[presidio9]

[wideawake]

Muslims served with distinction in the Skandarbeg division of Hitler's SS - the only specifically confessional SS division.

Maybe these guys thought they were honoring the graves.

[prion]

the region which has seen about a dozen graffiti attacks on Muslim, Jewish and Christian sites in recent weeks.

Uhhhh...then what are they? Neopagans or something? Or stupid kids just doing the wickedest thing they can think of with a can of spray paint?

[King Prout]

I don't buy it.
Muslims were allied to the Nazis.

I don't think neonazis did this.

I think it is more likely that someone decided to call it like it is, after too many jewish and christian graves were vandalized by Muslims.

[lilylangtree]

At least the vandals left Jewish graves alone this time.

[TheSpottedOwl]

In a statement, on Thursday, Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin expressed "indignation at this new manifestation of hate, which is particularly unbearable because it concerns soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice to defend the freedom of France."

Well I guess some graves are more worthy than others. I don't seem to recall de Villepin making such a strong statement when Jewish and American graves are desecrated.

[sheik yerbouty]

Tant pis...c'est dommage..

[Mr. Mojo]

.....desecrating 48 graves of Muslim soldiers with swastikas

Strange how both neo-Nazis AND Muslims use swastikas in their vandalism.

[Mr. Bird]

Nazis in France? The frogs must be getting nostalgic.

[highlander_UW]

Villepin visited local Muslim leaders after that attack to announce the creation of an interfaith committee to work towards greater tolerance and understanding.

just curious...did Villepin visit Jewish and Christian leaders after graves of those faiths were desecrated?

[Mamzelle]

Perhaps the vandals weren't themselves "Nazis" but were implying that the Muslims are?

[marty60]

As ususal Al propaganda got it wrong. The swazticas were probably meant to reflect the face of Islam.

[Cicero]

The French authorities have sat back at watched while a torrent of antisemitic acts are plaguing their country and nothing is done about it.

The perpetrators were not necessarily Jews, but just somebody who was getting angry about the vile descration of Jewish, American, and French graves by Muslims.

If the government doesn't show some sort of good faith and make a genuine effort to control the Muslim problem, there will be much more of this. You get vigilante action when the rule of law breaks down, as it clearly has.

[Dr. Marten]

Oh cry me a river...

Vandalize more!

If it were Jewis graves being vandalized it never would have been reported.

[SunkenCiv]

desecrating 48 graves of Muslim soldiers with swastikas and "SS" inscriptions

News to me that any Moslem soldiers fought in France *against* Hitler, but I suppose it's possible there were some from liberated (by the US and UK) North Africa.

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