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French Catholic graves desecrated with swastikas
Reuters AlertNet ^
| 02 May 2004
| Unattributed
Posted on 05/02/2004 11:56:18 AM PDT by MegaSilver
STRASBOURG, France, May 2 (Reuters) - Vandals desecrated around 20 graves with Nazi slogans in a Roman Catholic cemetery near the French border with Germany, police said on Sunday, two days after a similar incident at a nearby Jewish cemetery.
The two incidents appeared unrelated. Nazi swastikas daubed around the Catholic cemetery in the village of Niederhaslach, west of Strasbourg, were the wrong way around -- unlike those at the Jewish cemetery, where 127 graves were desecrated.
"It doesn't look at all like we're dealing with the same sort of context," one policeman said, adding that the Niederhaslach incident could have been a copy-cat act.
The Catholic cemetery was found vandalised early on Sunday, a day after high-profile media coverage in France of the attack on the Jewish cemetery, which was condemned by President Jacques Chirac and leading ministers.
Police opened an inquiry into the Niederhaslach attack. They did not name any suspects.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cemetery; france; francocatholicism; french; frenchcatholics; memorialdesecration; neofascism
Okay... let's see.
First, we get a Mosque vandalized, with two swastikas and a Christian Cross painted on the wall.
Next, we get a Jewish cemetery vandalized with swastikas all over...
And NOW, a CHRISTIAN cemetary with swastikas!
To: MegaSilver
Yep....France really does suck!
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posted on
05/02/2004 12:35:35 PM PDT
by
Arpege92
(America and Israel are two countries that were founded on the rejection of Europe. -Dr. M. Azaryahu)
To: MegaSilver
This could very well be the islamic Religion of Peace (TM) in disguise....
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posted on
05/02/2004 12:38:39 PM PDT
by
traumer
To: MegaSilver
Isn't France that peace loving beacon of tolerance in old Europe? How could this possibly have happened?
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posted on
05/02/2004 12:38:43 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: MegaSilver
France proves that it remains Vichy!!!!
5
posted on
05/02/2004 12:40:29 PM PDT
by
Defender2
(Defending Our Bill of Rights, Our Constitution, Our Country and Our Freedom!!!!)
To: MegaSilver
They're equal opportunity vandals?
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posted on
05/02/2004 12:42:15 PM PDT
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
To: traumer
I agree... Could have been some sick pranksters, but I wouldn't be surprised if this heinous act was committed by Mohammedan thugs.
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posted on
05/02/2004 12:53:55 PM PDT
by
Bismarck
To: traumer
Oh, no, tell me not! The religion of peace and beautiful head scarfs desecrating churches, Jewish graves and Catholic graves? Must be the suicide bombing children of the future out practicing what they are taught
And we are all up in a dither that some of these, who have grown in age, have been subjected to humiliation at the hands of troops there to soften them up for the interrogators. Sounds very mean of me, but come on! I can hardly stand it!
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