:31:23 AM PDT by george76

Two journalists working for a Christian magazine were hacked to death by a mob in a predominantly Muslim suburb in the flashpoint Nigerian city of Jos.

"They were macheted in an area that is predominantly Muslim and one can deduce that the killers were Muslim," said Katdapba Gobum, chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists ...

Relatives of one of the men called his cellphone when he failed to turn up for an appointment. The phone was answered by a Hausa-speaking man who claimed to have killed the journalist...

(Excerpt) Read more at theprovince.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: christian; islam; muslim; muslims; nigeria; nigerian; rop; trop

1 posted on 04/27/2010 7:31:23 AM PDT by george76
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To: george76

Coming to a “blue state urban area” near you.


2 posted on 04/27/2010 7:32:51 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (FORGET the lawyers...first kill the "journalists".)
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To: george76

St. Peter had a sword.


3 posted on 04/27/2010 7:34:45 AM PDT by bunkerhill7
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To: DCBryan1

These are the folks Obummer wants to reach out to, and invite here, entrepeneures and professionals from Mudslime countries.


4 posted on 04/27/2010 7:38:29 AM PDT by Spitzensparkin1
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To: george76

God will not forget this. “Vengeance is mine saith the Lord”.


5 posted on 04/27/2010 7:51:58 AM PDT by sauropod (Ill behaved women rarely make dinner.)
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To: george76
These men were very brave, in the best tradition of frontline correspondents. Now they are safe in the Arms of the Lord.

Prayers for their families.

6 posted on 04/27/2010 9:19:53 AM PDT by happygrl (Continuing to predict that 0bama will resign)
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To: happygrl

Precious in the eyes of the LORD is the death of his saints.


7 posted on 04/27/2010 9:24:25 AM PDT by Persevero (If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?)
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To: happygrl

Amen.


8 posted on 04/27/2010 9:37:12 AM PDT by greatplains
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To: george76

RIP.


9 posted on 04/27/2010 2:01:49 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: george76

dont expect to see this on the news tonight


10 posted on 04/27/2010 2:24:54 PM PDT by Dominic01 ("...You know the one with the big ears? He ain't my President" - Etta James)
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