I'd like to spread the word of what an Iraqi blogger said...
Iraqis viewed the attacks on the Christian churches as attacks on fellow IRAQIS, not on a certain religious group. Iraqis don't view this as a Religious war, but the terrorists are trying to convince the world that it is a religious war. We shouldn't fall into their trap.
He hopes the West will not fall into the trap the terrorists are trying to set... that we will not turn this into a Religious war. So we should not complain any more or less about these bombings of churches in Iraq than we do about any other bombings in Iraq. Innocent Iraqis were killed by terrorists who are pursuing their own political agenda, the same as when they kill innocent (Muslim) Iraqis who are lining up to join the Iraqi Police force.
For the rest of his blog, see this FR thread:
This is a Trap
"This is a Trap"
OK, so do I click the link...or not?
Alan Keyes for U.S. Senate
http://www.keyesforsenate.com/
Last summer, U.S. troops discovered Yassin Muhhiddin Aref's (search) name, telephone number and address in a book left behind in a vacated terrorist training camp, a U.S. official told FOX News. The book also revealed that Ansar al-Islam, the group running the camp, had given Aref a title: "the commander."
Aref, 34, is the Imam of the Masjid As-Salam mosque in Albany, N.Y. He and one other mosque leader were arrested Thursday and charged with helping an undercover informant posing as a weapons dealer who was plotting to buy a shoulder-launched missile that would be used to kill the Pakistani ambassador in New York City.
Aref and Mohammed Mosharref Hossain (search), the 49-year-old founder of the mosque and owner of the local Little Italy Pizzeria, were allegedly collaborating with someone who was not a terrorist but an informant participating in a sting operation; no missile ever was exchanged.
Earlier on Thursday, law enforcement officials said the men had possible ties to Ansar al-Islam, which has been linked to Usama bin Laden's Al Qaeda (search) terror network. However, that link was not noted in court documents.
The arrests were in large part due to tips from the public, Pataki and Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings said. Within the past two years, there have been several arrests in the Buffalo and Syracuse areas of people suspected of having terror ties, including the so-called Lackawanna Six